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Princeton Digital Group announces flagship data center campus in Japan leading hyperscalers in Japan , one of the most dynamic cloud markets in the world .
PDG has already secured the land and power with construction to begin later this year . The facility will be built to the latest hyperscale design and standards , with unrivalled scalability , connectivity and reliability .
Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group
( PDG ), a leading data center provider in Asia , is to build one of the largest hyperscale facilities in Tokyo with a total investment of US $ 1 billion .
The new campus at Saitama City will have close to 100 MW of critical IT capacity across two phases of 48.5 MW each . Saitama City is one of the major commercial centers of the Greater Tokyo area .
“ The Asia Pacific region is set to be the largest data center market in the world , and this announcement underscores our vision to be the market leader in this region ,” said Rangu Salgame , Chairman and CEO of Princeton Digital Group .
With this investment , PDG marks a major milestone in its plan to build a 600 megawatts ( MW ) portfolio across the region .
Located 30 km north of central Tokyo , the PDG Saitama campus has a total land area of 33,047m 2 . The facility is designed to serve
Singapore Changi Airport to deploy Nokia solution
Singapore Changi Airport will deploy
Nokia ´ s passive optical local area network ( POL ) solution .
The new network , which will be deployed by Beaqon , will support existing operations and enable new services to advance the airport ’ s Digital Transformation .
By deploying Nokia Optical LAN , it will be able to support existing CCTV operations as well as intelligent subsystems .
Stuart Hendry , Head of Enterprise for Asia Pacific and Japan at Nokia , said : “ Changi Airport has a clear mission to become the world ’ s leading digital air hub , transforming its operations efficiently and securely to deliver a seamless travel experience for passengers . This transformation to Airport 4.0 relies on secure and powerful networks that can connect thousands of devices .
“ As a leader in Passive Optical Network ( PON ) solutions , we are committed to leveraging fiber technology to offer enterprises a quicker and more costeffective way to deploy LANs . We will partner closely with Beaqon as it transforms operations at Singapore Changi Airport .”
Nokia Optical LAN leverages the tremendous bandwidth capabilities of fiber to cover greater distances than copper LAN networks in a smaller footprint . It offers a flexible , scalable and sustainable way to connect applications , and address growing data demands while reducing capital and operational expenditure . p
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