Google today announced the start of construction of its first data centre in Southeast Asia located in Singapore. It slated to cost the Internet search giant US$120 million and is expected to be fully operational in early 2013.
“Building this data centre is an important investment for Google to better serve the large and fast-growing Internet population across Asia,” said the head of Google Southeast Asia, Julian Persaud, at the data centre groundbreaking ceremony, which took place at the 2.45 hectare site of facility in Singapore’s Jurong West. Full story
