Final week, I introduced the newest TeleGeography information on Asian cloud information facilities by way of a dwell webinar with Ciena.
Let’s discuss by way of the primary part of my presentation, which maps out the area’s present cloud information heart and cloud service supplier panorama.
I will additionally share a hyperlink to obtain my slides and watch a recording of the dialogue.
Asia’s Cloud Knowledge Heart Panorama
Presently, there are over 90 energetic cloud areas all through West, East, and South Asia. This depend doesn’t embody Oceania, which is residence to about 15 extra cloud areas.
It is vital to notice that nearly half of Asia’s cloud areas (41) are positioned in China.
Exterior of China, the opposite high markets are Japan (12), India (12), South Korea (9), and Singapore (7). Japan and Singapore are two of the extra mature markets, as is China. India and South Korea have been growing extra lately.
If we swap from taking a look at cloud areas to the service suppliers themselves, this is what we see.
Asia’s Cloud Service Supplier Panorama
When it comes to complete areas launched in Asia, Alibaba (21) and Microsoft (19) are presently within the lead.
The subsequent tier of cloud service suppliers—Tencent, Huawei, AWS, and Google—have every launched between 11 and 14 areas.
The primary Asian cloud information facilities have been launched in 2010 by AWS and Microsoft. Subsequent got here Alibaba in 2011, and Tencent in 2012. From this level, up till round 2014, there was a mean of 4 cloud areas launched yearly.
Between 2014 and 2015, Google and Huawei launched their first information facilities within the area, and the typical rose to eight cloud areas launched yearly.
The subsequent massive bounce got here in 2018 and 2019, when Oracle and IBM began launching their Asian information facilities. In 2019, the variety of cloud areas launched reached a peak of 13.
Then COVID-19 hit, leading to a slight slowdown. Between 2020 and 2022, the typical went again right down to eight cloud areas launched yearly. In the meanwhile, 2023 seems about the identical.
To higher perceive the cloud market rollout, it is vital to have a look at the submarine cable panorama.
To higher perceive the cloud market rollout, it is vital to have a look at the submarine cable panorama.
Obtain my full slide deck to discover the expansion and way forward for the submarine cables which have helped interconnect cloud areas and cloud supplier networks.
You can even entry the recording of this webinar over right here.
