AirTrunk to set up $1.1b data centre in Tsuen Wan

It will open in late 2020.

Data centre startup AirTrunk will build a $1.11b-worth 20+ megawatt (MW) data centre in Tsuen Wan which is set to open in Q4 2020, according to an announcement.

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The facility, AirTrunk HKG1, will retrofit an existing eight storey building and is specifically designed for hyperscale cloud, content and enterprise customers, the company said.

The facility will be located close to other key data centres and Hong Kong’s connectivity hub, enabling direct and low latency access to mainland China and neighbouring Northeast Asian countries, said AirTrunk.

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The announcement came just five months after construction commenced on a 60MW+ hyperscale data centre in Singapore. Meanwhile, the firm’s two Australian hyperscale facilities, SYD1 and MEL1, have been operating since 2017.

“Like all AirTrunk data centres, the Hong Kong facility will be carrier-neutral and have multiple fibre paths,” said Michael Juniper, deputy CEO of AirTrunk.

“AirTrunk will be implementing a range of design innovations to ensure an industry-low power usage effectiveness (PUE) and high power density. Like our other facilities, HKG1 is designed to meet the stringent security requirements of our customers,” he added.

Hong Kong, together with Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, ranks as the preferred location for data centre investments in Asia-Pacific. JLL estimates that the city has a data centre capacity of 285MW which is the third largest in APAC and trailing behind Tokyo’s 315W and Singapore’s 330MW.