From large factory premises in Tseung Kwan O to compact, multilayered industrial buildings in Kwai Chung, data centres are spreading into every corner of Hong Kong. The outlook once appeared promising. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield ranked the city the fourth-best data centre market globally in 2023, while the government had branded Hong Kong a “prime location for data centres”. But reality has been less kind. Hong Kong was not even among the top 10 Asia-Pacific markets in the...
Why Hong Kong is losing ground in AI data centre race as Malaysia, Singapore advance
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SCMP - China Feed 2By Leopold Chen
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
From large factory premises in Tseung Kwan O to compact, multilayered industrial buildings in Kwai Chung, data centres are spreading into every corner of Hong Kong. The outlook once appeared promising. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield ranked the city the fourth-best data centre market globally in 2023, while the government had branded Hong Kong a “prime location for data centres”. But reality has been less kind. Hong Kong was not even among the top 10 Asia-Pacific markets in the...
Key Takeaways
- Why Hong Kong is losing ground in AI data centre race as Malaysia, Singapore advance.
- From large factory premises in Tseung Kwan O to compact, multilayered industrial buildings in Kwai Chung, data centres are spreading into every corner of Hong Kong.
- The outlook once appeared promising.
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