Final week, I introduced the most recent TeleGeography information on Asian cloud information facilities by way of a stay 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 Information Heart Panorama
Right now, there are over 90 energetic cloud areas all through West, East, and South Asia. This depend doesn’t embrace Oceania, which is house to about 15 extra cloud areas.
It is necessary to notice that nearly half of Asia’s cloud areas (41) are situated 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 just lately.
If we swap from cloud areas to the service suppliers themselves, here is what we see.
Asia’s Cloud Service Supplier Panorama
When it comes to whole 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 median of 4 cloud areas launched yearly.
Between 2014 and 2015, Google and Huawei launched their first information facilities within the area, and the common rose to eight cloud areas launched yearly.
The subsequent large soar 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 common went again all the way down to eight cloud areas launched yearly. In the intervening time, 2023 seems to be about the identical.
To higher perceive the cloud market rollout, it is necessary to take a look at the submarine cable panorama.
To higher perceive the cloud market rollout, it is necessary to take 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.