Seeking to extend further around the globe, Google has launched data centres in Asia for the first time. As reported by BBC News, the move from Google is a result of the ever growing number of Asians connecting to internet every day and it seeks to help provide faster and “more reliable” access to its services for the users in this region.
The two new centres are based in Taiwan and Singapore.
“The growth in Asia’s Internet has been amazing,” Joe Kava, vice president of data centres at Google, said in a blogpost.
“Between July and September of this year alone, more than 60 million people in Asia landed on the mobile internet for the first time. That’s almost two Canadas, or three Australias.
“And this growth probably won’t slow for some time, since the majority of people that have yet to come online also happen to live in Asia,” he added.
The rapid speed at which internet users in the region have been growing, has turned Asia into a key market for internet firms.
China – Asia’s largest economy – has more 500 million internet users, making its the world’s biggest internet market.
Meanwhile, India – the world’s second most populous country after China – has seen the number of users double to 200 million just in the last two years.
It took six years to achieve a similar growth in the US, according to Google.
The firm said it plans to invest $600m (£365m) in the long run in the Taiwan data centre – the bigger of the two facilities in the region.
taiwan and singapore are on the list for their efficiency and internet culture — respect for intellectual property rights and privacy. any other reasons — economic ones in particular?
Comments are closed.