On the day that Digital Realty cut the ribbon for its new Sydney data centre, it revealed that it will soon begin developing another one.

The company took home the National Association of Real Estate Investments Trust (Nareit) data centre ‘Leader in the Light’ award for the second consecutive year.

According to a recent study, the data industry still has a lot of untapped potential.

"Interconnectivity has quickly become known as one of the foundations of innovation, critical to supporting today’s emerging technologies."

The facility is set to optimize customer experience by providing stability and rapid response capabilities for its customers around the world.

With future CAPEX costs included the acquisition will cost around $2.25b and will strip Equinix's title of having the most colocation facilities in South America.

Data centres offer long-term contracts and recurring revenues like conventional property, but they come with the added bonus of rapid growth prospects.

In another game of tech company musical chairs, Digital Realty has poached execs from Microsoft and Blue Shield to fill in its CIO and CISO roles.

The new data center will be located in Singapore and will be more than three times bigger than the nation's current largest facility.

"Over recent months, we’ve announced partnerships with the likes of Megaport and IBM to deliver dedicated, private access to the cloud."

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Data centre leader provides global on-ramps to IBM Cloud, supporting critical enterprise applications.

Digital Realty today announced that it will be expanding its dedicated access to the IBM Cloud in 15 major metropolitan areas around the globe.

Digital Realty has converted what was once Toronto's largest newspaper facility into one of the most efficient and reliable data centers in the area.

“In the next decade, society will demand more computing power but will not tolerate an increased energy footprint. We need data centre disruption."

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Businesses in Asia Pacific are more ambitious with the need to expand their businesses not only in the region but globally as well.

The awards were presented on the closing day of the event with winners including Equinix, Digital Realty, Munters, Global Cloud Xchange, and NEXTDC.

Digital Realty's director of engineering says while AI does represent an exciting new utility, it doesn't herald the arrival of a sci-fi future.

Moreover, in 2016, Google launched its first Japanese cloud region in Tokyo and second in Asia Pacific.

In the data center industry, the only thing that’s certain is change.

Frankfurt is preparing for substantial extra growth over the next year, with more than 11 data centre expansions announced by major providers.

"Digital transformation is going to be a key driver for Singapore's future economy."

A total of 59 Digital Realty data centers support private connections to Oracle's Infrastructure as a Service.