Global Switch news stories

The facility's total floor space now spans more than 70,000 square metres.

Global Switch has added more expertise and experience to the company’s senior management team with two new appointments, and states that this will support the company’s growth strategy and global expansion.

A trio of companies has come together in a strategic partnership to launch a large-scale new data centre in Singapore.

According to a new report, data centre pricing in the UK is among the highest in Europe, which is seeing other countries prosper.

The company says the new €115 million facility will also accompany a makeover of its existing data centre in Frankfurt.

​Global Switch has announced that its Amsterdam data centre has achieved ISO 50001:2011 certification for its energy management system.

"2018 is shaping up to be another big year, with providers including DODID, Global Switch and Iron Mountain slated to bring new data centers online.”

Global Switch accompanied Equinix as the only other service provider to be ranked across more than two leader boards.

Rapid urbanisation is placing pressure on countries to invest in the idea of smart cities in a bid to improve cities’ liveability and sustainability.

“This pioneering and important agreement will ensure our customers receive quality and secure data centre infrastructure, facilities and services."

Data center directory provider Cloudscene has ranked the world’s top data centers by region - and Equinix tops the list across all four regions.

Huawei has partnered with Global Switch to explore and develop new data center design opportunities to support smart O&M.

Global Switch has now officially closed a new revolving credit facility with HSBC Bank, which will bring around S$768.4 million in financing.

Colt Technology Services has now switched on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect access node, hosted in Global Switch's Singapore data center.

“If the investment is concluded by the consortium, there will be no change to the management or strategic direction of Global Switch."

Trident is eyeing the Asia Pacific region as it has announced its Trident Subsea Cable will locate Points of Presence (PoPs) through Global Switch.

A recent report has shown the rapid uptake of ‘green’ data centers will continue into the future.

Global Switch recently announced that Trident is to locate Points of Presence within Global Switch’s data centers in Sydney and Singapore.

Global Switch has commenced construction of the final stages of its US$300 million Sydney East data center, with demand running high for the facility.