John Rippingale , Managing Director of MEA & APAC at Sudlows Consulting , talks designing , building , and commissioning for the MEA & APAC data centre boom
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John Rippingale , Managing Director of MEA & APAC at Sudlows Consulting , talks designing , building , and commissioning for the MEA & APAC data centre boom
The Asia Pacific ( APAC ) data centre industry is undergoing a period of unprecedented growth . Countries like India , Malaysia , Indonesia , and the Philippines - all of which find themselves with large , growing populations and a lack of digital infrastructure - are racing to digitalise fast .
“ India ' s a really interesting market at the moment . There are over 1.3 billion people , and the amount of digitalisation happening there is staggering ; the number of people that are getting connected , and the number of people who have yet to be connected , is significant ,” says John Rippingale , MEA & APAC Managing Director for the newly re-branded and relaunched Sudlows Consulting . “ Earlier this year , the total data centre capacity that was live in India was roughly 400 MW . We currently have over 330 MW at varying stages of development , from concept to detail design and commissioning . Sudlows in isolation is contributing to almost doubling the country ' s data centre capacity , let alone other consultants who are active in the market - who I ’ d imagine are dealing with a similar number of projects to us . And that ' s still not enough to satisfy the demand .”
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