With relatively good economic growth demonstrated in the four key South East Asian markets - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand - the demand for data centres in these countries is also witnessing significant growth. New investment in data centre assets has occurred over the past twelve months, and several large scale data centre developments have been announced through to the end of 2012. Total data centre capacity in the four countries is expected to increase by 61.4% over the next five years.

Singapore is the largest market by space at present, and may become even larger if the government proposal for the development of a specialised industrial park for data centres with infrastructure, and premium facilities goes ahead.

However, Malaysia is planning to catch up. Data Centre services outsourcing is regarded as a key investment area for Malaysia. Six of the ten top data centres in Asia are now located in the country. This follows on from recent comments made by the Prime Minister, who announced the second phase of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) and cited local data centre firms as key projects in the 2020 programme.

This new report reviews market developments in all four countries which will impact the burgeoning data centre sector, particularly broadband and FTTH deployment, the cost and availability of power, enterprise demand, and the evolution of cloud based services.

A taxonomy of data centre players and services in each market is provided, as is a forecast of space (capacity) growth through to 2015.

Segmenting players in to two different categories, the report first analyses international vendors, who are present in multiple markets across Asia or internationally. The formidable financial and infrastructure resources available to these players suggests significant competitive rivalry will occur over the next few years focussed on large enterprises present or entering Asian markets. PacNet for example, with subsea and terrestrial fibre networks, could become a significant player based on plans to convert its cable landing facilities across key markets in the region into data landing stations (DLS) that can be used to provide hosting services and customised applications.

Local players in each country are also profiled and analysed in terms of their competitive positioning. In total, the report covers 64 vendors with 135 data centres.

A market comparison reveals the disparity between the four countries. Indonesia for example has relatively few data centres concentrated in Jakarta, and is the smallest market by space. Yet the report cites local service providers adding data centres farther away from the capital to provide disaster recovery services, and the potential size of the domestic market. Further data centre development might also extend the outsourcing opportunity for integrators.

Overall the report provides a clear picture of data centre developments and players in each of the country markets. As the entry by Amazon Web Services, Salesforce.com and large regional players demonstrates, competitive activity over the next three to five years appears to be likely to remain intensive.

1 Executive Summary

2 Research Methodology and Report Objectives
2.1 Methodology
2.2 Objectives
2.3 Markets Covered

3. Market Overview
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Data Centre Components
3.2.1 Data Centre Definition
3.2.2 Data Centre Objectives
3.2.3 What’s inside a Data Centre
3.2.4 Classification
3.3 Macro-Environment Factors
3.3.1 Political Factors
3.3.2 Economic Prospects
3.3.3 Enhanced Broadband Infrastructure
3.3.4 Demand for Data Centre Services
3.4 Data Centre Market Overview
3.4.1 Market Trends and Growth
3.4.4 Data Centre Services – Towards Cloud-Based Services
3.4.3 Green Data Centres
3.5 Power Sources and Providers
3.5.1 Power Pricing Summary
3.5.2 Singapore
3.5.3 Malaysia
3.5.4 Thailand
3.5.5 Indonesia
3.6 Competitors Analysis
3.5 Data Centre Capacity Analysis
3.5.1 Singapore – Current Capacity
3.5.2 Singapore – Planned Data Centres
3.5.3 Singapore – Growth Forecast
3.5.4 Malaysia – Current Capacity
3.5.5 Malaysia – Planned Data Centres
3.5.6 Malaysia – Growth Forecast
3.5.7 Thailand – Current Capacity
3.5.8 Thailand – Planned Data Centres
3.5.9 Thailand – Growth Forecast
3.5.10 Indonesia – Current Capacity
3.5.11 Indonesia – Planned Data Centres
3.5.12 Indonesia – Growth Forecast

4 Vendor Overview
4.1 International Vendors in Multiple Markets
4.2 Vendors in Singapore
4.2.26 Other Data Centres
4.2 Vendors in Malaysia
4.3.18 Other Data Centres
4.3 Vendors in Thailand
4.3.9 Other Data Centres

5 Summary & Conclusions
5.1 Market Comparison
5.2 Vendor Contact Details

Figure 1: Singapore’s Data Centre Market Growth Forecast
Figure 2: Growth of Commercial Data Centre Space in Singapore
Figure 3: Growth of Commercial Data Centre Space in Malaysia
Figure 4: Growth of Commercial Data Centre Space in Thailand
Figure 5: Growth of Commercial Data Centre Space in Indonesia
Figure 6: Data Centre Capacity Comparison

Table 1: Data Centre Classification
Table 2: Economic Growth Forecasts
Table 3: Internet & Broadband Penetration Comparison
Table 4: Neutral Internet Exchanges
Table 5: Submarine Cables
Table 6: BCA Green Mark Ratings
Table 7: GBI Classification
Table 8: Electricity Tariff Comparison
Table 9: Electricity Prices in Singapore
Table 10: Electricity Prices in Malaysia
Table 11: Electricity Prices in Thailand
Table 12: Electricity Prices in Indonesia
Table 13: Market Competitors
Table 14: List of Vendors in Singapore
Table 15: Planned Data Centres in Singapore
Table 16: List of Vendors in Malaysia
Table 17: Planned Data Centres in Malaysia
Table 18: List of Vendors in Thailand
Table 19: Planned Data Centres in Thailand
Table 20: List of Vendors in Indonesia
Table 21: Planned Data Centres in Indonesia
Table 22: Market Comparison
Table 23: Vendor Contact Details