Asia Pacific is one of the big growth markets.  Equinix and Digital Realty Trust are expanding in the these markets with partnerships.  Those left out of these partnerships could try to compete individually or create their own partnerships like the Asia Data Center Alliance (ADCA).  Which has a commitment to Green Data Centers.

This Data Center Alliance sets the precedence for ASEAN data center service providers to join forces & collaborate in enabling region's enterprises to stay competitive in the global economy. The other objective of ADCA is to develop Green Data Centers by applying modest energy saving technologies as the contribution for reducing the greenhouse effect and global warming.

The ADCA comprises.

ADCA founding members include:

• 1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd (Singapore)
• CMC Telecommunication Services Corp. (Vietnam)
• The AIMS Asia Group Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
• T.C.C. Technology Co., Ltd (Thailand)

ADCA associated members includes:

• HKCOLO Limited (Hong Kong)

The combined space is 450,000 sq ft. 

The Asia Data Center Alliance (ADCA) has a combined space

of more than 45,000m2. We strive to be one of the biggest data

It is too bad they follow the traditional approach in quoting space and not power. 

Web Host Industry Review has a post on US DOE LBNL partnering with China to green data center.  I have had the pleasure of visiting LBNL labs data center efficiency group, and it is a good group to work with for this type of effort for China.  There are also some interesting facts in the post you should think about to understand the China Data Center industry.

First the role of Telcos in data center development.

China differs from the US in that the telecommunications industry has taken the lead over the IT industry in dominating the data center market.

10% of the USA data center capacity is for the Federal government, and there is a huge market for data centers that have nothing to do with the gov’t.  China’s government is the #1 player in data center capacity build out, and you will need to fit in China government’s plans.

Another major difference between China's data center market compared to the US is that most data centers in China are owned and run by the government.

LBNL points out the government influence has an advantage to green the data center in that they only need to convince the government to make the changes.

Sector[sic] Sarton says that this difference could be advantageous if they can "convince the government to make the changes... they can make the changes quicker."

Berkeley Lab is also hoping to work with China to install technologies such as warm-water liquid cooling and DC power through its partner agency.

So what is the project?

The project is being run by Dale Sartor, head of the Building Technology's Applications Team, and Bo Shen of the China Energy Group.

The Berkeley Lab scientists will work with the China Institute of Electronics and the China Electronics Standardization Institute to "share best practices, case studies and other material" to help form standards and training programs for China's data center industry.

Sarton says that China has a wide range of energy efficiency within its data centers but ultimately shows "a lot of room for improvement."

The original article referenced is here in Physorg.com.

Berkeley lab to help China improve energy efficiency of data centers

December 21, 2010

The amount of energy consumed by data centers is increasing rapidly around the world, and China is no exception. With its growing information technology and telecom industries and its emerging status as a supercomputer power, China continues to expand its data center capacity. In an effort to help reduce carbon emissions, the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a world leader in high-performance buildings, has started working with China to improve the energy performance of its data centers.

Marbridge Consulting references www.cctime.com article on Jan 10, 2011 that China’s data center demand is outstripping supply.

China's Data Center Demand Outstripping Supply

CCTIME, 1/10/11

Last week, standing deputy director Zhou Hongren of the Advisory Committee for State Informatization (ACSI) said that China's data centers were facing a fundamental problem: the speed with which new data centers are being built is being outpaced by growing demand. Furthermore, China's data centers are primarily centralized in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other regions along the country's east coast, resulting in high power consumption and a heavy concentration of waste heat. Because of this, Zhou said, the migration of data centers northward will be a major trend over time. Zhou added that cloud storage could offer a solution to the issue.

China Unicom has a strategy to create greener data center strategy as data centers move away from the current data center hubs.

Tong Xiaoyu, deputy director of the China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) Research Institute, said that owing to energy-saving and cost considerations, Unicom will establish data center industry bases in the energy resource-rich provinces in central and western China.

Keywords: Zhou Hongren, cloud computing, Tong Xiaoyu, China Unicom Research Institute, China Unicom, telecom, Advisory Committee for State Informatization, data center, 0762.HK, 600050.SH, CHU, energy efficiency

The NYTimes has an article on JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley receiving approval for joint venture securities firms in China.

JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley Win Approval to Expand in China

By DAVID BARBOZA

Published: January 7, 2011

SHANGHAI — JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley said Friday that they had each won approval from Chinese regulators to form their own joint venture securities firms here, a move that will give each greater access to the fast-growing domestic capital market in China.

The two firms are the latest global banks to win the right to form joint ventures to underwrite stock and bond offerings in China. Eventually, the joint ventures will be able to sell and trade stocks to Chinese citizens and institutions.

JPMorgan Chase said it would partner with First Capital Securities and hold a 33 percent stake in the new firm that will be established. Morgan Stanley said it would hold a 33 percent stake in a joint venture it was forming with Huaxin Securities, which is also known as China Fortune Securities.

These companies follow the lead of others.

For now, Wall Street banks are content to form joint ventures in China. In 2004,Goldman Sachs won approval to form a joint venture securities firm in China that became Gaohua Securities. UBS, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have each formed a Chinese joint venture with a local securities firm in recent years. All the firms hold minority stakes.

So, where would JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley put its data centers?

Somewhere where the Chinese regulators approve of like Winland International Finance Center or equivalent.

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Winland International Finance Center is located at the core of Financial Street. Towards the south, there is the Capital International Finance Center, 5-star Intercontinental Hotel and China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation. Towards north, there is the Bank of China, the People's Insurance Company (Group) of China and China Insurance Regulatory Commission. Towards the west and along the 2ND ring road lies the Fuchengmen subway station which is conveniently a walking distance away. Taking inspiration from the design of the ancient Chinese coin - a square within a circle this abstract symbol is a key element in the construction of the building. The front of the building has an eco-space of thousands of square meters which is made up of greenery, fountains and sculptures, allowing much grandeur. Facing the 2ND ring road on financial street, this green pasture is one of a kind.

Given all these foreign companies own less than 50% of the joint ventures, don’t expect a data center to be built by these financials.

I have some friends in China and using Skype is convenient to communicate. GigaOm says China is making moves to block Skype.

Will Skype Be Banned in China?

By Ryan Kim Dec. 30, 2010, 9:10am PDT 1 Comment

China has reportedly moved to block private VoIP services such as Skype, and will only allow China Telecom and China Unicom to offer such services, according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It’s unclear when this will take effect, or if it means the outright ban of services such as Skype. China previously banned outside VoIP companies in 2006 for two years to help its homegrown companies compete ahead of the 2008 Olympics. Skype currently partners with Chinese Internet company Tom Online and said in a statementvthat users can still access Skype through Tom.com, though it declined to speculate on future access being blocked.

Doing business in China requires government support if you are big.

Either way, it’s a blow for Skype in particular, and VoIP providers in general, and underscores the difficulty of doing business in China for Internet companies. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are already blocked in China and Google had to move its servers to Hong Kong.