Facebook to invest $1 billion in first Asian data centre in Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook said on Thursday it will invest more than $1 billion to build its first data centre in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022.

Facebook’s facility will be located in the west of the island, near where Google is expanding its Singapore data centres in an $850 million investment as mobile growth, e-commerce and cloud computing demand rise across the region.

Facebook to invest $1 billion in first Asian data centre in Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook said on Thursday it will invest more than $1 billion to build its first data centre in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022.

Facebook’s facility will be located in the west of the island, near where Google is expanding its Singapore data centres in an $850 million investment as mobile growth, e-commerce and cloud computing demand rise across the region.

“MSG to sign MoU with APCC for Technological Cooperation to Support Member States’ Coconut Industries”

The MSG Director-General Ambassador Amena Yauvoli and the Manager Governance and Legal Affairs, Romulo Nayacalevu are in Bangkok, Thailand to attend the 48th Asia Pacific Coconut Community COCOTECH Conference and Exhibition and finalise discussion with the Executive Director of the APCC for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC).