LeaseWeb Accelerates Expansion in Asia With New Hong Kong Data Center

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HONG KONG, Dec. 4, 2014 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

     LeaseWeb [https://www.leaseweb.com ], a global Infrastructure-as-a-Service

(IaaS) hosting brand, has opened a new data center in Hong Kong as part of a

drive to accelerate its global footprint. Operated by LeaseWeb Asia Pacific,

the new Hong Kong data center follows the openingof a Singapore data center

[https://www.leaseweb.com/press/releases/leaseweb-opens-data-center-in-singapore

]in July this year.

    Customers moving to LeaseWeb Asia Pacific's Hong Kong data center will have

access to a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure solutions that includes

bare metal servers, cloud services and the ability to mix and match hybrid

environments for enterprises' most demanding applications and workloads.

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    "The opening of the Hong Kong data center is in response to strong demand

from customers across the Asia-Pacific region," said Bas Winkel, Managing

Director, LeaseWeb Asia Pacific. "This new location strengthens our offering,

providing seamless infrastructure solutions on a global basis, giving our

customers a solid platform for growth in Asia. Ultimately, it's about providing

more choice in the marketplace, which is good news for customers, especially

those who want a global partner that is responsive to their needs."

    The announcement highlights LeaseWeb's aggressive expansion plans, with

Hong Kong being the third new data center presence this year - others being

Singapore and San Jose, California - increasing LeaseWeb's global data center

footprint to nine locations.

    LeaseWeb Asia Pacific has deployed its Hong Kong data center operations in

CloudSpace2 (HKCS2), Pacnet's newest, Tier III data center in Hong Kong. The

two-story facility is located at Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.

    "Our data center operating agreement with Pacnet enables us to quickly

expand our data center presence across Asia Pacific," added Winkel. "Working

with Pacnet provides LeaseWeb with the agility to respond to customer demand

across the region - with Sydney and Tokyo examples of cities we're looking at

next as part of our expansion plans. Coupled with our own state-of-the-art

technology and global network, it provides customers with an easy, reliable and

cost-effective way of expanding online services globally."

    About LeaseWeb

    LeaseWeb is one of the world's largest hosting brands, providing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) hosting solutions to over 17,500 customers

worldwide, ranging from SMBs to enterprises. Services include Public Cloud

[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/cloud-hosting ], Private Cloud

[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/cloud-hosting/private-cloud ], Bare Metal Servers

[https://www.leaseweb.com/bare-metal-server/], CDN (Content Delivery Network)

[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/cdn ], Colocation

[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/colocation ], Managed Hosting

[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/managed-hosting ], and Hybrid Solutions

[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/hybrid-hosting ], with 24/7 support.

    With more than 65,000 physical servers under management, LeaseWeb provides

infrastructure for mission-critical websites, internet applications, email

servers, security, and storage services since 1997. LeaseWeb operates 9 data

centers in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the U.S., all of which are backed by an

extensive worldwide network with a large total capacity of 4.5 Tbps. LeaseWeb

("LeaseWeb") is a group of independent companies that operate under the brand

name LeaseWeb. LeaseWeb consists of LeaseWeb USA, Inc. ("LeaseWeb USA"),

LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. ("LeaseWeb Netherlands"), LeaseWeb Deutschland GmbH

("LeaseWeb Germany"), LeaseWeb Asia Pacific PTE. LTD. ("LeaseWeb Asia

Pacific"), and LeaseWeb CDN B.V. ("LeaseWeb CDN").

    For more information, visit http://www.leaseweb.com/apac.

    SOURCE: LeaseWeb