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Google users in Asia are about to enjoy faster Google Services thanks
to the new data centers being constructed in the region. Currently,
Google has 10 data centers scattered around the world with 7 located in
the United States and the other 3 located in Belgium, Finland and
Ireland. With 3 new servers being put up in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong
Kong, this will bring Google’s total data center count to 13.
Construction of the new data centers, said to have a total worth of
$700 million, was started back in 2011 with the first servers located in
Singapore estimated to be completed and go live early this year. The
server in the Taiwan facility is also expected go on limited testing by
the second half of the year, but there is still no news as to when the
Hong Kong data center is projected to be finished.
Even with just two of the three servers up and running Asian users
can already look forward to a marked increase in the speed of Google
services. This is welcome news to a market where YouTube
loading times can be really frustrating and the fun in using effects on
Google+ Hangouts is often spoiled by the freezing app. With all three
new servers Asian users can expect speeds to be at par with what
the Europe users are accustomed to. Of course that will still depend on
each user’s internet connection speeds, but will at least not be limited
by the lack of proximity to data centers, which is believed
to significantly impact the speed of data access over the internet.
According to the Economic Times
Google is targeting to invest more in India in the coming years since
“India is one of the largest markets for Google, with over 100 million
users.” In fact, Google Head of Products in India, Lalitesh Katragadda,
has emphasized the importance of the country in Google’s future plans
by saying, “More people from India are coming online every day and this
is an important market as Google looks to bring the next one billion
online … We plan to invest disproportionately in India in the coming
months and years.” What this means for the rest of Asia is that they can
look forward to reaping the benefits of Google’s focus on capturing an
even bigger market in India.
