
In the latest episode of the Digital Centre podcast, Omer Wilson talks with Vertiv’s Vice President Colocation & Hyperscale, ANZ, SEA & India Tony Gaunt around the importance of the sustainability imperative for data centres.
Tony shares insights around why it’s important for data centres to prioritise sustainability, what are some of the unique challenges these critical infrastructure points now pose for the environment and what can be done to help meet sustainability goals within the data centre industry.
Tony also shares thoughts on where he thinks the data centre industry will be in 5 years’ time and if data centres can facilitate meeting sustainability drives not only for their own facilities but for other organisations, too.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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May 28, 2021
33 min

In the latest episode of the Digital Centre podcast, Omer Wilson talks with Digital Realty’s Country Head for South Korea Jay Weon Khym around the state of the Korean Data Centre and Digital Transformation market.
Jay shares insights around the impact of 5G, IoT and AI on the Korean economy, what some of the biggest challenges and opportunities for Korean organisations are, and what will the rest of 2021 hold for the data centre industry.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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May 10, 2021
33 min

In the first episode of the Digital Centre podcast for 2021, Omer Wilson and Asia Cloud Computing Association’s Executive Director Lim May-Ann discuss what 2021 holds for the cloud computing and data centre industries in APAC.
May-Ann and Omer share insights around the increasing demand for digital access especially in developing markets, how sustainability plays a crucial role for data centre customers and how that goes hand-to-hand with government policies around the subject.
May-Ann and Omer also discuss how the pandemic has put another spin on the data privacy concerns and data protection policies in a world where cybercrime is constantly evolving.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Feb 18, 2021
32 min

In the final 2020 instalment of the Digital Centre podcast, the tables are turned as Digital Realty’s very own Mark Smith (MD, Asia-Pacific Region) and Omer Wilson (VP of Marketing, APAC) discuss what the events of this year has meant for the digital and data centre sector globally, and emerging trends for 2021.
Mark and Omer touch on key events and successes over the year, including their proactive response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the strong demand for data centres throughout the APAC region.
They also explore how the global pandemic has taken the usage of digital services to a new level – and what this means for the future of APAC data centres.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Dec 21, 2020
28 min

In the latest episode of the Digital Centre podcast series, host Omer Wilson talks with Schneider Electric’s VP of Cloud & Service Provider Segment in APAC, Paul Tyrer on the rise of sustainable data centres.
Paul and Omer discuss the challenges for the sustainability agenda in APAC and more specifically in South East Asia along with some of the viable solutions that can help the industry reduce its carbon footprint immediately and in the near future.
Paul also touches on how important sustainability is for organisations when choosing a data centre provider and what are some of Schneider Electric’s energy solutions for the data centre ecosystem.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Nov 20, 2020
31 min

In the latest episode of the Digital Centre’s podcast series, host Omer Wilson talks with both AMS-IX’s CEO Peter van Burgel and Digital Realty’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific Mark Smith on how the digital behaviour has changed since the beginning of the global pandemic and what that means for the future of internet exchanges, data centres and the digital ecosystem.
Peter and Mark share their insights around the increase in traffic, the digital behaviour changes that are here to stay and the ones that will revert to their pre-pandemic dimensions. They also touch on how productivity has increased and how important it is to think about sustainability and doing things virtually vs physically.
Mark and Peter also discuss what is next for data centres and internet exchanges in light of the explosion of technology and what the impact of 5G, Iot and AI will be for both industries. They touch on why the data centre, connectivity and energy industries are becoming more and more intertwined and dependant on each other and what are some of the cybersecurity concerns that need to be considered in the future.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Oct 6, 2020
48 min

In the latest episode of Digital Centre’s podcast series, host Omer Wilson talks with Bill Angle, Chief Advisory Engineer at CS Technology on Digitisation and the New Normal for businesses.
Omer and Bill touch on short-term and long-term impact of COVID-19 on the digital transformation journey for organisations from a connectivity and infrastructure point of view, the need for business continuity planning and disaster recovery modelling.
Omer and Bill also discuss how resilient infrastructure has been and how the shift towards AI and automation has been progressing. Bill shares his insights around the explosion of tech, the most exciting recent developments and the most pressing concerns in the future of digitisation and technology.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Sep 10, 2020
38 min

In the latest episode of Digital Centre’s podcast series, host Omer Wilson talks with Richard Petrie, CTO and Executive Director at the London Internet Exchange (LINX) on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the digital ecosystem.
Omer and Richard touch on how LINX coped with the challenges arising from the growth in traffic demand during the lockdown period and how important it is to have the infrastructure preparedness to meet those demands. They also discuss whether data centres infrastructures need to make more radical changes to support network provisioning and what would the global footprint and coverage of the London Internet Exchange will look like in 2021.
Omer and Richard also touch on whether the Internet accessibility support systems were pushed to the limit during the peak period of consumption, and what role will AI, IoT and 5G play in the coming months in regards to the changing digital ecosystem.
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Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Jul 31, 2020
31 min

In the latest episode of Digital Centre’s podcast series, host Omer Wilson talks with May-Ann Lim, Executive Director at Asia Cloud Computing Association, on the recently published Cloud Readiness Index Report for 2020.
Omer and May-Ann touch on the key takeaways from the report, including how cloud readiness in APAC is advancing, but pace of progress is beginning to stall; how APAC economies have continued to evolve in a positive way, but core capabilities like privacy and managing risks remain fragile; how some APAC markets risk losing out on economic recovery by not leveraging “leapfrog” technologies.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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Jun 5, 2020
31 min

In the latest episode of Digital Centre’s podcast series, host Omer Wilson talks with Chad Kinlay, Director of Marketing and Communications at Epsilon, on the future of Data Centre Interconnection along with the current state of play.
Omer and Chad touch on some of the challenges in the traditional data centre interconnect ecosystems face. They look at the state of the market in Asia and globally in the current climate, the impact of the cloud and cloud interconnectivity on the ecosystem, and what new technologies have the potential of disrupting the current state.
Data Centre 4.0: The future of the Digital Ecosystem
In this podcast series from Digital Centre, Data Centre Leader expert and APAC-based Marketer, Omer Wilson will be in conversation with Technology and Industry Experts on the future of the data centre.
Today’s tech-fuelled transformation era is putting traditional data centres under unprecedented pressure. This pressure is coming from businesses, users and consumers – from every physical, virtual and cloud-centric angle. What does the future hold for the data centre?
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May 20, 2020
26 min
