Rush for data centres, telecoms towers may be boon for telcos

Singapore

AS THE market heats up for communications assets, one group could be a beneficiary: telcos.

In April this year, Australian telco Telstra completed the sale of its data centre located in Paya Lebar to Hong Kong-based content exchange platform Big Data Exchange for an undisclosed sum. The data centre houses 1,800 racks with a 7.3-megawatt power capacity.