U.S.-based Equinix Inc. announced plans to spend USD63 million to build its second international business exchange data center, HK2, in Hong Kong.

Hewlett-Packard has announced that it has established a new information service center and the Chinese hub of its Best Shore global outsourcing service center in Suzhou, to provide customized information technology consulting and outsourcing services to its clients in eastern China.

China Telecom Beijing branch has announced the launch of a new Internet Data Center service platform with 3G applications to realize sending of contents, including IDC operating statistics, video monitoring information, and server security information to mobile phones of corporate users.

Chinese anti-virus service provider Rising has announced the launch of its generically-named Cloud Security Center, which is reported to be the largest of its kind in Asia.

Fujitsu China, the Chinese subsidiary of the Japan-headquartered IT service provider Fujitsu, has signed a strategic cooperative memorandum with the government of Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong province, to build a financial data center in the area to promote cooperation in the Pearl River Delta.

The China Xinyue Dongli Technology Development Company, an agent of Beijing Netcom's Internet data center business, has been sealed by local police for poor operations and the company's boss Bai Xinwen has also been arrested.

Asia-Pacific Information Engine, the largest internet data center in the Asia Pacific Region, has just been launched in Guangzhou.