Strategically investing in data centers in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia

Recently, Reno Sio, Institutional Real Estate, Inc’s managing director, Asia Pacific, spoke with Suchad Chiaranussati, chairman and founder of SC Capital Partners, and Joe Gooi, CEO of SC Zeus Data Centers, about their teaming up to invest in data centres in Asia. Following is an excerpt of that conversation. Read the full article via the link below.

Could you both give us a little background about yourselves and share what led to you set up SC Zeus Data Centers (SC Zeus)? 

Suchad Chiaranussati: SC Capital Partners, the firm I founded in 2004, has been looking into the data centre sector for about five years. Given it is an area that requires extensive technical knowledge and expertise, we concluded we needed to set up a platform with a team that can deliver throughout the lifecycle of a data centre — from deal-sourcing, planning, design, procuring project management and construction management, to leasing and operating the assets.

We then came across Joe and his team, who possess the relevant technical expertise. In the past 18 months, Joe has built up a team of about 20 people with a wide range of expertise, headquartered in Singapore, and with presence... See the full article.