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AUSTRALASIA REGION
9.4.1 CURRENT SYSTEMS
The AustralAsia market has been characterized by a massive amount of growth in a relatively short amount of time. Since 2008, it has been one of the busiest regions in the entire world – only seeing three years with reduced expansion, from 2010 to 2012.
Growth from 2001 to 2005 was negligible, and while there was a moderate amount of activity in 2006, the real growth spurt occurred from 2008 to 2009. (Figure 88) The biggest factor contributing to growth in the region is emerging markets in Southeast Asia, with countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, and Hong Kong being the recipients of new data center growth as mentioned in section 1.4 of this report.
The industry crash of the early 2000s certainly influenced the later timing of the region’s boom, but the rising markets of Southeast Asia and their ardent desire for international connectivity overrode such concerns. The widespread adoption of mobile and cloud services throughout the region combined with the recent surge of Hyperscaler driven systems promises to sustain growth in the region for the foreseeable future.
9.4.2 FUTURE SYSTEMS
After the huge growth spurt from 2008 to 2009, the AustralAsia market has seen a steady amount of growth in the amount of cable added per year.
Since 2012, the region has seen an average of 17,000
