• Nicholas Bongsosartono takes on the leadership role at DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 July 2024 – DHL Global Forwarding, the freight specialist of DHL Group, has appointed Nicholas Bongsosartono as the new President Director of DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, Bongsosartono will report to Thomas Tieber, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, Southeast Asia and South Pacific.

In this new position, Bongsosartono will drive growth, improve operational efficiency, and deliver service excellence to customers in the Indonesia market.

“Indonesia represents one of the dynamic markets in the region, with an expected GDP growth of 5.1%¹ this year. We are delighted that we have managed to promote internally, a testament to our dedication to nurturing talent and providing opportunities for our employees to thrive and excel in their roles.

Nicholas’s knowledge of the market and our business will play a pivotal role in strengthening our position in Indonesia, and delivering reliable and sustainable logistics solutions to our customers. His extensive experience across various aspects of the logistics industry, including air and ocean freight, inland transpiration, customs brokerage, as well as contract logistics, makes him well-suited for this leadership position,” says Thomas Tieber, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Southeast Asia and South Pacific.

Bongsosartono joined DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia in May 2023 as Head of Airfreight. Before this, he was the Head of Product Management at AP Moller-Maersk for Indonesia and the Philippines, where he designed and managed a comprehensive portfolio of commercial products and services.

Bongsosartono also brings valuable expertise from his previous roles, where his responsibilities included health, safety, security, and environment, as well as procurement of goods and services such as warehousing, trucking, and customs clearance services. Additionally, he gained a wealth of experience in information technology as the IT manager of a logistics company in the early stages of his career.

“Indonesia is a very exciting market with stable growth expected from growing investments and consumer spending. I am optimistic about the thriving freight industry in Indonesia and confident that my experiences, combined with the exceptional team at DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia, will be instrumental as we enhance DHL’s footprint and foster regional connectivity,” said Bongsosartono.

DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia has been expanding its presence and enhancing its service offerings to respond to customers’ evolving needs. In March 2024, the company launched its first EV logistics Hub in Batam, Indonesia to contribute to the country’s integrated EV supply chain development. It was also at the forefront of electric last-mile delivery in Jakarta, being the first freight forwarder to deploy an electric van in the city. Recently, DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia has also been certified as a Great Place to Work®, achieving exceptional scores above 90 percent.

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DHL – The logistics company for the world

DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry. Our DHL divisions offer an unrivalled portfolio of logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping and fulfillment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management. With about 395,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businesses securely and reliably, enabling global sustainable trade flows. With specialized solutions for growth markets and industries including technology, life sciences and healthcare, engineering, manufacturing & energy, auto-mobility and retail, DHL is decisively positioned as “The logistics company for the world”.​

DHL is part of DHL Group. The Group generated revenues of more than 81.8 billion euros in 2023. With sustainable business practices and a commitment to society and the environment, the Group makes a positive contribution to the world. DHL Group aims to achieve net-zero emissions logistics by 2050.

• Prime members can expect incredible savings including up to 70% off books for all ages, and deep discounts of at least 50% off on brands like Acer, Lenovo and Owala.
• Look out for Amazon Prime Day on the Go roving truck to experience the excitement of Prime Day and discover amazing deals.
• Prepare your Wishlist, shop early deals, and stay up to date with the latest Prime Day news at Amazon.sg/primeday

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 July 2024 – (NASDAQ: AMZN) Get ready for Amazon Singapore’s annual deal event as Prime Day returns with the longest event ever to Singapore, spanning six days from 16 to 21 July at Amazon.sg/primeday. Prime members can look forward to exclusive access to thousands of deals across popular categories like Books, Toys, Electronics, Household & Kitchen and Baby.

Beyond deals and exclusive offers for Prime customers, members of the public can experience the excitement at Amazon’s Prime Day on the Go roving truck from 12 to 14 July, and 16 July at Bugis+ in Singapore. Simply show your Amazon.sg app to participate. Visitors can get a sneak peek at the exciting deals and products available on Prime Day through engaging interactive games and activities at this free public event. Local artist, Ee Shaun, will also be present on 13 and 14 July from 6pm to 8pm at Bugis+ to customise items at the live artist booth.

Date & Time	Location	Activities
12 – 14 July, 4pm to 9pm (last entry at 8.30pm)	Bugis+, Level 1, Outdoor event space, Outside MEOW BBQ	Take part in activities to redeem a free slice of cake and exclusive merchandise*, featuring artwork by local artist, Ee Shaun. Live artist activity available from 6-8pm on 13 & 14 July only.
16 July, 4pm to 9pm (last entry at 8.30pm)	Bugis+, Level 1, Outdoor event space, Outside MEOW BBQ	Scan the QR codes in the truck to start shopping on Amazon.sg/primeday and redeem a free ice cream*!

*While stocks last

Experience the Biggest Prime Day with Incredible Deals

From 16 to 21 July, Prime members can enjoy an extended window to grab amazing deals and savings on products from Amazon.sg. Shoppers can also enjoy fast and free shipping on a wide range of eligible products across popular categories. Terms and conditions apply.

A preview of the top Prime Day deals that Prime members can expect include:

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Additional Prime Day perks:

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• Bank promotions
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Amazon Fresh

• Get 20% off your first order with minimum spending of S$40 on Amazon Fresh. Existing Prime members can enjoy S$18 off with a minimum spending of S$150, and S$25 off with a minimum spending of S$200 on Amazon Fresh.

Watsons on Amazon.sg

• New Prime customers on Watsons on Amazon.sg can enjoy S$10 off your first order with minimum spending of S$60. Existing Watsons customers on Amazon.sg can enjoy S$12 off with a minimum spending of S$100 on Watsons on Amazon.sg.

Little Farms on Amazon.sg

• New Prime customers on Little Farms on Amazon.sg can enjoy S$15 off your first order with minimum spending of S$80. Existing Little Farms customers on Amazon.sg can enjoy S$15 off with a minimum spending of S$100 on Watsons on Amazon.sg.

Prepare for Prime Day

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3. New “For You” Feature: Customers who are logged on to their Amazon.sg account can see recommended deals across all deals based on shopping history, wishlist, and more.
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Shop for Good this Prime Day
Amazon makes it easier for customers to give back through the Amazon x Shop for Good Wishlist. While shopping during Prime Day, customers can also support local non-profit organizations (NPOs) and their causes by purchasing items off their Amazon wishlist – a depository of items they need the most. Shoppers keen to do good can donate through the wishlist.

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Prime Day provides small and medium-sized businesses with the opportunity to promote their products to more than 200 million Prime members around the world. Visit Amazon.sg/smallbusinesses to start shopping from small business sellers and visit Amazon.sg/primeday for the latest Prime Day news.

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Find Prime Day Around the World

Prime Day will kick off on July 16 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the U.S., and the UK. Prime members in India can shop Prime Day later this summer.

Every Day Made Better with Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime was designed to make your life better every single day. Over 200 million paid members around the world enjoy the many benefits of Prime, including the best of shopping and entertainment. In Singapore, Prime membership includes unlimited access to award-winning movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, free gaming benefits with Prime Gaming, Prime Day, and more. Prime was built on the foundation of unlimited fast, free shipping. Prime members enjoy access to free one-day delivery on eligible domestic items, free international delivery with no minimum spending on eligible items, free delivery on selected delivery windows for orders of S$100 and above on Amazon Fresh and free 2-hour scheduled delivery for orders of S$60 and above on Watsons and Little Farms on Amazon.sg. Prime is S$2.99 per month. Start a 30-day free trial of Prime at Amazon.sg/prime.

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Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, and Kindle are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit Amazon.sg.

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 July 2024 – Canon Hongkong Company Limited (Canon Hong Kong) successfully held the “13th Canon x McDull Inter-school Ink Cartridge Recycling Award Presentation Ceremony cum Green Carnival” at the Canon Business Experience Center on 6 July 2024. Aiming at commending the winning schools for their outstanding performance in ink cartridge recycling, various green recycling booths and fun workshops were set up in addition to awards presentation, providing interesting environmental education activities to the participants.

Adhering to Canon’s corporate philosophy “Kyosei”, Canon Hong Kong has spared no effort to promote environmental conservation over the years and injected green elements into different kinds of corporate activities. Since the launch of “Ink Cartridge Recycling Program” in 2009, McDull, a local cartoon icon, has been invited to serve as the program ambassador. With the ambition of cultivating the environmental awareness of the next generation, the program was extended to the education sector in 2011, calling on support from primary and secondary schools. Now in its 13th year, the annual “Inter-school Ink Cartridge Recycling Competition” has received overwhelming responses from different sectors of the society. More than 300 organizations and schools have set up recycling boxes to encourage the public to recycle used inkjet printer cartridges. At the same time, Canon Hong Kong has organized over 200 sessions of “Environmental Seminar” for participating schools, reaching over 69,000 students to promote the importance of recycling. As of June 2024, over 276,000 ink cartridges were collected, with more than 6.3 tons of plastics recycled and over 9.5 tons of CO2 emissions reduced, equivalent to the amount absorbed by 414 trees annually. Recycled ink cartridges were dismantled, while the metals and plastics were being recycled into raw materials for other products.

In the keynote speech at the ceremony, Mr. Kazuhiro Ozawa, President and CEO of Canon Hong Kong, affirmed the winning schools for their exemplar dedication in promoting recycling. A total of 10 schools were recognized in the aspect of “Highest No. of Recycled Ink Cartridges” and “Highest No. of Recycled Ink Cartridges Per Head” respectively. Mr. Kazuhiro Ozawa expressed gratitude for the active support from the academic sector. He emphasized the importance of promoting environmental protection to the young generation and urged schools to build a better and sustainable society together by continuously responding to green initiatives.

After the ceremony, Canon Hong Kong arranged an array of green recycling booths and workshops for teachers, students and parents. These included the “Banner Upcycling Workshop” hosted by Canon Hong Kong’s green partner “The Green Earth”, turning discarded advertising banners into multi-functional handicrafts such as Octopus cardholders or name cardholders. Green Earth volunteers also shared different waste problems currently facing Hong Kong and hoped to raise students’ concerns about recycling. The “Green Education Corner and Recycling Activity” held by Baguio iRecycle Limited allowed students to understand better the 7 classifications of plastics and the correct recycling methods through interactive games; participants were also encouraged to bring along items such as clean clothes for on-site recycling. Apart from that, students brought alive exquisite 3D paper crafts using Canon branded paper during the “Creative Park Workshop”. The “Instant Photo Shoot and Print with McDull” and “Face Painting” were also highlights of the event.
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About Canon Hongkong Company Limited

Canon Inc. (TSE:7751 / NYSE:CAJ) was founded in 1937 in Japan. Its predecessor, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory, produced Japan’s first 35 mm focal-plane-shutter camera “Kwanon” in 1934. From there, Canon Inc. expanded into the photocopying and printing industries, launching Japan’s first plain-paper copier NP-1100 in 1970 and the world’s first inkjet printer BJ-80 in 1985. Through the years, Canon Inc. has acquired in-depth experience in digital imaging product manufacturing, research and development. Pioneering in innovative product development, Canon Inc. holds the most technology patents in the imaging industry. Canon Inc. also makes significant contributions to promote photography. Today, Canon Inc. has a strong global presence, representing one of the most important market players in the imaging, office and industrial product categories. As of 31 December 2023, Canon’s global revenue was US$29.44 billion.

In 1971, Canon Hongkong Co., Ltd. (Canon Hong Kong) was established as one of the first Canon offices in Asia. Canon Hong Kong is a Total Imaging Solution provider, providing professional pre-sales, marketing and after-sales services for all Canon products and solutions in Hong Kong and Macau. With the solely owned subsidiary Canon Business Solutions (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. established in 2018; the company continues to deliver intelligent total business solutions and professional services to Greater Bay Area. Canon Hong Kong adheres to Canon’s corporate philosophy of “Kyosei”, encouraging the company and staff to engage in social, charitable and environmental activities for the community. Implementing an internationally recognized management system, Canon Hong Kong has achieved ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 27001 (Canon Digital Production Center) certifications.

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QUFU, SHANDONG – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 July 2024 – In 2021, during the China-Greece Year of Culture and Tourism, a sculpture titled “Divine Encounter” was placed at the foot of the Parthenon on Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece. It depicts a dialogue between Socrates and Confucius, symbolizing the profound exchanges between Chinese and Greek civilizations. The timeless conversation between these two sages portrayed in the artwork illuminates the historical bonds that bridge Eastern and Western cultures.

Building on the spirit of cross-cultural dialogue, the 10th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations begins on Wednesday in Qufu City in east China’s Shandong Province. The forum, themed “Traditional Cultures and Modern Civilizations,” continues to promote mutual learning and common development among different civilizations.

The forum is named after the Nishan Mountain, formerly known as the Ni Qiu Hill, about 30 kilometers southeast of Qufu – the birthplace of the great Chinese thinker and educator Confucius.

Nishan is a major platform for exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations. It promotes cultural inheritance and development while sharing China’s stories with the world, Xi Yanchun, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, told CGTN.

“Today, Nishan, which is confident, open and inclusive, has become an important platform for dialogues among diverse civilizations around the globe. It is an important window for countries around the world to gain insights into Chinese culture, ” she said.

This year’s forum brings together nearly 400 international guests, including foreign dignitaries, representatives from international organizations, ambassadors to China and global experts to explore ways to integrate diverse cultural perspectives and find solutions to common global challenges. The 2024 edition, featuring keynote speeches, high-level interviews, sub-topic discussions and parallel forums, will see the largest number of participants in the forum’s history and be hosted on the largest scale to date as it welcomes attendees from 63 countries, over 50 percent of whom are international scholars.

“Even in today’s highly technological society in Japan, Confucianism still exists and continues to develop,” said Yasuo Fukuda, chairman of the International Confucian Association and former Japanese Prime Minister, during the opening ceremony.

“The essence of Confucianism lies in its focus on societal and national stability, guiding us on how to live. Its principles are universal, applicable across the world and in any era. This demonstrates that Confucianism can become a globally popular philosophy and way of thinking,” he said.

Confucius is believed to have lived from 551 to 479 BCE. Throughout his life, he emphasized morality, social harmony and education. His teachings, recorded in the “Analects,” laid the foundation for Confucianism and continue to inspire people worldwide.

This year’s forum discussions highlight Confucianism’s deep connections with human civilization and its relevance in addressing modern challenges. For instance, there will be an in-depth dialogue between the classical civilizations of China and Italy and discussions on how ancient Chinese wisdom and the ideas of contemporaneous Western philosophers can help address contemporary issues.

“The Confucian notion of harmony without uniformity is the best interpretation of the current era,” said Jeffrey D. Sachs, a professor of economics at Columbia University and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. “No country is supreme on its own. We are bound together and share the world’s oceans, air, biodiversity, fuel supply and food. That is why harmony is essential.”

“Ancient Chinese and Western philosophers both addressed ethical issues in their respective regions and sought the best ways to govern. In today’s interconnected world, we need to jointly explore a global ethical framework,” he said.

“Chinese traditional civilization, including Confucianism, offers solutions to modern problems,” said Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli. “We are committed to deepen exchanges and mutual learning with civilizations from around the world through Nishan Forum and to continuously enhance our cultural cooperation.”

In addition to discussions on exchanges among civilizations amid global challenges, other discussion topics include the ethical integration of AI into society and the modernization of traditional medicine by combining ancient practices with modern scientific research, potentially leading to breakthroughs in healthcare.

This year’s forum will also include sessions on sports and family culture for the first time. The sports forum focuses on the connection between traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit, emphasizing shared values like moral excellence, respect and harmony.

“The Olympics aim to build bridges and foster understanding among different cultures. The Nishan Forum shares this goal, deepening understanding through respectful dialogues and exchanges,” said International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at the opening ceremony.

“Civilization needs to adapt to new circumstances as times, lifestyles and production methods change. It must continually reflect and evolve,” noted Dong Ping, a professor at the School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University.

In line with this, the Nishan Forum continually broadens the scope of cultural exchanges, prioritizing dialogue on major issues, such as religion, ecology and societal change. Established 14 years ago in response to a United Nations initiative, it continues to serve as a vital platform for fostering international dialogue and cultural understanding.

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New capabilities empower customers to run data-intensive workloads like GenAI and VMware environments more easily

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 July 2024 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced the introduction of new capabilities designed for strategic cloud workloads including GenAI and VMware. These enhancements to NetApp data and storage services reduce the resources and risks for customers to manage these strategic workloads across increasingly complex hybrid multicloud environments.

“Strategic workloads, including GenAI and virtualized environments, are driving business innovation and have increasingly complex and resource-intensive infrastructure requirements that are pushing IT teams to the limit,” said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage at NetApp. “NetApp is helping customers take back control of their data with intelligent data infrastructure that leverages unified data storage, integrated data services, and automated cloud operations. Even when they are up against specific and nuanced technology requirements for modern workloads, NetApp gives them the tools they need to optimize and simplify their data operations in their environments across the hybrid multicloud.”

“Enterprises in APAC are eager to tap the innovative power of GenAI and virtualized environments. Yet they are often held back by complexity, security and cost constraints,” said Matthew Swinbourne, CTO Cloud Architecture at NetApp Asia Pacific. “The range of enhancements announced by NetApp today aims to address challenges like these. With a robust, intelligent data infrastructure, APAC organizations will be able to harness their entire data estate, maximize their GenAI investments, and usher in a new era of innovation.”

To advance intelligent data infrastructure deployments that better support strategic workloads like GenAI and VMware environments, NetApp is announcing new capabilities, including:

• NetApp BlueXP Workload Factory – for AWS: This intelligent data infrastructure service uses defined industry best-practices to automate the planning, provisioning, and management of cloud resources and services for key workloads, including GenAI, VMware cloud environments, and enterprise databases. Customers can use BlueXP workload factory to optimize deployment time, cost, performance, and protection of resources for strategic workloads as well as their associated data. To simplify workload migrations to the cloud, BlueXP workload factory allows users to profile infrastructure requirements for target workloads and compare different resource options for cost and performance needs. Then, the service can provision the selected resources, move any existing workload data to these newly provisioned cloud deployments, and continually optimize the entire environment to ensure the required cost and performance targets. AWS users can read guidance on how to deploy this capability on the AWS Solutions Library.
• NetApp GenAI Toolkit – Microsoft Azure NetApp Files Version: Customers can now include private enterprise data stored in Azure NetApp Files in their retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows in a secure, programmatic manner. The result is an enhanced ability to generate unique, high-quality, and ultra-relevant results from GenAI projects by combining their proprietary data with pre-trained, foundational models (FMs). The integration of the NetApp GenAI Toolkit with Azure NetApp Files represents a powerful synergy that empowers customers to harness advanced language generation capabilities.
• Amazon Bedrock with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Reference Architecture: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) and NetApp have released a joint reference architecture which provides guidance for customers on implementing RAG-enabled workflows that bring proprietary data stored on Amazon FSx for ONTAP into their GenAI data pipelines. Amazon FSx makes it easy and cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. The reference architecture allows developers to use APIs for Amazon Bedrock to connect with Amazon FSx for ONTAP data stores, enabling the secure use of proprietary data with a choice of high-performing FMs that can be customized to unlock new insights and capabilities.
• Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Enhancements: AWS announced the next-generation Amazon FSx for ONTAP cloud storage service with enhanced capabilities to boost scalability and flexibility to provide up to 6 GB per second of throughput for a single highly-available (HA) pair from 512 TiB of SSD storage. Next-gen file systems offer virtualized workloads more room to grow with a 300 percent increase in network burst throughput and a 150 percent boost in disk burst throughput. For large-scale, high-performance workloads like GenAI, second-generation Amazon FSx for ONTAP systems support dynamic scalability by adding HA pairs as needed, up to 24 nodes. This delivers up to 72 GB per second of throughput from 1 PiB of SSD storage, providing greater flexibility and performance for evolving business needs.
• NetApp BlueXP Disaster Recovery Support for VMFS: The BlueXP disaster recovery service, which provides guided workflows to design and execute automated disaster recovery plans for VMware workloads across both on-premises and cloud environments, has been expanded to support VMFS datastores for on-premises to on-premises disaster recovery.

These updates build on NetApp’s existing offerings that support storage and data operations for customers that need to implement and manage high-powered, strategic workloads such as GenAI and VMware environments. For example, NetApp recently announced that its unique BlueXP data classification capability, which automatically classifies and categorizes data for enhanced governance and secure ingest into GenAI and RAG data pipelines, has become a core control plane capability now available free of charge to all NetApp customers.

“When it comes to GenAI, the prime focus for organizations is to adapt their data strategies to ensure they can balance data security, cost efficiency and innovation as they leverage pre-built LLMs to surface relevant, useful insights from their proprietary, business-relevant data,” said Archana Venkatraman, Senior Research Director, Cloud Data Management at IDC. “NetApp’s intelligent data infrastructure capabilities can help customers overcome the data challenges and offer specific guidance to automate workflows that can securely feed private data directly into public cloud providers’ LLMs. In addition, NetApp’s BlueXP data classification capability has the potential to mitigate the risks in data operations for AI because it allows users to discover and categorize data so that the right data is fed into the right model without exposing confidential, personal or restricted information.”

“Organizations are now facing different economic realities with regards to virtualized environments, and we all need to move quickly to address recent industry shifts,” said Derek Elbert, Solutions Architect at WWT. “Optimizing the cost versus performance equation of VMware workloads has become a primary initiative for us, with the objective of continuing to provide scalability and performance while reducing unnecessary system and software resources. NetApp’s offerings, such as the BlueXP disaster recovery service and the optimization metrics from Cloud Insights, help us better ensure the right levels of resource allocation and protection schemes for virtual environments, allowing us to focus on putting our infrastructure to work without killing the FinOps metrics.”

Additional Resources

• When You Realize It’s More About Data Than About Storage
• Big News For All NetApp Customers: Classify Your Data with an Industry-Leading Solution at No Cost
• Power Your Generative AI on AWS

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About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry’s best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world’s biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our CloudOps solutions provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at www.netapp.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

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16MW data center will support hyperscale demand; company hosts grand opening ceremony to celebrate milestone

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 July 2024 – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the grand opening of its first Taipei data center (TPE1). Located in the Taoyuan district of Taiwan, the 16MW facility can accommodate both cloud and high-density deployments, enabled with liquid cooling technology to support artificial intelligence (AI) and data-intensive applications.

This milestone was celebrated with a grand opening ceremony today attended by industry leaders and several government officials, including:

• Chang San-Cheng, Mayor of Taoyuan, Taoyuan City Government
• Emile M.P. Chang, Director-General, Department of Investment Promotion, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Liang You-Wun, Director of Taipei, Bureau of Industrial Parks, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Michael Yang, Group Vice Chairman, Chairman of CTCI

“Taipei is a fast-moving technology hub with booming demand for hyperscale data centers to power next generation applications, cloud transformation and AI adoption. We are excited to launch our flagship Taipei data center to fulfill surging customer demand and enable the region’s digitalization,” said Raymond Tong, president of Vantage’s APAC business. “We look forward to welcoming customers moving into TPE1 and supporting their growing businesses.”

“Semiconductors and artificial intelligence industries are key components of President Lai’s ‘Five Trusted Industry Sectors,’ while data centers are the backbone infrastructure for AI development. Taiwan, with its globally recognized semiconductor supply chain and pool of AI talent, is definitely an ideal hub for AI development,” said Emile M.P. Chang, director-general, department of investment promotion, ministry of economic affairs. “The inauguration of Vantage’s TPE1 data center truly shows the international community’s recognition of Taiwan’s strides in AI and high-tech industry. I am confident that Vantage will leverage Taiwan’s technology advantages and continue to advance in the field of data centers.”

Located on two acres (one hectare), TPE1 is a five-story facility built in alignment with the local government’s focus on sustainable energy sources. The modern data center features an industry-leading power usage effectiveness (PUE) and low water usage effectiveness (WUE). TPE1 will be powered by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), the local utility provider which is actively developing renewable energy and is committed to introducing low carbon, clean energy.

To learn more about Vantage’s growing presence across APAC, please visit https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/apac/.

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About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across five continents in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

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