GDS Expands Its Services to Hong Kong Market

BEIJING, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDS, the leading provider of high-availability data center services in China, announced the expansion of its services to the Hong Kong market. This development is in response to strong demand from Chinese financial institution customers who are increasing their presence offshore. GDS currently serves over 150 top tier financial institutions in China, many of which have rapidly growing operations in Hong Kong.

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GDS will be the first Chinese data center service provider to have a presence in both the Mainland China and Hong Kong markets. Furthermore, GDS will be the only data center service provider to offer a complete spectrum of high-availability IT services, based on world-class data center infrastructure, both onshore and offshore. GDS will be uniquely positioned to serve Chinese and global financial institutions which require a consistent, high quality service delivered across the major financial centers of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

GDS formally opened its Hong Kong Operation Center on January 24, 2013. GDS plans to build up its service delivery capability in Hong Kong and establish its own data center facility during 2013. GDS already operates 15 data centers in 6 major economic hubs in China serving major financial institutions, large enterprises, MNCs, government and Internet customers.

William Huang, the founder and CEO of GDS, said, "GDS has an unparalleled track record of delivering high-availability data center services to the most demanding customers in China. With the establishment of our Hong Kong Operation Center, we will be uniquely positioned to provide these customers with the same high quality service in China and Hong Kong."

About GDS

Established in 2000, GDS Services Limited is a leading provider of high-availability IT services, based on world-class data center infrastructure, to customers with business-critical IT operations in China. GDS provides consulting, integrated solutions, high-availability IT managed services, hosting services, and cloud computing. GDS serves the banking, securities, energy, manufacturing, logistics and internet industries as well as government agencies. GDS operates 15 data centers in 6 major economic hubs in China.

GDS technical support hotline: +86 4006-911-911

For more information, please visit www.gds-services.com; www.gds-infrastructure.com.

SOURCE Global Data Solutions