AIMS Recognised As Among Most Influential Data Operators In Asia

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- AIMS Group is the only Malaysian data centre recognised as being among the most influential in Asia by Cloudscene for the second consecutive quarter. Cloudscene is the world’s largest directory of colocation data centres, cloud service providers and network fabrics. AIMS in a statement Monday, said rankings are derived from data centre market density (number of facilities) and connectivity (PoPs) based on independent industry data from the world’s largest database of colocation facilities and service providers. “The top players in each region are selected from a pool of more than 5,300 global service providers with the ranked operators managing more than 17,000 POPs and over eight per cent of those in Asia,” it said. AIMS’ Chief Executive Officer, Chiew Kok Hin said the company was honoured to be listed amongst the best and pleased to see it moving up the ranking from eighth place in the first quarter to seventh this time. AIMS’ flagship facility in Kuala Lumpur recently became the first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect location in Malaysia. -- BERNAMA