Recently, the industry in South Korea rumors, Google intends to strengthen South Korea's cloud market strategy, the initial may cooperate with the South Korean telecom operators, leasing way set up a data center in South Korea, the future if the customer stable growth, will consider setting up their own data centers. News) quoted industry sources as saying that Google has been discussing leasing of data centers with Korean telecom operator LG U + since the end of 2017. Insiders pointed out that as early as early 2017, Google started to contact Korean telecom operators and plans to establish them in Korea by the end of 2017 Data center. South Korea's industry analysis, Google's move mainly aimed at South Korea's cloud market, so had to set up a data center in South Korea.In fact, Google does not directly establish a data center, but want to adopt leasing mode, to Korea Network Data Center (IDC In other words, if Google and LG U + finalize their contract, there will be a Google Data Center in LG U +'s IDC that will include servers, storage, network and operations management and Google will send someone Stationed in. Google ranked third in the global enterprise cloud market, second only to Yamaha AWS and Microsoft As early as 2016, AWS and Microsoft started to aggressively deploy the South Korean cloud market and target major customers such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. As a result, revenue growth was very high. As a result, Estimated that South Korea's cloud market growth potential is quite optimistic about AWS revenue in South Korea will exceed 500 billion won (about 460 million U.S. dollars) by 2018 and Microsoft's revenue will reach 50 billion won.Although Google also started to develop the Korean cloud business many years ago, However, the result is not ideal recently due to artificial intelligence (AI), big data and so attracted the attention of Google big data analytics service BigQuery attention, some large Korean companies although interested in BigQuery, but in the end but could not sign Google Due to the fact that compared to AWS and Microsoft, Google Cloud Services does not have a data center in Korea, so Google's Korean partner companies have been asking Google to set up a data center in Korea since 2017. Korean industry stakeholders said that in 2017 Google Asia Pacific Regional management visits South Korea, has said that in 2018 will lead to the establishment of a data center, just starting out with the lease plan, the future If customers grow steadily, will it be possible for AWS and Microsoft to set up their own data centers.Because the data center is the most important security issues, even if Google set up a data center in Korea, I am afraid not to announce a high profile, and ultimately set up a data center in South Korea , May also need time to observe. AWS, Microsoft and other cloud industry to set up data centers, the final message are subject to the head office, LG U + is expected to sign the contract with Google before it may officially release the message. Rumors negative attitude, LG U + stakeholders are reluctant to comment. In fact, South Korea's social perception of Google's poor business, the main reason is that Google earns several trillion won in South Korea each year, but through various means of tax savings, not Few people also pointed out that Google did not take good corporate social responsibility in South Korea, its subsidiary YouTube huge daily traffic, but also did not pay a reasonable cost of fees, causing dissatisfaction with the Korean telecom industry.Google if the lease to set up a data center in South Korea, is expected to be Cleverly circumventing a variety of South Korean regulations and restrictions, Google earlier in order to provide maps in South Korea Service, but also leased leased dedicated server. TOP ▲
