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Global data centre operator Equinix has appointed 10-year IT industry veteran and current Australian managing director, Jeremy Deutsch, as president of Asia-Pacific.

Global data centre operator Equinix is planning to open 12 new data centres and expand 23 of its existing IBX data centres this year — including opening its fourth in Melbourne and eighth in Sydney — as part of an expected US$1.730 billion to US$1.920 billion capital expenditure program for 2019.

Global data centre operator Equinix is to make an initial investment of US$84 million (approx A$118 million) to build a new International Business Exchange data centre in Melbourne to support what it says is the growing demand for digital transformation.

Global data centre company Equinix will set up an International Business Exchange data centre in Sydney named SY5, its eighth in the city, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Data centre provider Equinix will open a carrier-neutral data centre in Seoul by the third quarter of the year, offering an initial capacity of 550 cabinets in the first phase and occupying about 1680 square metres.

Global data centre operator Equinix has more than doubled revenues in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, over the past five years, as revenues in the region climbed from US$363 million in 2013 to US$849 million in 2017, according to the company’s latest financial report.

Data centre service provider Equinix, has appointed Todd Handcock as chief marketing officer and vice president of marketing and strategy for Asia Pacific.