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Demand to handle the expanding mountain of digital information is accelerating, particularly in Asia's fast-growing economies. © Reuters

Bali Kaur Sodhi is lead economist with Oxford Economics' economic impact consulting team in Singapore.

As governments, companies and financial systems increasingly move online, demand for data centers to handle the expanding mountain of digital information is accelerating, particularly in Asia's fast-growing economies. Real estate services company JLL says emerging data center hubs in Southeast Asia and India will be coming online in the coming years to supplement mature regional hubs elsewhere in the region.

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