Tencent's plans for Indonesia herald wave of Asia data centers

Tech company challenges Google and Microsoft in race to add cloud facilities

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Tencent Holdings will build most of its new data centers in Asia, including South Korea and Thailand, as well as the Middle East. It currently operates 20 data centers outside China. © Reuters

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings is raising the stakes in the race against global companies for the burgeoning cloud services market in Asia, with a plan to open two data centers in Indonesia by the end of this year.

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