Zenlayer Named Digital Realty’s 2024 APAC Partner of the Year

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zenlayer, the world’s hyperconnected cloud, today announced it has been named 2024 APAC Partner of the Year by Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions.

The award recognizes Zenlayer’s outstanding contributions in helping global enterprises succeed across the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in deploying and scaling AI workloads with speed and flexibility.

Together, the two companies deliver a one-stop infrastructure solution for AI deployments in Asia. Digital Realty’s high-density, AI-ready data centers that support up to 150 kW per cabinet, in combination with Zenlayer’s hyperconnected network, give businesses seamless access to over 700 global data centers, cloud platforms and services — enabling faster, scalable, and more efficient AI operations.

“This recognition speaks to the strength of our partnership and shared vision for the future of digital ecosystems,” said Joe Zhu, Founder and CEO of Zenlayer. “Working with Digital Realty, we’re enabling enterprises to adapt quickly and build for long-term success in Asia. Together, we’re removing the friction from AI deployment and making it easier for leaders and innovators to scale across challenging geographies.”

Zenlayer’s edge network now spans nearly 200 PoPs in APAC, covering 99% of the regional internet population, simplifying connections to strategic locations like Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company also operates a fabric purpose-built for AI, anchored by a high-performance metro network in Singapore offering sub-1ms latency, and direct fiber routes from Singapore to Johor and Kuala Lumpur, forming an AI-optimized data loop across Southeast Asia. With over a decade of experience supporting enterprise growth in Asia and strong local partnerships, Zenlayer delivers the expertise, performance, and bandwidth enterprises need to scale in Asia’s fastest-growing markets.

“Zenlayer’s global edge presence complements Digital Realty’s extensive global data center footprint of over 300 data centers in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents,” said Jules Johnston, SVP of Global Channels at Digital Realty. “We see our partnership as built to scale, not just in footprint, but in strategic alignment, and we look forward to even more success ahead.”

As one of the world’s leading digital infrastructure providers, Digital Realty’s strong presence across the Asia-Pacific region covers key growth markets such as Tokyo and Osaka. Its large-scale, AI-ready data centers feature industry-leading power density. The newest facility in Osaka, KIX13, along with the NRT10 and NRT12 data centers in Tokyo, are built to accommodate advanced AI deployments at scale.

This recognition follows a year of strong customer outcomes, including a large-scale AI deployment in Japan for a leading regional cloud compute provider. Leveraging Zenlayer’s low-latency backbone, the customer seamlessly integrated its fabric with Digital Realty’s high-density KIX13 PoP colocation facility to deploy NVIDIA GPUs in an environment optimized for AI workloads. This resilient architecture delivered exceptional performance and scalability, leading the customer to replicate the model for Latin America expansion.

This year, the two companies continued to support the customer’s deployment of the latest GPUs, including the GB200, in Tokyo. The advanced facility, featuring ultra-high-power racks and cutting-edge liquid cooling, fully meets the customer’s growing demand for AI computing.

About Zenlayer

Zenlayer is the world’s first hyperconnected cloud, operating more than 300 PoPs across 50+ countries. The world’s largest and most innovative companies utilize Zenlayer’s cloud compute and networking services to deploy and run applications at the edge. Zenlayer enables organizations to rapidly grow their global footprint and instantly improve real-time digital experiences worldwide. Visit us online at www.zenlayer.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.