DCI Data Centers Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Jae Woo Choi as Deputy Chief Technology Officer

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DCI Data Centers (DCI), a Brookfield Asset Management backed developer and operator of data centres, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Jae Woo Choi as Deputy Chief Technology Officer.

In his role, Jaewoo will lead the development function alongside Chief Technology Officer Verghese Jacob to support DCI’s accelerated growth phase across South Korea, Japan and SEA markets in addition to the rapidly expanding footprint across Australia and New Zealand.

Based in Seoul, Jaewoo is a veteran of data centre development with 15 years of leadership experience in data centre engineering and project management. He joins DCI from Amazon Web Services, where he served as Global Expansion Engineering Manager and was responsible for executing and reviewing designs for data centre projects throughout APAC.

“We are excited to have Jaewoo join DCI’s leadership team. Our approach to construction and development has a laser focus on consistency of design, operations and speed to market for our customers and Jaewoo’s deep expertise and experience enhances our ability and effectiveness across markets from Australia and New Zealand to newer markets of South Korea, Japan and South-East Asia” Verghese Jacob, Group CTO DCI Data Centers

“DCI’s track record and experience of our senior management team is a key differentiator for DCI as we look to rapidly expand our capabilities and build on our successes in Australia and New Zealand to deliver a pan-Asian data centre platform. This new role and Jaewoo’s appointment strengthens our leadership team and supports our strategic growth trajectory in the region” Udhay Mathialagan, DCI Data Centers Chair and Brookfield Managing Director.

About DCI Data Centers

DCI Data Centers is a data centre owner and operator that is challenging the way facilities have been built and operated. It brings together innovative, environmentally efficient technologies and construction methods to enable the rapid deployment of secure cloud and hyperscale compute environments.

With a growing fleet of data centres across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, DCI Data Centres’ mission is to become the preferred partner in the Asia Pacific region for the delivery of purpose-built, highly secure, and resilient data centre solutions. Recently, DCI Data Centers announced development of Auckland’s largest data centre as well as a new Canberra facility which is one of the first facilities in Australia suited to provide unparalleled security for a region with special focus on defence, space, cyber security, and high-tech manufacturing sectors.

DCI is a portfolio company of Brookfield Asset Management and its investment partners. For more information visit www.dcidatacenters.com/about

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