Equinix has opened HK6, its sixth data centre in Hong Kong, with direct connectivity to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park to support cross-border AI development in the Greater Bay Area.

The facility, built with an initial investment of US$124 million, provides 1,000 cabinets in its first phase and is expected to scale to 3,550 cabinets at full build-out. Equinix said HK6 uses liquid-cooling technology designed to meet the power density and thermal efficiency that AI workloads require, and is interconnected with its existing Hong Kong campus and the HSITP to give tenants and start-ups secure access across the Greater Bay Area.

An open testing ground for AI deployment

Through Equinix’s recently announced AI Discovery Hub with HPE and NVIDIA, HK6 offers an open testing environment where enterprises and start-ups can build, test, validate and scale AI applications across hybrid and multicloud environments before committing to full-scale deployment. The facility also runs Equinix Fabric and Fabric Intelligence, which automate how interconnection is provisioned and optimised across distributed environments, with the aim of reducing data retrieval times from minutes to seconds for AI workloads running near the network edge.

HK6 sits within a cluster of four Equinix facilities in Tsuen Wan — HK1, HK2, HK3 and HK6 — anchored by the Equinix Internet Exchange, designed to give networks, cloud and AI service providers low-latency interconnection while meeting data sovereignty requirements.

“Hong Kong stands at the forefront of Asia-Pacific’s digital future and the launch of HK6 marks another significant step in our strategy to build the infrastructure that will power the AI era,” said Cyrus Adaggra, President, Asia-Pacific, Equinix.

Backing Hong Kong’s innovation ambitions

The launch aligns with the Hong Kong government’s push to advance the city’s technology and AI agenda, including the development of HSITP as a cross-border launchpad for innovation under the “one river, two banks” framework linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Vincent Ma, chief executive officer of HSITP, said the partnership would help expedite research and development progress for innovation and technology enterprises across the Greater Bay Area.

Equinix said HK6 represents its single largest investment in Hong Kong over the past decade and will maintain 100 per cent renewable energy coverage, in line with the company’s global commitment to reach full renewable coverage across its retail data centre footprint by 2030. Globally, Equinix operates more than 280 data centres across 77 markets, including 65 across the Asia-Pacific region.