Equinix Names Jeremy Deutsch as President of Asia Pacific

Data centre and global interconnection company Equinix, Inc. announced this Thursday that it has named long-time employee Jeremy Deutsch as President of Asia Pacific, succeeding Samuel Lee.

As the President of Asia Pacific, Deutsch will be responsible for regional management, strategy and growth plans for Equinix in the region which includes its existing operations in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, the statement said.

The appointment of Deutsch follows on from more than ten years working with the Data Center Data Center A data center is a building or network used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.This generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.Over the past decade, data center space has been growing at an incredible rate. This has increased as more A data center is a building or network used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.This generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.Over the past decade, data center space has been growing at an incredible rate. This has increased as more Read this Term company. To take on this new role, Deutsch will be relocating from Sydney to Hong Kong. He will report to Equinix’s Chief Customer and Revenue Officer, Karl Strohmeyer.

Commenting on the appointment, Strohmeyer said: “Jeremy has a successful track record of growing and managing Equinix’s business in Australia over the last decade. His tenured experience working with customers as well as running Equinix’s business in Australia uniquely contributed to our success there, and I look forward to working closely with him on our growth strategy in all of Asia-Pacific.”

Deutsch at Equinix

Deutsch originally joined Equinix back in 2008 as the Sales Director for the firm’s Australian operations. In this role, he was able to grow the sales team and business in the country. He also ranked as its top-performing sales leader in the APAC region for three consecutive years.

From here, Deutsch was promoted to Managing Director of Equinix Australia in 2014. This saw him lead the company’s Australian business strategy. As part of this, he facilitated the Acquisition Acquisition Acquisition means acquiring or taking possession or the securing of property, services, or abilities. To put it simply, it is the act or process of acquiring or gaining. You can acquire a work of art, you can acquire an ability such as speaking another language, you can acquire a business or shares in a company and you can acquire an accountant's service. For example, you can acquire a new car. In a broad sense, Acquisition can mean the act of taking ownership or possession of something. There Acquisition means acquiring or taking possession or the securing of property, services, or abilities. To put it simply, it is the act or process of acquiring or gaining. You can acquire a work of art, you can acquire an ability such as speaking another language, you can acquire a business or shares in a company and you can acquire an accountant's service. For example, you can acquire a new car. In a broad sense, Acquisition can mean the act of taking ownership or possession of something. There Read this Term and integration of Metronode, which added 10 data centers. The deal was worth US$804 million.

“I am incredibly honored and thrilled to now serve the company in the role of President of Asia-Pacific. Asia-Pacific continues to be one of the fastest growing regions for us with both our global and local customers moving quickly to digitize their businesses and expand across our platform, and we continue to grow our business here,” added Deutsch.

“Together with the world-class Asia-Pacific team, we will continue to deliver unmatched services to our customers to accelerate their digital transformation journeys.”

Prior to working for Equinix, Deutsch was the General Manager of Products at Unwired Australia, a SingTel Optus group company. He has also worked at Pihana Pacific, which was acquired by Equinix in 2002.