SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) -SC Capital Partners, a Singapore-based private equity real estate firm, has launched a data centre platform called SC Zeus Data Centres. The suite of services that this vertically integrated platform offers makes it a one-stop solution to the various real estate strategies managed by SC Capital Partners.

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This new launches the growing demand for data centre acquisition, especially in the Asia Pacific region, as well as the increased focus on data sovereignty and localisation of data storage.

SC Zeus Data Centres is launched in partnership with a team of experienced data centre professionals led by industry veteran Joe Gooi, who takes on the role of CEO of SC Zeus Data Centres.

“We see a stark increase in appetite from institutional investors for the data centre sector in the Asia Pacific region and with our pan-Asian team and vertically integrated approach, we believe we are well-positioned to capitalise on the various opportunities,” he says.

The platform is able to offer design, investment management, asset management, leasing/sales, project management, operations, and technical services for data centre properties across the Asia Pacific region.

The platform opens with its first investment in Seoul, South Korea where it will develop a hyperscale data centre at an expected cost of about US$500 million ($677.8 million).

“Based on the opportunities that we see in the market and the surging interest in this sector, we are extremely excited to work with the SC Zeus Data Center team of seasoned professionals and provide our institutional investor base with additional exposure to this sector,” says Suchad Chiaranussati, chairman and founder of SC Capital Partners.

SC Capital Partners made its first foray into the data centre segment last year on behalf of its opportunistic private equity real estate fund, RECAP V.