Rackspace Hosting (Rackspace), the world’s leading provider of IT hosting, announced the launch of its Asia headquarters and data center in Hong Kong in September to meet global customer demand.

The data center in Hong Kong is in addition to Rackspace’s four data centers operating in the U.S. and three in the U.K. Rackspace’s expansion into Asia marks the company’s continued investment in customer service and demonstrates its confidence in the business opportunities that Asia represents. Rackspace offers a full range of services including managed hosting, cloud hosting, platform hosting, virtualization, security and email services, storage and backup, and other professional services.

Vice President and Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Rackspace Hosting Asia, Mr. Jim Fagan, said Asia represents a significant growth opportunity for Rackspace, especially in the financial services area. “Our expansion into Asia is an important strategy in helping us reach our goal of being one of the world’s greatest service companies. We also believe Hong Kong’s world-class IT infrastructure and rich talent pool will help us succeed in bringing another perspective to our service commitment,” he added.

Acting Director-General of Investment Promotion at InvestHK, Mr. Simon Galpin, welcomed the launch of Rackspace’s Asia headquarters and data center in Hong Kong.

“We are naturally very pleased that Rackspace has decided to invest in Hong Kong,” said Mr. Galpin. “As a hosting provider, Rackspace provides round-the-clock and reliable services to its clients. Hong Kong is an excellent choice for a data center. Our stable political environment, sound legal systems that protect data and intellectual property rights, as well as world-class telecommunications, information technology and electric power infrastructure ensure the smooth running of the center. And Hong Kong’s position as the gateway to Mainland China, soon to be the world’s third largest economy, provides a springboard for overseas companies to go into Mainland China. We look forward to the successful development of the data center and Rackspace’s business in Hong Kong and elsewhere in this region.”