For companies looking to expand into Asia Pacific, Hong Kong data centers have become essential for storing some of their data operations to bridge into mainland China.

One year ago today HostDime opened its doors for its newest data center in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. The 20,000 square foot facility is one of the very few data centers in Northern Brazil. The four story building, designed and constructed by HostDime, is up to Uptime Institute’s Tier III standards.

Dropbox filed its IPO last week, and in the filing, we were able to peel back the curtain and see exactly how much they saved because of the switch from AWS to colocation data centers.