Digital Realty names Adil Attlassy as Vice President Technology for the Asia Pacific

Shaun Woodhouse also appointed as Sales Director for Singapore.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a global provider of data centre solutions, announced Monday that Adil Attlassy has been appointed Vice President, Technology and will be based in the Company’s Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. In this role, Mr. Attlassy will be responsible for providing technical solutions and support to customers at all of Digital Realty’s Asia-Pacific properties.

He has been a senior member of Digital Realty’s technical team for several years in North America and Europe where he has supported the leasing effort of more than 300MW of UPS capacity. Working closely with CTO Jim Smith, Mr. Attlassy is a key contributor to major initiatives such as green data centre programs and next-generation data centre design and construction methodologies.

Digital Realty has also appointed Shaun Woodhouse as Sales Director for the Singapore market. Mr. Woodhouse has led and engineered world-class data centre facilities across Asia Pacific including 10 years in Singapore, and his achievements, track record and integrity have won him wide recognition and respect across the data centre industry in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a Digital Realty report.

“Adil and Shaun are great additions to our growing Asia-Pacific team. Adil’s technical expertise will be a valuable asset to our customers in Singapore, Australia and other markets as we continue to expand in this region,” said Kris Kumar, Digital Realty Regional Head, Asia Pacific. “Shaun will play a vital role in implementing our growth strategy for Asia-Pacific. He understands the Singapore market and the needs of enterprise companies pursuing data centre projects.”