DCI Data Centers has announced the appointment of industry veteran Nicholas Toh as the Group Chief Executive Officer.

Nicholas started on February 1 and will be based in the DCI Singapore head office.

An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience across data centres, finance and real estate investments, Nicolas has joined DCI from STT Global Data Centers.

In his previous role at STT, he had been instrumental in the growth and development of the business, most recently as CEO, North-East Asia.

During his time with STT GDC, he led market entry into the UK and Japan as well as strategic investments and partnerships into India, South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Prior to joining STT, he was Senior Vice President at Securus Data Property Fund. Nicholas has also worked for Macquarie Group within the banking & financial services group as well as within Macquarie’s Real Estate Group.

“Nicholas’s appointment strengthens DCI’s growth trajectory as we look to build on our rapid growth in Australia and New Zealand by deepening our geographic and product strength in these markets in addition to targeted expansion across Asia. I am delighted to welcome Nicholas to the team,” said Udhay Mathialagan, DCI Chair and Brookfield Global CEO Data Centres.

“DCI’s customer-centric approach and ability to provide innovative solutions has enabled them to be a trusted partner, and I look forward to continuing to build the business and usher in new successes for our hyper-scale customers,” Nicholas said.