- BDx and CITIC Networks Will Enable Regional and International Customers to 
Connect Through One of the Fastest-Growing Areas of China

Big Data Exchange (BDx) ( https://www.bdxworld.com ), a pan-Asian 
carrier-neutral data center cluster, announces CITIC Networks as one of its 
connectivity partners at its highly anticipated data center located in Nanjing, 
China. The new facility, NKG1 ( 
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), is positioned in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, one of China's most 
economically active regions ( 
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), and is set to launch this spring. Connectivity services from CITIC Networks, 
a basic telecommunications services provider with a backbone network in China, 
will be available to customers connecting through BDx's Nanjing data center. 
With CITIC Networks serving as an upstream partner, the company will enable BDx 
customers to connect to a national network originating from the Nanjing 
facility.

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"With the growing amount of economic activity in Nanjing, welcoming highly 
regarded connectivity providers, like CITIC Networks, is crucial to the success 
of our business and our commitment to provide world-class colocation services 
for our customers," says Bill Gao, EVP and CEO of Greater China for BDx. "As 
one of the primary operators approved by the Ministry of Industry and 
Information Technology, we know CITIC Networks will help us provide diversified 
and resilient connectivity options our customers require in order for their 
businesses to scale and excel."

The NKG1 data center recently became the first in Nanjing to receive the Uptime 
Institute ( 
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) Tier III Certification of Design Documents, ensuring BDx's infrastructure 
meets industry standards. The CITIC Networks partnership will give customers 
superior connectivity options by fostering a highly resilient and scalable data 
center IP network that is supported by upstream diversity for improved 
performance and reach. 

"As one of the basic telecom operators in China, CITIC Networks is very willing 
to cooperate with BDx in Nanjing and other domestic areas in the fields of 
long-distance networking, internet connection, cloud connectivity, and more to 
meet the needs of users in network connection with high-quality services," says 
Jiao Gang, General Manager of CITIC Networks. "BDx carries out International 
Data Center (IDC) services in the Asia Pacific region. China is the largest IDC 
region in Asia Pacific, and CITIC Networks, with rich connection resources in 
China, helps to expand BDx's IDC business."

Nanjing customers will also have access to the BDx Single Pane portal, which 
allows them to interconnect across the BDx cluster as well as to public clouds 
and third-party data centers with one click.

To learn more about BDx's additional locations, colocation services, managed 
services and more, visit www.bdxworld.com. 

About BDx
Big Data Exchange (BDx) is a Pan Asian data center cluster with sites 
throughout Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore. Its unique hybrid cloud, 
connectivity and colocation solutions offer unparalleled security and 
reliability for the IT infrastructure of its global clientele. As a 
carrier-neutral provider, BDx creates a secure hybrid ecosystem with its BDx 
SoftConnect, BDx Armour, and BDx Single Pane offerings, providing connectivity 
solutions across Asia. By using BDx automated modules, BDx is able to provide 
customers with a level of customization that rivals competitors in efficiency 
and cost, offering them the ability to manage physical racks with the same ease 
as working in public clouds. To learn more, visit www.bdxworld.com or follow us 
on Twitter and LinkedIn.

About CITIC Networks
CITIC Network Co., Ltd., founded in 2000, is a first-class subsidiary of China 
CITIC Group Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of 4.48 billion yuan.

CITIC network is one of the five operators of basic telecom services with basic 
network layer construction and operation qualification in China. It has the 
basic telecom business license of A14-2 domestic data transmission business, 
A26 domestic communication facilities service business, and the value-added 
telecom business license of B13 domestic Internet virtual private network 
business, B14 Internet access service business. CITIC Network is mainly 
responsible for the construction, management and operation of the national 
optical fiber backbone network and China Express Network. It adopts the 
national centralized and unified network management, with fast and efficient 
business configuration and dispatching speed. It implements 7x24 hour network 
monitoring management and service response, with high network reliability and 
network availability of no less than 99.9%.

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