The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, with nearly US$30 billion under management has selected Equinix's Hong Kong Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX) centre to deploy the company's Asia Pacific IT operations. Carlyle has an extensive IT infrastructure that requires the ability to rapidly exchange data within the company's Asia Pacific operations under the highest levels of security and performance. Power operations at each data centre include a high-performance backup system that provides uninterrupted power even in the event of utility power disruption.