Chayora ’ s Oliver Jones , Jonathan Berney and Tiger Zhao run through the data centre platform ’ s proposition , growth , and response to COVID-19

Chayora ’ s Oliver Jones , Jonathan Berney and Tiger Zhao run through the data centre platform ’ s proposition , growth , and response to COVID-19

Chayora was founded 10 years ago by China Chairman Steven Cao , CEO Oliver Jones and COO Jonathan Berney in order to be able to deliver on the vision of becoming a “ digital infrastructure partner ” trusted by their customers in China , one of the most exciting , fastest-growing and yet most difficult markets in which to compete . They knew they had to build a business that would fulfil the aim of being world-class in all aspects . Chayora worked in partnership initially with Standard Chartered Bank as its Series B , first institutional investor and then subsequently with Actis , the UK-based private equity fund who acquired the SCB interest and then extended their investment in Chayora ’ s Series C round in China . With this backing , the Chayora Founders set out to build each aspect of the business to ensure that each element of its Digital Infrastructure : the Data Centre Campus ; the corporate structure ; the design ; the construction standards ; the data centre operations and security ; the government support , grants and tax incentives ; the network connectivity ; the power availability ; and of course the world-class leadership team were carefully assembled to deliver .