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Alphabet spin-out Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) has launched a new data center-focused unit. “SIP is taking a lead on the private sector solutions by bringing Verrus — a new SIP platform company that builds next-generation data centers — out of stealth after several years of internal ...

This week, Singtel announced it has broken ground on a new data center in Singapore. The new facility is an eight-story building that will offer 58MW of IT load capacity across 120,000 sq ft. It's set to go live in 2025. Named DC Tuas, the data center has a target PUE of below. 1.3 It also inc...

ESR has secured a Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) to develop a data center in Hong Kong, it has announced. It has closed the first SLL in Hong Kong, worth HK$1.6 billion (US$205m), which will be used to convert a building in Kwai Chung into the 21.3MW ESR Kwai Chung Data Centre HK1.The compan...

According to reports, Singtel is considering building a campus for data centers in Malaysia's Johor. Onn Hafiz Ghazi, the Menteri Besar of Johor, announced in a Facebook post this week that the Singaporean telco was seeking to develop a new campus in the Malaysian state following discussions w...

Singtel has announced that it has signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy firm Sembcorp. The deal, worth S$180 million (US$133.2m), will see energy supplied to the Singaporean telco, from October 1, 2023. Its existing electricity supply agreement (also with Sembcorp) will ...

Singtel, AIS, and Gulf recently broke ground on a new data facility in Thailand. This week, the firms revealed that the building of a new data center had begun near Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The data center will be run by their partnership, GSA Data Center Company Limited (GSA). The 20...

A Vantage-occupied facility in Hong Kong has been acquired by the Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF). The complex acquired is located at 43 Container Port Road. It is also a fully occupied data center with a 14MW capacity across 270,000 square feet of gross floor area. The deal was worth HK$2....

Taoping Inc (TOAP) has announced that it is expanding its Taoping G Cloud Hong Kong Data Center (the "Center") in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of January 2022.The facility, built in May 2021, will have an estimated total hash rate of 700GH/s, and i...

Singaporean telco Singtel is planning to form a new data center company with a focus on Southeast Asia. The firm has also signed a new joint venture with Gulf Energy. The joint venture between the two companies will have a focus on Thailand. Singtel already has a rich portfolio of 10 data c...

Singtel has announced that it would be selling off some of its infrastructures. Some of these include satellites, data centers, and subsea cables. This is all part of the Company’s strategic reset that will see Singtel focus on delivering 5G and digital services. This reset and reorganization...