September 25, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai
Thailand is expected to finalize new data center regulations by mid-October. According to Nation Thailand, the framework will set rules covering facility size, electricity use, and location. Government agencies have provided data on existing operators, size classifications, and average...
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September 24, 2026 Australia
Victoria has proposed new rules requiring data centers to secure their own renewable energy and storage capacity. Under the state’s Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, operators would also need to match new demand with new generation and cover grid connection and network upgrade costs. The...
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September 09, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai
An oil leak at a Bangkok data center contaminated 32 cubic meters of water but has now been cleaned up. Thailand’s Pollution Control Department said the leak, reportedly from Damac Digital Thailand’s BKK 01 facility on Rama 9 Road, was successfully contained. An emergency cleanup began Monday...
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September 07, 2026 Malaysia
Key ASIC And CT Vision Partner On 300MW Green AI Data Center In Malaysia Malaysian semiconductor designer Key ASIC has partnered with Hong Kong-based investment firm CT Vision to develop a green AI data center in Malaysia. The planned facility will provide around 300MW of IT capacity within five...
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September 07, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai
Thailand has suspended construction on 49 data center projects over concerns about power consumption and impacts on local communities. The pause, announced by National Economic and Social Development Council secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan, will give officials time to develop new regulations...
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September 04, 2026 Singapore
Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, expanding its data center power and thermal management portfolio. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4 2026. EPC will join Flex’s Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment, building on their existing partnership....
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August 27, 2026 Australia
Gateway Capital has filed plans for an 81MW data center in Sydney, Australia. The Frederick Street Data Centre would be built on a 1.8-hectare site at 12 Frederick Street in St Leonards. The five-story facility would span 16,635 sqm (179,058 sq ft) and include an on-site substation. The project...
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August 25, 2026 Bangladesh
Banglalink has installed a 50kW rooftop solar array at its Cumilla data center, covering 2,500 sq ft and expected to generate 85,000kWh annually. The system could cut grid electricity use by 6% and reduce carbon emissions by 52 tons per year. The company also operates an 80kW solar array at its...
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August 24, 2026 Australia
A large data center campus is planned for Queensland, Australia, with Zerra DC proposing the Western Downs Digital Park, a digital, energy, and computing hub in regional Queensland. The project, filed with the Western Downs Regional Council, could include up to four phases of AI-ready data...
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August 19, 2026 Australia
Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructure as part of the airport’s development plan. DXN is expected to deliver the data center by the end...
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August 13, 2026 Malaysia
APAC data center operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has secured up to $1.37 billion in green financing for its 166MW STT Johor campus in Malaysia. The funding will support the first phase, which will provide 16MW of IT capacity and is expected to be completed by 2027. STT GDC...
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August 13, 2026 Australia
Australian real estate firm Centuria Industrial REIT (CIP) is targeting more than 250MW of data center capacity across Australia. The company currently owns three data center sites, with two offering expansion potential. It has also submitted power applications for three industrial properties...
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August 12, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai
Twenty-four migrant workers were arrested during a raid on a Chinese-run data center construction site in Rayong, Thailand. The group included 20 Myanmar nationals and four Chinese nationals who were reportedly working without proper permits. Several others fled the site, with some escaping...
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August 11, 2026 Australia
Australian data center firm CDC has expressed interest in developing a potential data center in New Zealand in partnership with Contact Energy. The proposed site is in Stratford, Taranaki, on land near Contact Energy’s former Taranaki Combined Cycle power station. CDC said the site already has...
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August 11, 2026 Malaysia
A subsidiary of Malaysian property giant Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) is selling a 36-acre land parcel in Cyberjaya for potential data center development. MRCB said it signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Digital Cosmos on August 7 to sell seven land parcels for...
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August 01, 2026 Seoul
South Korean conglomerate LG will invest an additional 1.3 trillion won ($910 million) in its 200MW data center project in Paju, located about 19 miles (31km) north of Seoul, according to local reports. The new investment more than doubles LG’s previous commitment of 615.6 billion won ($441.7...
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July 31, 2026 China
Chinese AI developer DeepSeek is reportedly planning to build a 1GW data center in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to a Bloomberg report. The facility is expected to be located in the city of Ulanqab, in the south-central part of the region. People familiar with the project...
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July 27, 2026 New Zealand
New Zealand’s Green Party has called for a one-year moratorium on new AI data centre developments. The opposition party, which holds 15 seats in Parliament, said the pause would allow time to develop regulations and ensure data centres benefit New Zealanders without placing pressure on natural...
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July 24, 2026 Japan
Japanese renewable energy company Eurus Energy has begun construction of the Soya Green Data Center 1 in Hokkaido, developed with Toyota Tsusho. The facility will be Japan’s first data centre directly powered by wind energy, using electricity from the nearby Kobaoko Wind Farm via a private line....
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July 23, 2026 India / Bhārata
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reportedly acquired land in southern and western India for potential data center developments that could support OpenAI. The company received 200 acres in Andhra Pradesh and purchased an 88-acre site near Pune, Maharashtra. The reports did not confirm that the...
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