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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July 20, 2026 Malaysia
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest up to $175 million in AirTrunk’s planned data centers in Johor, Malaysia. AirTrunk’s JHB1 facility, which opened in July 2024, currently provides more than 50MW of capacity and is expected to reach over 150MW at full build-out. JHB2,...
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July 16, 2026 Australia
Macquarie Technology Group subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has exercised its option to acquire a 34,200 sqm (368,125 sq ft) site in Sydney's Macquarie Park for a planned 200MW data center campus. The AU$240 million (US$167.95 million) acquisition is expected to close in the coming weeks...
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July 16, 2026 Japan
Japanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer PowerX and data center operator Highreso have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on deploying battery storage at Highreso's data centers and expanding its GPU data center business. Highreso operates the GPUSOROBAN GPU...
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July 13, 2026 Australia
A data center near Perth, leased to Australian telecommunications company Vocus, has been sold. CBRE recently announced the off-market sale of 5 Watts Place, a mixed-use data center and office facility located within Bentley Technology Park, for AU$13.13 million (US$9.1 million). The property was...
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July 02, 2026 Malaysia
Malaysian conglomerate Kuok Group is considering investing up to €5.3 billion ($6bn) in a 300MW hyperscale data centre campus on the southern outskirts of Milan, according to Teleborsa. Italy's Industry Minister, Adolfo Urso, met with K2 Strategic CEO Meng Wei Kuok on 26 June to discuss the...
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July 02, 2026 Singapore
Singapore has proposed new licensing, security, and sustainability rules for data centers under its draft Digital Infrastructure Bill. If approved, data centers over 10MW serving third-party customers would need a license from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), while a separate...
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June 16, 2026 Seoul
NFD Korea is planning a 300MW data center campus in Dangjin, a city south of Seoul. The 43,188 sqm (464,871 sq ft) facility will include six buildings, each with 50MW of capacity. The company has secured construction permits and a power agreement with Korea Electric Power Corporation, with...
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May 30, 2026 Malaysia
Digital Decarbonization Solutions Platform (DDSP), an Asia-Pacific developer of data centers and decarbonized energy solutions, has secured $283 million in green financing for a planned build-to-suit data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. The proposed facility will be a 45MW liquid-cooled campus...
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May 23, 2026 China
Huawei has launched a full-stack AI data infrastructure platform, unveiled at its Innovative Data Infrastructure Forum 2026. The offering includes the OceanStor Pacific scale-out storage system, delivering up to 11PB of capacity in a 2U form factor and aimed at reducing total cost of ownership...
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May 22, 2026 China
Princeton Digital Group, backed by Warburg Pincus, is reportedly planning to sell its data centers in China, according to the Financial Times. The deal could be valued at up to $1 billion, based on sources familiar with the process. PDG currently operates about 286MW of capacity in China across...
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