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Flow Launches Data Center in Manila, Philippines

Flow Launches Data Center in Manila, Philippines

December 05, 2025 Philippines

APAC data center firm Flow Digital Infrastructure has launched a data center outside Manila, the Philippines. Located in Laguna, some 35km (21.7 miles) south of Manila, the data center is the first of a three-building campus. The first phase offers 6MW, and the campus will offer 36MW at full...

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Read PAG and Ayala JV secure $41.1m loan for data center buildout in the Philippines
PAG and Ayala JV secure $41.1m loan for data center buildout in the Philippines

PAG and Ayala JV secure $41.1m loan for data center buildout in the Philippines

July 18, 2024 Philippines

A-Flow Properties I Corp. (A-Flow), a joint venture between Ayala Land, Inc. and PAG’s Flow Digital Infrastructure has secured P2.4 billion ($41.1m) loan agreement to fund the development of a data center outside Manila, the Philippines. This loan is to be used for the initial phase of the first...

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Read PLDT secures green loan for fiber network expansion
PLDT secures green loan for fiber network expansion

PLDT secures green loan for fiber network expansion

May 08, 2024 Philippines

Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has secured a green loan from Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) worth 4 billion pesos ($69 million). Proceeds from the loan will be used toward expanding PLDT's fiber footprint, as it seeks to "narrow the country's digital divide, but...

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Read Philippines conglomerate SMIC explores move into data centers
Philippines conglomerate SMIC explores move into data centers

Philippines conglomerate SMIC explores move into data centers

March 07, 2024 Philippines

Philippines conglomerate SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) announced that it is looking at moving beyond retail redevelopment into data centers, and is planning at least one development in Batangas, south of Philippines capital Manila. SMIC president and CEO Frederic DyBuncio said to the press,...

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Read Globe Telecom bags $263m loan for network rollout
Globe Telecom bags $263m loan for network rollout

Globe Telecom bags $263m loan for network rollout

October 02, 2023 Philippines

Philippines telco Globe has secured a $263 million loan with the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company to finance its network upgrading and debt refinancing. In a press statement, the company had invested $660 million in Capex in the first half of this year. This investment was noted to be 25...

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Read Philippines-based Telco Dito Secures $3.9bn Loan for Network Expansion
Philippines-based Telco Dito Secures $3.9bn Loan for Network Expansion

Philippines-based Telco Dito Secures $3.9bn Loan for Network Expansion

September 25, 2023 Philippines

Philippines-based telcommunity Dito secured a 15-year $3.9 billion loan to fund the rollout of its network expansion through its parent company, Dito CME Holdings, from a group of multinational banks. The company announced that about $1.5 billion will be diverted towards repaying another loan...

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Read Axiata's tower subsidiary Edotco completes the acquisition of PLDT towers
Axiata's tower subsidiary Edotco completes the acquisition of PLDT towers

Axiata's tower subsidiary Edotco completes the acquisition of PLDT towers

September 11, 2023 Philippines

Axiata Group is done with the transfer of the remaining towers from PLDT's subsidiaries to its Philippine subsidiary. Thus, the Malaysian company has finalized an agreement to acquire and lease back 2,710 sites. The company declared that the final transfer of the six sites under its agreement...

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Read PLDT constructing a 100MW data facility in Philippines
PLDT constructing a 100MW data facility in Philippines

PLDT constructing a 100MW data facility in Philippines

June 26, 2023 Philippines

PLDT, a Philippine telecommunications company, is considering the construction of a 12th data center within the country. Victor S. Genuino, president and CEO of ePLDT, disclosed the company's intention to construct a new 100MW facility while delivering the keynote address at the W. Media...

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Read Diode Ventures and ENDEC partner for data center development
Diode Ventures and ENDEC partner for data center development

Diode Ventures and ENDEC partner for data center development

March 07, 2023 Philippines

Diode Ventures and ENDEC have announced their partnership to build two data centers on the island of Luzon, the Philippines, in Tarlac province and New Clark City. Although details around the development are yet to be shared, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) secretary Cheloy Garafil said...

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Read DITO Opens New Data Center in Batangas, The Philippines
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DITO Opens New Data Center in Batangas, The Philippines

September 14, 2022 Philippines

Philippines telecommunication company DITO Telecommunity has opened a data center in Batangas City. DITO did not reveal the specifications for the data center, but it had a launch ceremony for the facility. From indications, the data center was developed in conjunction with Udenna- its parent...

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Read Nautilus and DFFN Sign Agreement to Develop Data Center in the Philippines
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Nautilus and DFFN Sign Agreement to Develop Data Center in the Philippines

July 01, 2022 Philippines

Nautilus Data Technologies and Philippine-based IT firm DFNN Inc. are forming a partnership to develop a data center in the Philippines. The companies signed an MoU to partner up to develop the facility in the Freeport Area of Bataan. None of the companies shared the data center specifications or...

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Read AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development
AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

May 13, 2022 Philippines

AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp (ALLHC) has announced that it has partnered up with FLOW Digital Infrastructure through a framework agreement to develop carrier-neutral data centers in the Philippines. According to the two companies, the first stage of the rollout will deliver a 4.5MW-capacity...

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Read ST Telemedia Global Data Centers to partner with Ayala Group
ST Telemedia Global Data Centers to partner with Ayala Group

ST Telemedia Global Data Centers to partner with Ayala Group

March 03, 2022 Philippines

The Ayala Group, with its telco arm Globe Telecom, has entered a partnership with ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GCD), to construct and operate data center projects in the Philippines. The $350-million joint venture partnership will see STT GDC and the Ayala Group subscribe to new shares...

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Read PLDT's data center in Santa Rosa to be largest in the Philippines
PLDT's data center in Santa Rosa to be largest in the Philippines

PLDT's data center in Santa Rosa to be largest in the Philippines

February 25, 2022 Philippines

PLDT has announced that it is to build a 100MW data center in Santa Rosa, in the Philippines. This will be its 11th data center, named Vitro Sta. Rosa, and will be built on a five-hectare plot, making it the country's largest facility to date. Designed to be Tier III certified and Tier IV ready...

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Read Will the Philippines absorb demand from Singapore?
Will the Philippines absorb demand from Singapore?

Will the Philippines absorb demand from Singapore?

February 17, 2022 Philippines

In light of Singapore announcing that going forward, it will be more selective about the data center projects it accepts, experts forecast that the Philippines will likely absorb some of the data center demand from Singapore. In a recent briefing paper, Santos-Knight Frank (SKF) Occupier...

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Read DITO planning hyperscale data center in the Philippines
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DITO planning hyperscale data center in the Philippines

November 10, 2021 Philippines

DITO has revealed its plans to develop hyperscale data centers in the Philippines. DITO CME Holdings Corp, the parent company of DITO Telecommunity, is in talks with some hyperscale firms about developing a data center in the Philippines. President and Director of DITO CME, Ernesto Alberto, told...

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Read Philippines on the road to become an APAC data center hub
Philippines on the road to become an APAC data center hub

Philippines on the road to become an APAC data center hub

May 31, 2021 Philippines

The Philippines (PH), recognized as one of the world's emerging data center markets, is pinned to become Asia's next data center hub. While other hubs in Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong and Singapore, have taken a hit due to geopolitical risks and governmental restrictions, PH's impressive...

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