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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 ePLDT shares plans for twelfth data center in the Philippines
ePLDT shares plans for twelfth data center in the Philippines

ePLDT shares plans for twelfth data center in the Philippines

June 26, 2023 ePLDT

PLDT Inc subsidiary, ePLDT, has announced that it has plans to increase data center market capacity with the introduction of its twelfth, set to offer at least 100 MW of capacity. Through this move, the company will further boost its 65% data center market capacity.Details regarding the location,...

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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 Recent Tower Sales Generate $220 Million For PLDT
Recent Tower Sales Generate $220 Million For PLDT

Recent Tower Sales Generate $220 Million For PLDT

March 21, 2023 ePLDT

Under an agreement with Frontier Tower Associates Philippines for a sale and leaseback, PLDT has consented to sell slightly over 1,000 communication towers. The agreement, which would likely cost the Filipino telecom company $220 million, continues the company's plan to market its tower assets....

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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 Megawide and EDC commence project to build new data center
Megawide and EDC commence project to build new data center

Megawide and EDC commence project to build new data center

March 05, 2023 Manila

Megawide Construction is joining forces with Evolution Data Centres to acquire, develop, build, and operate center assets in the Philippines following the signing of a $300 million shareholder agreement between the two. Through this agreement, the company will develop a 69 MW colocation data...

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Read PLDT is Again Considering The Sale of a Share in The ePLDT/Vitro Data Center Company
PLDT is Again Considering The Sale of a Share in The ePLDT/Vitro Data Center Company

PLDT is Again Considering The Sale of a Share in The ePLDT/Vitro Data Center Company

February 23, 2023 PLDT VITRO Taguig

PLDT is apparently considering selling a portion of its data center operations. Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the situation, that the telecommunications company is once again considering the sale of a "substantial minority share" in its data center holdings. The company is...

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Read PLDT Upgrading Makati and Parañaqu Data Centers
PLDT Upgrading Makati and Parañaqu Data Centers

PLDT Upgrading Makati and Parañaqu Data Centers

February 08, 2023 PLDT VITRO Makati 2

The Philippine telco PLDT's facility and cloud subsidiary, ePLDT, is growing a number of its existing sites. The development of VITRO Makati 2 and Paraaque will add 1,820 service-ready racks and an additional 14MW by March of this year. Victor S. Genuino, president and chief executive officer of...

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Read New firm Digital Halo launches with plans for 70MW facility in Manila
New firm Digital Halo launches with plans for 70MW facility in Manila

New firm Digital Halo launches with plans for 70MW facility in Manila

January 13, 2023 Manila

Arch Capital has announced that it is launching a new platform to invest in digital infrastructure in the APAC region. Digital Halo (DH), will reportedly invest in, develop, and operate digital infrastructure assets, including data centers, fiber, and towers, as well as renewable power. Further...

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Read Philippines' Megawide plans first data center
Philippines' Megawide plans first data center

Philippines' Megawide plans first data center

January 13, 2023 Manila

Megawide Construction Corp, a construction company in the Philippines, has announced that it is planning a 30MW data center outside Manila, its first data center. Based to the south of Manila in Cavite, the facility will have a capacity of up to ​​30MW, with the first phase pegged to launch...

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Read PAG’s Flow and Ayala Land begin work on Laguna data center
PAG’s Flow and Ayala Land begin work on Laguna data center

PAG’s Flow and Ayala Land begin work on Laguna data center

December 07, 2022 Manila

Ayala Land, Inc. and PAG's Flow Digital Infrastructure have announced that they have begun to work on a new data center outside Manila in Laguna, Philippines. The facility, M1, will reportedly offer up to 36MW. There will be an initial roll-out of 6MW, expected to be ready for service by the end...

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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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