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...
Read more
February 16, 2023 Indonesia
PDG has announced that it has bought renewable energy certificates (RECs) from state-owned electricity firm, PLN, for geothermal energy for the operation of three data centers in Jakarta, Bandung, and Pekanbaru, in Indonesia. This further cements the company's partnership with PLN, from whom it...
Read more
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...
Read more
January 23, 2023 Malaysia
YTL Corp has announced that it has secured an RM1.1 billion ($256m) green loan for its upcoming data center in Johor, Malaysia. The fund will be used to develop a 48MW data center in Johor, in the Kulai area, which the company is aiming to obtain Gold LEED certification for. "As one of the key...
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
December 22, 2022 Indonesia
Singtel has announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with Telkom and energy company Medco Power for its first data center project in Indonesia. The data center campus will reportedly be developed in three phases on an 8-hectare site. With a total capacity of 51 MW when fully built...
Read more
December 08, 2022 Malaysia
JL and Group Sdn Bhd (JLG) and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui have announced a partnership that will see the development of a data center and solar farm in Johor, Malaysia. Through the MoU, the two will conduct a joint feasibility study on the development of a hyperscale data center and solar farm...
Read more
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...
Read more
November 18, 2022 Southeast Asia
A new data center facility has been launched in Lhasa, in China’s Tibet autonomous region. The facility currently has the capacity to house 3,000 racks. According to reports, it also provides services for 491 systems from different levels of departments in the region. Tibet Ningsuan Technology...
Read more
November 01, 2022 Indonesia
A new Indonesian data center firm called Metta DC has opened a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. The facility is located in the Jababeka Industrial Estate. In addition, the three-story facility will offer up to 35MW of power upon completion. It also has a capacity for up to 3,000 racks. The...
Read more
October 21, 2022 Bridge Kidex Sedenak MY06-01
Bridge Data Centres (BDC), a ChinData-owned company, has announced the opening of the first phase of the MY06 data center in Sedenak, located within the Sedenak Tech Park (STeP) in Johor, Malaysia. Part of its 110MW project, phase 1 covers the first of three buildings across the 38-acre site. The...
Read more
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...
Read more
September 13, 2022 Thailand / Prathet Thai
In a move intended to encourage greater investment in data centers in Thailand, the Thai cabinet has approved the draft Royal Decree regarding data centers receiving a tax (VAT) exemption. At present, Thai VAT is levied at the rate of 7%.The decision, made to facilitate the country becoming a...
Read more
September 09, 2022 YTL Johor
YTL Data Centre Holdings Pte Ltd and Sea Ltd recently held the ground-breaking ceremony for The Sea Data Centre, signifying the first phase of the 500MW YTL Green Data Center Park in Johor, Malaysia. The project represents an RM1.5 billion investment into the area over the next ten years, with...
Read more
August 18, 2022 Indonesia
Indonesian investment company Saratoga Investama has announced that it has pumped funds into AtriaDC, a local data center firm. The funds will help AtriaDC expand its data center to 30MW. AtriaDC operates a purpose-built data center it recently acquired in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to...
Read more
August 08, 2022 IndoKeppel Data Centre 1 (IKDC 1)
Keppel & Salim Group have announced the launch of a new data center, a two-story facility, named IKDC1 in Bogor City, Indonesia. According to reports, the facility will be developed over three phases in a seven-hectare data center campus, with a capacity of 50MW. The company has outlined that...
Read more
July 22, 2022 Singapore
Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to...
Read more
July 05, 2022 Bangkok / Krung Thep
Riamon Land has announced that it will join forces with Nava Nakorn Public Company Limited, and RATCH Group Public Company Limited through an MoU to develop green data centers. According to Stephane Michel, Chief Operating Officer of Raimon Land, the MoU will enable the "pursuit of a deeper...
Read more
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...
Read more