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RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a crypto exchange regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced it is teaming up with AI firm Red Dot Analytics, for carbon measurement and to offset tropical data centers.Singapore implemented a three-year moratorium on new data center ...

May 23, 2022

Singapore

Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolis...

May 23, 2022

Tokyo

AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

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-capaci...

May 13, 2022

Philippines

Alibaba Launches First Data Center in Bangkok Thailand

Alibaba Cloud opened its first data center in Bangkok, Thailand. The company first announced the facility in October 2021. It, however, had an opening ceremony for the new data center this week. Alibaba Cloud Intelligence’s country manager for Thailand, Tyler Qiu, said data protection and secu...

May 13, 2022

Bangkok / Krung Thep

Cisco launches Mumbai data center

Cisco's Duo has announced that it has launched its first data center in Mumbai , with the intention of providing its customers with enhanced cyber defense and data localization. This move is also part of a wider global expansion strategy. Information about the facility's specifications are yet...

May 05, 2022

Mumbai

Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai

Vultr has announced that it has launched a cloud data center location in Mumbai, making the city its 25th global location. According to the company, it will enable businesses in India to innovate quicker and at a reduced cost.Commenting on the company’s expansion, Vinod Chacko, Business Develo...

April 18, 2022

Mumbai

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

April 11, 2022

Singapore

Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan

Gaw Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a building in Tokyo, Japan. The real estate private equity firm also plans to transform the building into a data center. The Fuchu Building it acquired is next to Meito Sangyo Building in Fuchu Intelligent Park. Gaw will demolish the 59,...

April 08, 2022

Tokyo

Alibaba Launches Data Center in Seoul, South Korea

Alibaba Cloud has announced the opening of a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. The company first revealed plans for a South Korean cloud region last year. It currently operates 82 Availability Zones and 26 regions across the globe. Alibaba’s head of Cloud Intelligence for Japan and Korea,...

March 31, 2022

Seoul

Energy firm ZR Power Holding's data center plans

Indian Energy firm ZR Power Holdings has announced that it is investing more than Rs 1,700 crore ($223.2m) in a data center at Mahape in Navi Mumbai.The proposed facility would have a capacity of 50MW and span a 10-acre plot which the company is currently acquiring. Zain Ravadji, chairman, of ...

March 28, 2022

Mumbai

Pacific Asset Management and CPP Investments Are Teaming Up To Develop Hyperscale Data Center In Seoul

Pacific Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have formed a joint venture for the sole purpose of developing a hyperscale data center in Seoul, South Korea. The two companies announced that they would be investing KRW 200 billion (US$164.4 million) to develop the largest ca...

March 21, 2022

Seoul

ST Telemedia Global Data Centers to partner with Ayala Group

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 share...

March 03, 2022

Philippines

SC Capital Partners Launches Zeus Data center Plans Hyperscale Facility in Seoul

Singapore’s SC Capital Partners (SCCP) has announced the launch of a new data center firm. The real estate investment firm says it will be developing hyperscale facilities across Asia. Zeus Data Centers, backed by SCCP, launched its website and social media pages in the summer. Reports show...

March 01, 2022

Seoul

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

February 25, 2022

Philippines

Will the Philippines absorb demand from Singapore?

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 Solut...

February 17, 2022

Philippines

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th ...

February 03, 2022

Singapore

Etix Everywhere Acquires a 67% Stake In Thailand’s Genesis Data Centers

EtixEverywhere has announced that it has bought the majority interest in Genesis data center. The company revealed that it acquired a 67 percent stake in the Thai data center. The cost of the investment is pegged around AU$15.2 million (US$10.8m). Genesis operates a data center in Bang Chalong...

January 26, 2022

Bangkok / Krung Thep

Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

This week, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister made an announcement that the country's moratorium on new data center builds, which was introduced back in 2019. Minister Gan Kim Yong said that going forward, a "more selective" approach to new builds will be taken.In a written reply to a par...

January 17, 2022

Singapore

Globe negotiating with STT GDC over forming a data center JW in the Philippines

Globe Telecom has revealed that it is in advance discussions with STT Telemedia Global Data Centres about forming a data center joint venture in the Philippines. The plan is to expand Globe Telecom’s Globe DC data center business in the Philippines. The company announced that the exclusive agr...

November 19, 2021

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

DITO planning hyperscale data center in the 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, to...

November 10, 2021

Philippines

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