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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 Alibaba Opens New Data Center in Tokyo
Alibaba Opens New Data Center in Tokyo

Alibaba Opens New Data Center in Tokyo

December 23, 2022 Tokyo

Alibaba has established a data center in Tokyo, Japan. The company stated in December 2022 that its Alibaba Cloud/Aliyun division had opened a third data center in Japan to "meet the transformation expectations" of clients. Unique Song, General Manager of Japan for Alibaba Cloud Intelligence,...

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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 STT GDC Finishes Construction Work on STT Jakarta 1
STT GDC Finishes Construction Work on STT Jakarta 1

STT GDC Finishes Construction Work on STT Jakarta 1

December 07, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has finished the construction work on its data center facility in Jakarta. This is the company's first facility in Indonesia. The company first announced plans for the STT Jakarta 1 facility in May 2021. The data center is located in Bekasi Regency and...

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Read India’s Kotak Bank To Launch a New $1 Billion Data Center Fund
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India’s Kotak Bank To Launch a New $1 Billion Data Center Fund

November 30, 2022 India / Bhārata

India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank’s investment arm Kotak Alternate Assets, has launched a new data center fund. The company announced the appointment of Subhamkar Das as the Chief Operating Officer of its new Kotak Data Centre platform. Kotak Alternate Assets is managed by Kotak Investment Advisors...

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Read VueNow InfoTech Signs MoU Worth $1.6bn To Develop 750 Edge Data Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India
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VueNow InfoTech Signs MoU Worth $1.6bn To Develop 750 Edge Data Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India

November 22, 2022 India / Bhārata

VueNow Infotech has announced that it has signed an MoU with the government of Uttar Pradesh, India. The deal will see VueNow develop the infrastructure for up to 750 Edge data centers in the state. The MoU is worth 13,500 crores (~US$1.6bn). VueNow Infotech Pvt Ltd’s MD, Sukhvinder Singh...

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Read Blackstone Starts Asian Data Center Unit With 600MW Facilities in India
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Blackstone Starts Asian Data Center Unit With 600MW Facilities in India

November 15, 2022 India / Bhārata

Blackstone, a private equity investor, has revealed that it is launching an Asian data center platform called Lumina CloudInfra. The development will see Blackstone start with two data center facilities in India with a total capacity of 600MW. Blackstone reportedly has up to $25 billion in the...

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Read PhonePe launches its first Green Data Center in India
PhonePe launches its first Green Data Center in India

PhonePe launches its first Green Data Center in India

November 01, 2022 India / Bhārata

PhonePe has announced that it has launched its first green data center in India. According to the company, this addition will open up new opportunities from a data management perspective while bolstering data security, power efficiency, and cloud solutions, made possible by PhonePe leveraging...

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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 India's data center boom: Growth and projections
India's data center boom: Growth and projections

India's data center boom: Growth and projections

August 29, 2022 India / Bhārata

India is currently experiencing a data center boom, an expansion that is only expected to grow. According to research, while the industry was previously fragmented, it is now evolving rapidly as the industry becomes more consolidated. Presently, there are 138 data centers spanning India, with 57%...

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Read STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close
STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

August 18, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced that it has opened its third building at its Singapore Defu campus in the east of the city-state. The facility, first announced back in April 2021, is a seven-story building with an IT load capacity of 15MW and spanning 156,000 square feet...

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Read Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers
Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

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...

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Read Raimon Land's MOU for sustainable data centers
Raimon Land's MOU for sustainable data centers

Raimon Land's MOU for sustainable data centers

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...

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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 Edge Centres' Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Edge Facility To Come online in July
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Edge Centres' Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Edge Facility To Come online in July

June 30, 2022 Kuala Lumpur

Edge Centres has started working on its Edge data center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Australian Edge data center company announced that it would be expanding into Asia. The first facility called EC31 is being developed in Malaysia. Edge Centres scheduled the site to be completed in July. The...

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Read Four Data Center Parks Coming To Uttar Pradesh, India
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Four Data Center Parks Coming To Uttar Pradesh, India

June 29, 2022 India / Bhārata

The government of Uttar Pradesh, India, has approved the plan for four data center parks in the state. The government granted permission to Adani Enterprises Limited Project-1 and Adani Enterprises Limited Project-2, NIDP Developers Private Limited (an affiliate of Hiranandani Group), and NTT...

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Read Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore
Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

June 27, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

STT GDC, YTL and industrial gas supplier Linde have announced they have signed an agreement to work on a hydrogen energy proof of concept in an effort to enhance Singapore's sustainability efforts as it pushes toward its future goal of becoming a digital hub. So far, the country has been somewhat...

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Read Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter
Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter

Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter

June 20, 2022 Singapore

Evolution Data Centres has announced the launch of its new Sustainable Data Centre Charter, through which it measures its entire operations, with the aim of minimizing carbon intensity and limiting water usage as the company grows. The charter includes the target of emitting 20 tonnes of carbon...

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Read Gaw To Develop a 20MW Data Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Gaw To Develop a 20MW Data Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

June 14, 2022 Ho Chi Minh City

Gaw Capital Partners has announced that it will build a data center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The Hong Kong real estate firm revealed that it acquired 65,200 square feet (6,056 square meters) of greenfield land at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park. Gaw Capital Partners is looking to develop a facility with...

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Read STT GDC To Develop New Data Center in Seoul, South Korea
STT GDC To Develop New Data Center in Seoul, South Korea

STT GDC To Develop New Data Center in Seoul, South Korea

June 09, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has revealed that it will be developing a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. The data center will be developed in the Gasan-dong area in Seoul. This will be the company’s second facility in South Korea. The data center will span 335,900 square feet...

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