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1. Green data centre plans announced in Philippines and Somalia: (Energy & Sustainability); ... involves Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC), a renewable energy producer in the Philippines that manages a diversified portfolio of renewable energy generation projects, and Evolution Data Centres, ...; Created on 09 December 2024
2. STT GDC Philippines says hyperscale data centre on track for Q2 2025: (Data Centres & Networks); ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines said on Thursday that the first phase of operations for its upcoming STT Fairview 1 hyperscale data centre is on track to be ready for service by ...; Created on 31 October 2024
3. A-FLOW tops off its first data centre in the Philippines, targets Q4 launch: (Data Centres & Networks); ... growing demand for data storage as the Philippines transitions to a digital economy,” said A-FLOW chairman and ALLHC president and CEO Robert S. Lao added, The topping off ceremony comes almost two months ...; Created on 05 September 2024
4. Equinix enters the Philippines with data centre deal: (Data Centres & Networks); Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced its planned entry into the Philippines with the acquisition of three data centres from Total Information Management (TIM), a technology solutions provider. ...; Created on 24 July 2024
5. Philippines goes hyperscale with planned data centre campus: (Data Centres & Networks); A data centre campus, Narra Technology Park, is being planned in the Philippines, with a launch date for the first phase of the development taking place in late 2025. As local news reports note, this ...; Created on 12 June 2024
6. Further data centre expansion for STT GDC in Philippines: (Data Centres & Networks); Data centre provider ST Telemedia Global Data Centres Philippines (STT GDC) is expanding its presence in the Philippines with the construction of a second facility in its STT Cavite data centre campus. ...; Created on 07 November 2023
7. STT GDC data centre growth continues with new Philippines facility: (Data Centres & Networks); ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines says it has successfully concluded the construction of a state-of-the-art 1.2MW data centre located in Makati City on the outskirts of Manila. The ...; Created on 30 October 2023
8. STT GDC launches Jakarta data centre and expands in the Philippines: (Data Centres & Networks); ... serve the domestic, regional and international connectivity needs of customers in the data centre campus. In addition, according to the Data Centre Dynamics website, STT GDC's Philippines unit is intending ...; Created on 21 June 2023
9. Globe JV to open data centre campus in the Philippines: (Data Centres & Networks); ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines, a Globe Teleco joint venture, announced the expansion of its footprint in Asia by constructing a data centre campus in the Philippines. The ...; Created on 18 May 2023
10. Philippines data centre development targeted in new deal: (Data Centres & Networks); ... have entered into a framework agreement for carrier-neutral data centre development in the Philippines. The initial roll-out based on the agreement will target the delivery of a 4.5MW-capacity facility ...; Created on 10 May 2022
11. Philippines’ PLDT confirms 100MW data centre plans: (Data Centres & Networks); PLDT, one of the Philippines' major telecommunications providers, has said it is to develop a 100MW data centre in Santa Rosa, in the Laguna province of the Philippines, which is situated southeast of ...; Created on 22 February 2022
12. PLDT plans first hyperscaler data centre facility in the Philippines: (Data Centres & Networks); Philippines telecoms giant PLDT has announced plans to build its largest and most powerful data centre. The aim, according to local news reports, is to attract global technology giants and cloud service ...; Created on 22 October 2021
13. Telehouse connects Bangkok data centre to NT’s subsea network: (Data Centres & Networks); ... domestic content providers and ISPs from neighbouring countries. The ADC network provides connectivity between China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, many of which ...; Created on 05 September 2025
14. Converge ICT’s Caloocan data centre certified fully Tier III: (Data Centres & Networks); ... claims the Caloocan data centre the first in the Philippines to achieve Tier III certification for both categories. According to the Uptime Institute's web site, it has awarded Tier III certifications for ...; Created on 22 July 2025
15. Alibaba Cloud adds more data centres in SEA to chase AI dollar: (Data Centres & Networks); Alibaba Cloud announced on Wednesday that it's expanding its presence in Southeast Asia with new data centres in Malaysia and the Philippines as part of a broader push in the region that includes new infrastructure ...; Created on 02 July 2025
16. Nokia to beef up Converge ICT’s data centres with AI and automation: (Data Centres & Networks); Nokia announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Philippine fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions to deploy its data center fabric solution to future-proof Converge’s new data centres ...; Created on 26 June 2025
17. Digital Edge announces renewables deal for major data centre: (Energy & Sustainability); Digital Edge, a data centre developer and operator with a strong presence in the Asia-Pacific market, has agreed a partnership with Philippines-based renewable energy provider First Gen to power one of ...; Created on 19 May 2025
18. Equinix boosts data centre rollout in Malaysia – but power issues expected: (Data Centres & Networks); ... Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. However, Reuters reports that the Equinix Malaysia unit is looking at various providers of alternative energy as it expects an impending ...; Created on 08 May 2025
19. PLDT opens first hyperscale data centre, second one in the works: (Data Centres & Networks); ... says it's the first AI-ready data centre in the Philippines. Vitro Sta. Rosa has been activated in stages, with power from its 115kV Meralco switching station turned on in July 2024, while the data centre’s ...; Created on 24 April 2025
20. Vitro and Nokia start PoC trials for AI data centre solutions: (Data Centres & Networks); PLDT Group’s data centre arm Vitro announced on Wednesday it has kicked off proof-of-concept (PoC) trials with Nokia to develop data centre solutions tailored for AI workloads, including generative AI ...; Created on 20 March 2025
21. Alibaba Cloud launches second Thai data centre to offer AI for verticals: (Data Centres & Networks); ... leverage the full potential of cloud technology, especially in generative AI applications,” said Sean Yuan, VP of international business and GM of Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and South ...; Created on 14 February 2025
22. Asian data centre developer announces capital boost: (Investment); ... Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. As we reported, the expansion of Digital Edge’s Jakarta footprint took place with the opening of its 23MW EDGE2 facility earlier in 2024. It is set to open ...; Created on 07 January 2025
23. TM Global to expand core data centres in Cyberjaya and Johor: (Data Centres & Networks); ... Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam and Hainan, China – will add another 24 Tbps of international capacity for its data centres in Johor when the cable goes live in the third quarter of 2025. ...; Created on 12 November 2024
24. HGC launches DCI clusters to offer data centre connectivity across SEA: (Data Centres & Networks); ... and inter-country data centre connectivity. Having launched DCI solutions in Malaysia, the Philippines and (most recently) Thailand, HGC aims to combine those DCI clusters with mature DCI hubs in Hong ...; Created on 18 October 2024
25. HGC partners with PLDT's Vitro to boost data centre connectivit: (Data Centres & Networks); ... Philippines. As part of the partnership deal, HGC has joined PLDT Enterprise’s Vitro Partner Network (VPN), the alliance of carriers, system integrators, and technology companies that enables partners ...; Created on 15 October 2024
26. Telco group ask Philippines govt to subsidise rural mobile data plans: (Operators); The Connectivity Plan Task Force (CPTF) spearheaded by Philippine telco Globe Telecom has reportedly asked the government to subsidise up to 50GB of data per month to families in rural areas to boost usage ...; Created on 01 October 2024
27. HGC launches data centre interconnect solution in Bangkok: (Data Centres & Networks); ... comes as Bangkok is emerging as a key location for data traffic, while Thailand jockeys for position with Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines to establish itself as a key data centre hub in ...; Created on 29 August 2024
28. PLDT, NTT data centre deal collapses, mulls new buyer: (Data Centres & Networks); ... up to 49% or we stay at 100%.” The chairman valued the data centre unit over US$1 billion and the group is pursuing a stake sale to pay down debts. The unit has the Philippines largest data centre network ...; Created on 15 August 2024
29. APJII to open new IIX node in STT GDC's Jakarta data centr: (Data Centres & Networks); ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) said on Thursday that its data centre in Jakarta will host a new node for the Indonesia Internet Exchange (IIX) under a new partnership with the Indonesian Internet ...; Created on 09 August 2024
30. Will Malaysian plans to address sustainability deter data centre investment?: (Energy & Sustainability); The Malaysian Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (Petra) has this week said that it will address sustainability issues in the data centre industry – but will that cause problems for ...; Created on 08 August 2024
31. Equinix buys land to grow its Malaysian data centre business: (Data Centres & Networks); Digital infrastructure giant Equinix has announced yet another deal in Asia. This one is an estimated US$5 million investment to acquire land from former landowner and now tech hub developer Cyberview ...; Created on 29 July 2024
32. Converge ICT teams with Supermicro to build 'green' AI data centre: (Data Centres & Networks); ... 'green' AI data centres in the Philippines. Under the MoU terms, Converge ICT will start construction of three data centres in Pampanga, Laguna, and Caloocan according to Supermicro’s design and input. ...; Created on 04 July 2024
33. TM and Nxera team up to build data centres in Malaysia: (Data Centres & Networks); ... the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam and Hainan, China – will add another 24 Tbps of international capacity for its data centres in Johor when the cable goes live in the third quarter of next year. Malaysia ...; Created on 19 June 2024
34. Data centre-focused renewable power initiative planned for Asia: (Energy & Sustainability); ... India and the Philippines, in addition to other fast-growing markets, to support Digital Edge's expansion. These projects will support the decarbonisation of up to 1 GW of power, and generate more than ...; Created on 06 June 2024
35. PLDT may sell almost half its data centre business to NTT: (Data Centres & Networks); Philippines-based service provider PLDT is widely reported to be in talks to sell just under 50% of its data centre business to Japanese telecommunications company NTT. PLDT is the Philippines' largest ...; Created on 07 May 2024
36. ePLDT’s first hyperscale data centre on track to go live in July: (Data Centres & Networks); ... in the Philippines. ePLDT says the data centre, which is located on a 5-hectare property in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, is outfitted with three fibre routes to ensure network diversity, resilience, and carrier ...; Created on 22 March 2024
37. PLDT Global sets up Guam PoP in GTA data centre: (Data Centres & Networks); Guam telecoms and digital infrastructure provider GTA announced on Tuesday that Philippines-based carrier PLDT Global has established a PoP in its GTA GNC iX Data Centre. GTA said the new Guam PoP ...; Created on 14 February 2024
38. Thailand Data Centre Council aims to make Thailand a key DC hub: (Data Centres & Networks); Five major data centre service providers in Thailand have banded together in a strategic alliance that aims to transform the country into a major data centre hub for Southeast Asia. Representatives ...; Created on 30 January 2024
39. STT GDC adds Johor to its growing list of data centre sites: (Data Centres & Networks); ... the Philippines. Pending final regulatory approval, construction of the first building in Johor supporting 16MW in IT load will commence in the coming months and is expected to be completed by 2025. ...; Created on 10 November 2023
40. PLDT plans 12th data centre for B2B upgrade: (Data Centres & Networks); PLDT’s enterprise subsidiary ePLDT is set to invest US$600 million to build its 12th data centre facility in the Philippines, a move to remain competitive against rivals in B2B. The Manila Times reported, ...; Created on 02 October 2023
41. PLDT and its subsidiaries boost data centre and cable connectivity: (Data Centres & Networks); There’s been significant data centre and undersea cable-related news from service provider PLDT in the Philippines this week, underlining the growth in data demand in that country that we reported on earlier ...; Created on 20 July 2023
42. New digital infrastructure platform to develop data centre in Manila: (Data Centres & Networks); ... platform based in Singapore. DH will capitalise on the growing demand for digitized information tech and operations solutions in Southeast and North Asia, starting with a data centre in the Philippines. ...; Created on 12 January 2023
43. Thailand to be first beneficiary of new data centre partnership: (Data Centres & Networks); Thailand and the Philippines are set to benefit from a partnership involving a US-based pioneer in waterborne data centres and a leader in luxury property development in Thailand. Real estate developer ...; Created on 27 May 2022
44. Off-grid edge data centre operator plans facilities in Vietnam: (Data Centres & Networks); Edge Centres, which provides self-powered off-grid data centres, and, as we reported recently, has announced that it has begun building its first facilities outside Australia, is adding Vietnam to its ...; Created on 05 May 2022
45. Off-grid edge data centre operator targets Asian expansion: (Data Centres & Networks); ... The company is also surveying three other sites in Malaysia, as well as sites in Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Vietnam. The Asian expansion follows Edge’s successful A$12 million (about US$ 8.9 ...; Created on 11 April 2022
46. SpaceDC to build largest Philipines hyperscale data centre: (Data Centres & Networks); ... with four data halls each. Each data hall delivers up to 1,500kW of power with a total of 48 such data halls within the campus. SpaceDC CEO, Darren Hawkins said, “The Philippines ranks second in terms ...; Created on 04 February 2022
47. China tries to manage data centre power issues: (Data Centres & Networks); ... or carbon neutrality commitments, according to Greenpeace. An example of the sort of approach guiding more environmentally aware data centre development comes from the Philippines, where Digital Edge ...; Created on 09 December 2021
48. Are PLDT’s data centres and towers for sale?: (Data Centres & Networks); According to a number of reports, PLDT, a leading operator in the Philippines, is considering selling its data centres, with a potential value in the region of half a billion dollars. However, its towers, ...; Created on 07 September 2021
49. Africa Data Centres to go ahead with Standard Bank site purchase: (Investment); After a few months' delay, the acquisition by Africa Data Centres (ADC) of Standard Bank’s Samrand data centre in South Africa seems to be going ahead. Standard Bank's South Africa Data Centre is described ...; Created on 10 September 2020
50. Demand for broadband and data services increases in the Philippines – R&M: (Trends & Forecasts); A substantial amount of capital continues to be invested in building telecommunications infrastructure throughout the Philippines, reports Research & Markets. Telecommunications investment in the Philippines ...; Created on 10 June 2019

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