Data Centre News Asia

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in Japan, Australia and regional subsea connectivity. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: - KDDI Corporation opens an AI data centre at a former Sharp plant in Osaka Prefecture, providing Google's Gemini AI model for domestic users in Japan. - Japan's i-net opens a new data centre in Yokohama, strengthening c...

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: - GDS backed DayOne is reportedly eyeing a $20 billion valuation in a US IPO, positioning itself as one of the largest data centre operators to go public. - Digital Realty enters Malaysia, strengthening Southeast Asia&#...

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in Australia, China, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Japan and Singapore. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: - GreenSquareDC pushes ahead with a 100 MW plus campus in Sydney, expanding Australia's hyperscale capacity amid surging AI demand. - GDS announces the sale of $385 million in DayOne shares, optimizi...

Is the AI boom creating the next big bubble? In this pilot episode of In Conversation, Rhys Morgan (Infranovus) and James Murphy (DC Byte – Data Centre News Asia) sit down with Jonathan Atkin of RBC Capital Markets, one of the most respected data centre and digital infrastructure analysts of the past 25 years. In this wide-ranging 45-minute discussion, Jonathan breaks down what’s really happening...

A dynamic start to 2026 across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in Australia, Singapore, South Korea, India and Southeast Asia. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: - DayOne Data Centers secures over $2 billion in Series C financing to accelerate global digital infrastructure expansion and hyperscale deployments. - AirTrunk expands its Australian platform with a second...

🎄 Merry Christmas from Data Centre News Asia! 🎄 As we wrap up 2025, the Asia-Pacific region continues its momentum with strategic moves in infrastructure, clean energy, and AI capacity. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: - AirTrunk announces plans for a second hyperscale data centre in Osaka, reinforcing Japan's growing position as an AI infrastructure hub. - Keppel...

With PTC 2026 just less than a month away, Brian Moon (CEO, Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) ) joined Rhys Morgan and James Murphy to discuss what makes this the industry's must-attend event. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐓𝐂 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞: - Meet C-suite executives from major telcos and hyperscalers in an approachable, aloha shirt atmosphere rather than formal boardrooms. - Comprehensive programming...

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Singapore and Australia. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: •⁠ Evolution Data Centres partners with HTC to develop data centres across Vietnam, expanding into a strategically important Southeast Asian market. •⁠ ⁠⁠ Empyrion Digital eyes a 200 MW data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia, add...

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major signals in Australia, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan and Southeast Asia. In this episode we cover the developments that matter: • NEXTDC signs MoU with OpenAI to build a hyperscale AI campus and GPU supercluster in Sydney. • Singapore’s EDB and IMDA launch second data centre call for applications to allocate at least 200 MW of new capacit...

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major signals in India, Korea, Australia and Southeast Asia. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 James and Rhys 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: • AirTrunk eyes India for its next megacampus, signalling deeper investment alignment between hyperscale demand and India’s power expansion. • Princeton Digital Group enters South Korea, leasing a new Seoul facility from ESR Group....

We discuss: 1) KKR & Singtel confirming their interest in ST Telemedia Global Data Centres. 2) AirTrunk being the operating partner behind the 1GW ISPT site in Sydney. 3) Google developing an AI data centre on Christmas Island. 4) Goodman continuing to promote their data centre pipeline. 5) SHARON AI signing a major lease with NEXTDC in Melbourne. 6) Tata Group announcing plans to develop 1GW...

We discuss: 1) Singapore's Tan See Leng announcing a 700MW data centre park on Jurong Island. 2) AirTrunk partnering with Saudi AI firm HUMAIN in a $3billion partnership. 3) Japan investing $550billion in US infrastructure including data centres. 4) STACK Infrastructure securing $247.7million in green financing for their TKY01 facility in Tokyo. 5) Amazon Web Services (AWS) committing an addit...

Rhys Morgan and James Murphy return with ESR Group & Colt's 130MW Osaka JV announcement, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres' multi-city India expansion plans, Actis closing in on Hong Kong datacenter assets, Blackstone potentially selling AirTrunk's JHB1 in Johor, Equinix topping off newest Johor facility, DayOne raising additional $1B for expansion, Bridge Data Centres' Thailand...

Rhys Morgan reports from Mumbai examining conflicting reports of US hyperscalers pausing new orders, Google's massive $15B AI deployment in Visakhapatnam with Sify and AdaniConneX, Tata Consultancy Services' 1GW rollout plans, Sify's groundbreaking in Andhra Pradesh plus cable landing station and $500M IPO plans, Mapletree's India market entry, SoftBank's $1B AI engineering cam...

At Data Centre World Asia, Rhys Morgan and James Murphy interview Toby Stapleton (Vice President, APAC Development at NTT DATA) who shares insights on the differences in scale between US and APAC projects, varying requirements across client segments, and what the future holds in both regions. Drawing from his experience delivering projects for the biggest global players including Google, Meta, and...

James Murphy covers two weeks of news including Stockland's JV partnership with EdgeConneX for Australian development, Princeton Digital Group's renewable energy agreement with Tata Power in India, Keppel-Dell AI solutions partnership in Southeast Asia, ISPT's 1GW SEARS application, Equinix's CN1 Chennai facility launch, ST Telemedia's Mumbai site acquisition, Lumina CloudInfra...

James Murphy covers major developments while Rhys Morgan is in the US, including Vantage Data Centers raising $1.6B and acquiring Yondr's Johor campus, ZDATA seeking $500M for Johor development, Princeton Digital Group's Indonesia sustainability initiatives, Rovision's $290M Navi Mumbai MOU, Coal India Limited exploring datacenter development in disused mines, Bain Capital selling Chin...

Rhys Morgan and James Murphy cover 12 major stories including OpenAI's India expansion, NEXTDC seeking capital partners for S4 & S7 campuses, SK Group & AWS breaking ground in Busan Korea, AWS's New Zealand cloud region launch, Digital Halo securing 150MW in Johor, Megaspeed AI's $62M Johor site, Vantage-Yondr acquisition rumors, Digital Edge DC's 100MW Thailand groundbreak...

Rhys Morgan and James Murphy discuss EdgeConneX's new 150MW Osaka development, SD Guthrie Berhad's green energy parks in Johor, Gentari & GAMUDA's solar partnership for datacenter developers in Malaysia, noise violation sanctions in Johor, IMDA's new IT Energy Efficient standards in Singapore, GIC's potential partnership with Goodman, PT PGN LNG Indonesia supplying biometha...

James Murphy and Rhys Morgan discuss Evolution Data Centres receiving funding from Zero Two alongside Warburg Pincus for expansion in Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam, CDC announcing a major campus in Perth WA, ETIX completing core and shell of BKK2 facility in Bangkok, plus updates on September event partnerships including The Tech Capital Singapore, DCAC Live Austin TX, and Women in Data Center...

Rhys Morgan covers Sify Technologies' $500M IPO plans at $3B valuation for their India datacenter business, Galaxy Data Center's $2B investment into the booming Thai market, DCI Data Centers' new 40MW Seoul facility development, and SK Telecom's sovereign AI business launch with NVIDIA GPUaaS offering. Plus updates on upcoming September events including DCAC Live Austin, The Tech C...

James Murphy and Rhys Morgan discuss STACK Infrastructure securing $850M in green financing for MEL01, KKR pursuing full acquisition of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, DayOne breaking ground on Singapore CFA site, Bridge Data Centres' 200MW Bangkok campus groundbreaking, NTT topping out Jakarta facility, China's datacenter capacity reselling plans, NVIDIA's limited China sales resump...

Rhys Morgan and James Murphy cover two weeks of major news including Princeton Digital Group's $1.3B funding from Stonepeak, Goodman's Hong Kong datacenter fund launch, Yondr Group securing Allianz investment, NTT's record REIT IPO on Singapore Exchange, Empyrion Digital's Seoul facility opening, Macquarie's 150MW Sydney site, G42's potential $2B Vietnam campus, massive GPU...

Rhys Morgan discusses Alibaba's new Malaysia site with Philippines expansion in October, Malaysia's 10-14% electricity rate increases impacting data centres, Defence Australia's Microsoft cloud deal, ByteDance's 100,000 tons carbon credit purchase from Rubicon, and Allianz & Keppel joining Princeton Digital Group's financing consortium. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.li...

Rhys Morgan and James Murphy discuss Z Data/Stratus Technology's new 203MW Rayong development, Thailand NT's partnership with BCPG, ST Telemedia's 32MW Tokyo facility now ready for service, NAVER's 8-year lease with LG CNS in Seoul, and Grand Ming group's potential Fanling asset sale in Hong Kong. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dcnewsapac