Data Centre News Asia - 28 April News

Data Centre News Asia - 16 June News (part 2)

The stories shaping data centres across Asia-Pacific — everywhere except Australia and India. From DayOne's $4.5B pre-IPO raise to a wave of activity in Korea's Ansan, here's what moved the region. In this episode: - DayOne lands $4.5B Series C, led by Coatue & Hillhouse — pre-IPO ahead of a possible SGX/Nasdaq dual listing - DayOne signs 1.5GW renewable supply deal with TNB in Malaysia (+2.2GWh battery storage) - Alibaba opens second Malaysian cloud region — this time in Johor - BDX inks 1.2GW energy agreement with PLN across three Indonesian sites - Tanco signs MOU with China Mobile International for 50MW in Port Dickson - DDSP completes Nomura-backed financing for 80MW Taiwan development - Keppel secures land for 60MW Tier III site in Ansan, Seoul (live 2030) - Digital Edge acquires land for SEL5 — a 60MW Ansan facility - SK Telecom sells minority stake (~$1.3B) + plans gigawatt-scale AI cloud with Nvidia - Koramco & DCI break ground on 40MW Ansan site - STT launches Jakarta DC and breaks ground on two more — a 360MW campus Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Data Centre News Asia - 16 June News (part 1)

An unintended two-week special on account of all the various events going on in Europe and APAC, with Rhys Morgan and I literally all over the place. Given the volume of news, we've broken it into two episodes. In this episode we cover Australia & India. We discuss: * IREN planning an 800MW development in South Australia * Blue Owl Capital's sale of STACK Infrastructure's APAC business * Stockland adding another site to their Australian portfolio * AirTrunk signing a monster LOI in India * Google suffering network disruptions in India * Meta signing a 168MW deal in India * ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India) acquiring additional land parcels in Navi Mumbai (not covered) The rest of the Asia update will likely be out on Thursday, 18th June — keep an eye out for it. Also available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

Data Centre News Asia - 1 June News

Flying solo this week with a packed two-week catch-up on Asia's data center scene. From mega financings to a project that got killed over backup generators, here's what went down.In this episode:- DayOne eyes a first-of-its-kind dual IPO in Singapore and the US, targeting $5B to hit a $20B valuation- DDSP closes $283M green loan for its Johor build-to-suit at Sedenak Tech Park, with 1.1GW now in play across Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan- Digital Edge bags another $575M in debt to grow its footprint in Korea, Japan, India and beyond- GreenSquareDC withdraws its 120MW Perth application after community pushback over noise, the river and a nearby school- SoftBank readies an AI GPU cloud out of Japan, live from October 2026- Gorilla Technology takes 5.5MW from NeutraDC in Indonesia, with eyes on 18MW by year-end- Guofu (CEWA) teams up on hydrogen power for Southeast Asia, kicking off with a 3MW pilot in Rayong, ThailandCatch us at Datacloud in Cannes and DCD next week. Reach out if you want to grab a coffee.

Data Centre News Asia - 19 May News

This week on Data Centre News Asia, we cover the biggest deals and developments across APAC's data centre market. AUSTRALIA - Sharon AI signs US$950M cloud computing deal with mystery global tech customer - Capacity to be deployed primarily at NextDC facilities - Alceon invests in INSITE DC — aims to become "the next AirTrunk" - INSITE plans powered land sites across Melbourne & Sydney MALAYSIA - NextDC officially opens KL1 — first site outside Australia (scalable to 65MW) - Equinix announces KL2 with US$190M investment in Cyberjaya - NCT Alliance Berhad signs term sheet for massive 800MW data centre site - Digital Halo tops out JB1 — reportedly fully pre-leased at 120MW INDONESIA - LG Sinar Mas tops out SMX01 in Jakarta (6MW live end of 2025, scalable to ~27MW) INDIA - Uber CEO meets Gautam Adani — Adani Group to establish data centre for Uber - Signals new customer landscape beyond traditional hyperscalers Plus: upcoming events in Cannes and DCD Connect Bali #DataCentre #APAC #SharonAI #NextDC #Equinix #AdaniGroup #CloudComputing #AIInfrastructure

Data Centre News Asia - 12 May News

We discuss:- CDC signing 'largest ever' data centre deal down in Australia.- Zerra DC filing to develop a major campus in Melbourne. - Stockland filing to develop a 250MW campus also in Melbourne. - STACK Infrastructure exploring the sale of their APAC business for US$30billion. - Gorilla Technology Group aiming to develop a 200MW facility in Bangkok. - Empyrion Digital breaking ground on their 20MW Bangkok facility. - Digital Edge DC & B.Grimm securing an US$880m green loan in Thailand. - DCI Indonesia raising US$980m for continued expansion across Indonesia. - Princeton Digital Group raising US$856m for their new 120MW Indonesian campus. Also available on Youtube and Apple Podcasts!