A-FLOW, a joint venture between AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. and FLOW Digital Infrastructure (“FLOW”), recently launched its first data center in the Philippines with a total capacity of 36MW, the company said in a statement. The facility, ML1 is the first of a planned three-building greenfield data center campus with, with the first phase featuring a 6MW IT load.
Located in Laguna, an emerging data center cluster with low risk of geological hazards and flooding, the carrier-neutral facility provides colocation, cloud services, and caters to AI workloads.
AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp is a subsidiary of Ayala Land, Inc. the leading industrial real estate company in the Philippines. FLOW Digital Infrastructure invests in, develops and operates hyperscale, cloud and enterprise data centers in Asia Pacific.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, A-FLOW President Sanjay Goel said: “The launch of ML1 demonstrates our commitment to supporting digital transformation in the Philippines, establishing it as a hub that enhances the connectivity and management of data across Southeast Asia and beyond. Data centers like ML1 are catalysts for digital innovation across businesses, giving the Philippines a competitive advantage on the global stage.”
Southeast Asia’s data center market is experiencing rapid growth with projections of demand to triple in the period through 2023 to 2030 (according to Boston Consulting Group). The Philippine data center market is projected to grow by a CAGR of 20.9 percent from 2024 to 2030 (according to Research & Markets). This is driven by increasing internet penetration, rising cloud adoption, and growing enterprise demand for low-latency, high-performance digital services.