3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongThailand plans to impose bank guarantees for power purchase by data centersThailand plans to impose a requirement for a bank guarantee or collateral to secure power purchases for data centers and…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongMicrosoft secures 200 MW renewable energy to power Indonesian data centersMicrosoft Indonesia recently signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Indonesia’s state-owned electricity firm, PT PLN (Persero) for the…
3 months agoArtificial Intelligence | Deborah GreyAramco signs MoU with Microsoft for Industrial AI adoptionAramco, a Saudi-owned integrated energy and chemicals company, and Microsoft have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxPGIM acquires 20.7ha Melbourne site for AUD 1.2bn data centre campusUS-based asset manager PGIM has acquired a 20.7-hectare site in Melbourne’s west for a planned data centre campus, marking the…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxCenturia adds AUD 60.2m in DC assets, lodges plans for 40MW Melbourne siteCenturia Industrial REIT has expanded its exposure to Australia’s data centre market with AUD 60.2 million of acquisitions and the…
3 months agoCloud | Deborah GreyMicrosoft’s Saudi Arabia Datacenter Region to become available for Cloud workloads from Q4 2026Microsoft has confirmed that customers will be able to run cloud workloads from its Saudi Arabia East data center region…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongNTT DC REIT distributes US$36.3 million amid robust DC demandNTT DC REIT’s 9M FY25/26 update yesterday reveals a resilient and growing business, enabling it to achieve Distributable Income of…
3 months agoAmericas | Conor McNevinGoogle signs new PPAs with TotalEnergies to power data centersGoogle has signed two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAS) with TotalEnergies to power its data centers in Texas with 1…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxPaper explores engagement models for Australia’s data centre expansionA new academic paper by UTS Transdisciplinary School academic Dr Bronwyn Cumbo argues that participatory design could provide a structured…
3 months agoAPAC | Deborah GreyGMI Cloud’s US$ 500 million AI factory to come online in Taiwan next monthIf things go as per plan, AI cloud provider GMI Cloud’s US$ 500 million AI factory in Taiwan could go…
4 months agoAPAC | Jan YongSoutheast Asia has overtaken Northeast Asia, ANZ in data center growth: DC ByteSoutheast Asia has overtaken Northeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand in both capacity growth and pipeline expansion, having recorded significantly higher…
4 months agoAPAC | Jan YongDigital Realty enters Malaysia through acquisition of TelcoHub 1 data center in CyberjayaGlobal data center provider Digital Realty, yesterday announced it plans to enter Malaysia by acquiring CSF Advisers, owners of the…
4 months agoAPAC | Jan YongMalaysia tightens rules to prevent ‘phantom’ power demand by data centersMalaysia is tightening its rules to prevent speculative power applications by requiring data centers to declare their annual demand rather…
4 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxEquinix sees structural shift in ANZ AI infrastructure by 2026Australia and New Zealand’s data centre market is entering a more operational phase of AI deployment, as organisations shift their…
4 months agoAPAC | Jan YongData center REITs likely to list in Malaysia soon: ReportDevelopers in Malaysia with data center assets are increasingly looking at Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listings to monetise their…
4 months agoAPAC | Jan YongMalaysian data center growth peaked in 2025: Maybank ResearchLand sale activities in Malaysia to data center operators have slowed down significantly since 1Q2025, according to Maybank IBG Research’s…
4 months agoAPAC | Simon Dux2026 to see chip power, cooling, memory and energy systems convergeAI data centre development is entering a more complex and capital-intensive phase, according to Taiwan-based analysts TrendForce who have laid…
5 months agoAPAC | Deborah GreyIndia’s total data center capacity to reach 14 GW by 2035: PwC reportA recent report by PwC estimates that the total data center capacity across India could go up to 14 GW…
6 months agoAPAC | Deborah GreySPECIAL FEATURE | Designing adaptive data centers for India’s heartlandAs digital services surge in India’s heartland, smaller towns have emerged as the new frontier for data center development. There’s…
6 months agoAPAC | Deborah GreyIndian DC operators’ revenue to surge 20-22 percent annually till fiscal 2028: Crisil RatingsCrisil Ratings expects the revenue of India’s data center operators to reach around Rs 20,000 crore annually by fiscal 2028.…