Data Center Investment Summit Asia
The inaugural edition of The Data Center Investment Summit (DCIS) will debut in Singapore – the region’s financial and digital nexus for next-generation infrastructure.
The summit brings together financiers, developers, policymakers, global investors, operators and regulators to explore how Asia is mobilizing capital and engineering solutions for AI‑ready and energy‑resilient infrastructure.
The Investment Imperative
AI-ready data centers now represent one of the fastest growing alternative asset classes, with power-to-capacity ratios rising 3–5× and capex per MW exceeding historical baselines. Investors are no longer evaluating tenants and uptime, they’re underwriting energy access, interconnection density, and cooling efficiency as drivers of yield & valuation.
- Sovereign funds are scaling allocations into digital infrastructure as a defensive growth hedge.
- Structured finance solutions are bridging the gap between brownfield retrofit and greenfield expansion.
- Cross border M&A, ESG disclosure, land-use compliance, and AI era risk frameworks are redefining transactional playbooks.
- Agencies across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam are deploying selective permits and green-capacity frameworks that directly influence where capital flows next.
Tejinder Singh
Principal, Investment Management
DigitalBridge
Matthew Goh
Director
KKR
Jay Lee
Principal
Analysys Mason
Fredrik Johansson
Managing Director
Balder Investment
Robert Tang
Partner
Clifford Chance
Sonya Kalnin
Partner
Watson Farley & Williams
Maury G
Managing Partner
Levels Ventures
Jean Monson
Head of Infrastructure
MUFG
Kevin Guan
Chief Investment Officer
Bridge Data Centres
Kok-Chye Ong
Executive Vice President
Dayone Data Centers
Vignesh Thangadurai
Director of Regional Site Selection and Development Head of APAC
NTT
Thomas Pang
Board Member
Keppel DC REIT
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Welcome Address
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Keynote | Asia's Data Center Investment Outlook
Panel Discussion: Innovative Capital Structures for AI and GPU Infrastructure
Freyr Technology AI
Panel Discussion: Financing the AI Build-Out - Cost of Capital, Legal Certainty and Managing Execution Risk
Clifford Chance
Dayone Data Centers
Morning Coffee and Networking Break
Keynote Presentation: Where to Build and Why: Power, Risk and Resilience in Site Selection
Scaling Hyperscale: The Investment Case for Asia's AI Infrastructure
AirTrunk has emerged as one of the defining hyperscale data center platforms in Asia-Pacific, scaling from a single-market developer in Australia to a regional platform. This session examines whether its growth has been driven more by global investment capital or structural factors such as disciplined capital deployment, confidence in delivery capability, and long-term demand visibility, as well as the role of strategic partnerships in delivering projects at scale. What does this signal for the evolving economics of AI and cloud infrastructure in Asia?
TBH
AirTrunk
Panel Discussion: The New Valuation Equation: Power Density, Cooling Innovation and Grid Readiness
As AI workloads push power density higher and infrastructure constraints tighten, traditional valuation assumptions are being re-written. How are high-density racks, liquid and immersion cooling, and increasingly long grid-connection lead times altering revenue timing and CapEx per MW for data center projects.
Analysys Mason
Galaxy Data Center
NTT
Networking Lunch in the Exhibition Area
Panel Discussion: From Build to Exit: Liquidity Pathways Through REITs, Secondaries and Asset Recycling
Levels Ventures
DigitalBridge
KKR
Bridge Data Centres
Panel Discussion: Financing the Energy Transition: PPAs, Green Bonds and New Capital Instruments
Aravest
Keynote Presentation: Capital Under Pressure: Fundraising Realities for Data Center Platforms
Despite strong demand for AI and digital infrastructure, fundraising conditions for data center platforms are becoming increasingly selective. Rising interest rates, power constraints, longer exit cycles, and heightened investor scrutiny are reshaping how operators and private equity firms secure and structure capital.
The session will explore the evolving dynamics between institutional investors, infrastructure funds, private credit providers, and digital infrastructure operators. The session will examine why capital is becoming increasingly selective despite continued demand for AI infrastructure, how LP expectations are changing, and what differentiates platforms that continue to attract funding from those struggling to raise capital.
The keynote will also address the growing importance of operational execution, power access, liquidity pathways, platform scale, and strategic partnerships in today’s fundraising environment.
Tiger Fund Management
Panel Discussion: Power Procurement and Grid Challenges
Closing Panel: The Future of Data Center REITs: Capital, AI and the Next Wave of Digital Infrastructure Growth
As AI-driven demand reshapes digital infrastructure markets globally, data center REITs are entering a new phase of growth, investment, and strategic transformation. This session brings together senior REIT leaders and industry experts to examine how operators are adapting investment strategies, portfolio planning, and capital deployment to support hyperscale and AI workloads. The discussion will explore evolving tenant demands, power and sustainability challenges, financing considerations, emerging market opportunities, and how AI infrastructure is redefining the future economics of digital infrastructure investment.
Sundown Networking Drinks
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