The first edition of The Data Center Investment Summit (DCIS) will debut in Singapore – the region’s financial and digital nexus for next-generation infrastructure.
Co-located with our flagship event, Cloud & Datacenter Convention (CDC), DCIS will take place the day before and expand the conversation beyond operations to the financial frameworks shaping the future of digital infrastructure. Together, they bring capital providers, policymakers, and operators into one forum to examine how the region is mobilizing investment for AI-ready and energy-resilient infrastructure.
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.
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What is the future growth trajectory of data center infrastructure and what does financing the data center build entail?
The ability to finance projects at scale is becoming the defining constraint. From regulatory certainty and contract structures to investor risk apetite, we’ll explore how the cost of capital, legal frameworks and bankability intersect.
As power availability and climate risk become binding constraints on digital infrastructure growth, site selection has evolved into a critical risk-management discipline. The roles of hazard mapping, grid interconnection capacity, fibre routes, and water stress increasingly shape location decisions for data centers and AI infrastructure.
What are the latest policy and regulatory developments shaping digital infrastructure investment across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam? We’ll cove key issues including zoning and land use approvals, power allocation frameworks, ESG disclosure requirements, and tax and investment incentives affecting data center and AI infrastructure projects.
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 DCF models, revenue timing, and CapEx per MW for data center projects.
As digital infrastructure assets mature and capital cycles shorten, liquidity and exit planning are becoming central to investment strategy. This panel examines the full range of exit and capital-recycling pathways, including secondary sales, sale-leaseback structures, and REIT listings, and how each is being used across data centers and digital infrastructure portfolios in the region.
As capital markets sharpen their focus on credible decarbonisation, financing structures are under increasing scrutiny. This session dissects direct and corporate PPAs (DPPAs/CPPAs), sustainability-linked loans, and transition-finance instruments, examining how they are being structured to support low-carbon digital infrastructure and data center growth.
What does the investment and risk equation look for next-generation low-carbon energy solutions, including nuclear SMRs, storage technologies, and microgrids? What are the capex, permitting requirements, project timelines, and the challenges of integrating these technologies with campus and hyperscale microgrid infrastructures?
As power availability becomes a defining constraint for AI and data center growth, sustainable finance is increasingly tied to how electricity is procured, priced, and delivered. This panel covers power procurement strategies, including PPAs, grid interconnection queues, and cross-border power frameworks, and how these structures support bankable low-carbon infrastructure for AI-grade loads.
The closing panel will wrap up the key takeaways from the conference, providing a strategic roadmap for investors across the region. It will highlight anchor‑tenant strategies, site pipelines, and partnership models that will mobilize the next wave of capital.
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