Digital Edge, a data center platform company, has announced the availability of its new 10MW data center in Manila, NARRA 1, which offers 2,200 cabinets and will become the largest carrier-neutral and most energy efficient data center in operation in the Philippines.
The launch of NARRA1 marks Digital Edge’s debut in the country as the company continues its mission to bridge the digital divide in Southeast Asia’s high growth markets.
NARRA1 has a 5,200 square meters of collocation space and is located inside Laguna Technopark in Biñan, Laguna. It is a joint project with the Threadborne Group, a local family office focused on technology and real estate.
The facility has been designed to meet the latest demands from cloud, network, digital media, and enterprise customers in terms of power specifications, reliability, security and sustainability. Digital Edge has confirmed it has already received bookings for the new data center including from multiple major domestic internet service providers.
Expansion Plans
The joint venture is planning to build a bigger data center in the Philippines by the next five years. However, they are still considering the financing side for which are needed to be raised.
According to Raymond Rufino, Principal for Investments and Real State of Threadborne Group, they are hoping that within the year they can secure a financing partner because the next data center will be heavy on capital. Thus, they would like to get some financing in place so they could do the next one,
Additionally, Jonathan Chou, Digital Edge Chief Product Officer, said that they have to fill the data center with customers first and start generating it well. Once it’s done, they will start the construction or planning about that.
Moreover, the location for the second data center was not sure yet since the group has yet to decide where to build it. They are still internally debating because considering the location, there are lots of options and they are still evaluating multiple sites.
