w.media Southeast Asia & Northeast Asia Awards Ceremony and Gala Night promises to be a spectacular night to remember. Stay tuned on 5 December …
The much-anticipated W.Media 2025 Southeast Asia & Northeast Asia Awards Ceremony and Gala Night will see many more winners than the previous four iterations. This year, we have introduced seven new awards to take into account the fast-evolving nature of the industry.
With more hyperscalers entering the scene and more innovations emerging, we felt that we needed to give due recognition to them. The leading companies and those widely acknowledged by the industry, drive change and inspire the rest hence collectively raising the bar in this field.
Innovation is the lifeblood of the digital infrastructure industry and this year in particular has seen the rate of innovation accelerating like never before due to AI demands. Hence, our new categories reflect that:
Under Projects, we have added new awards for Innovation in Data Center Engineering for GPUaaS, Innovation in Internet Exchange (IX) Deployment and Innovation in Subsea Network Engineering.
For sustainability efforts under Planet, the new awards are Innovation in Energy Optimization and Sustainability in Operations.
In the People category, we would like to honor Hyperscale Infrastructure Leaders and Strategic Network Infrastructure Leaders.
“This year’s w.media SEA & NEA Awards is more competitive than ever before, with an extraordinary 113 nominations in the People category, 45 in Planet, and 51 in Projects. The sheer breadth and quality of entries across all three pillars showcase the region’s unwavering drive to lead, innovate, and set new benchmarks in the digital infrastructure industry,” said Vincent Liew, Co-founder of w.media.
For the Award’s 5th anniversary, we are championing 3Ps for the Digital Infrastructure industry: Planet, Project, and People.
The full list of awards is as follows:
- Projects: Data Center Design & Build; Digital Technology Inside the Data Center; Innovation in Data Center Engineering for GPUaaS; Innovation in Internet Exchange (IX) Deployment; Innovation in Subsea Network Engineering; and Excellence in Accelerated Construction & Deployment
- Planet: Sustainability in Operations; Sustainability in Design & Build; Innovation in Energy Efficiency; Innovation in Energy Optimization; Innovation in Data Center Cooling
- People: Data Center Design and Engineering Team; Data Center Operations Team; Data Center Market Intelligence Team; Hyperscale Infrastructure Leaders; Strategic Network Infrastructure Leaders
There will be a total of 35 awardees picked from the categories above.
This year’s record number of entries has made judging particularly challenging. Our distinguished panel of judges, reputable leaders from around the globe, faced difficult decisions as all submitted nominations demonstrated outstanding merit.
We can’t say how long it took them to decide; what we can say is that they came out perspiring and probably still wondering if they had made the right choices when it’s a case of too close to call between two competitors. In the end, we believe they did their best and we will celebrate the achievements of the winners together in a glittering black-tie event to be held at W Hotel, Sentosa Cove.
Come December 5, we will bring together 200-plus industry leaders and innovators for a night of celebration, connection, and recognition of the region’s most outstanding innovators and leaders in the digital infrastructure industry.
Beyond recognizing individual and team accomplishments, the event fosters community through unmatched networking opportunities. By building these connections and collaborating rather than working in silos, we can push boundaries and scale greater heights together – an essential approach in today’s increasingly challenging environment.