Data Centre News Asia - 12 Dec News

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Singapore and Australia. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: •⁠ Evolution Data Centres partners with HTC to develop data centres across Vietnam, expanding into a strategically important Southeast Asian market. •⁠ ⁠⁠Empyrion Digital eyes a 200 MW data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia, adding to the region's hyperscale momentum. •⁠ ⁠⁠Princeton Digital Group tops out the third building of its 200 MW campus in Johor, accelerating Malaysia's position as a regional hub. •⁠ ⁠⁠Singapore's Racks Central breaks ground on a new data centre facility in Johor, continuing cross border expansion strategies. •⁠ ⁠⁠Bain Capital considers options to raise capital for Bridge Data Centres, potentially including a stake sale to fund growth. •⁠ ⁠⁠Amazon and Microsoft commit $52.5 billion combined to India's AI and cloud infrastructure, with Amazon pledging $35 billion by 2030 and Microsoft adding $17.5 billion including a new Hyderabad hyperscale cloud region. •⁠ ⁠⁠Adani Group to establish a 48 MW data centre in southern India, supporting the country's digital infrastructure buildout. •⁠ ⁠⁠Australia's Digital Transformation Agency calls for increased government cloud adoption to modernise public sector IT. •⁠ ⁠⁠Australian Data Centres (ADC) acquires a campus in Canberra, strengthening its presence in the capital's government and enterprise market. We examine what these moves signal for regional investment flows, the Johor corridor's emergence as a capacity hotspot, and sustained AI infrastructure demand.