Data Centre News Asia - Catchup Episode - 17 Nov News

A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major signals in India, Korea, Australia and Southeast Asia.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 James and Rhys 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: • AirTrunk eyes India for its next megacampus, signalling deeper investment alignment between hyperscale demand and India’s power expansion. • Princeton Digital Group enters South Korea, leasing a new Seoul facility from ESR Group. • and PDG breaks ground on a 120 MW campus in Jakarta — one of the region’s fastest-growing markets. • DCI Data Centers secures US $212m to accelerate its Seoul build-out another vote of confidence in Korea’s scaling capacity. • Firmus Technologies raises AU $500m for AI-focused data-centre rollout. • Starwood Capital Group, Doma Infrastructure Group & Telstra plan a 62 MW site in Sydney. • Groq deploys AI infrastructure into a Sydney facility. • Basis Bay launches a new Cyberjaya data-centre in Malaysia. • Anant Raj signs an MOU to develop in Andhra Pradesh, continuing India’s rapid platform expansion. • Keppel DC REIT secures US $400m in loans and bonds to support scaling across its portfolio.

We look at what these moves signal for regional investment strategy, land and power pipelines, and the next phase of AI-driven capacity demand.