Show Notes
A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major developments in the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: - GDS backed DayOne is reportedly eyeing a $20 billion valuation in a US IPO, positioning itself as one of the largest data centre operators to go public. - Digital Realty enters Malaysia, strengthening Southeast Asia's digital backbone with the acquisition of a data center in Cyberjaya. - Digital Edge DC unveils a $4.5 billion, 500 MW AI ready hyperscale campus in Indonesia, marking one of the largest single investments in the country's digital infrastructure. - Google Cloud launches a new region in Bangkok, Thailand, expanding hyperscale cloud capacity across Southeast Asia. - NTT signs a 100 MW power purchase agreement with B.Grimm Power in Bangkok, Thailand, securing clean energy to support data centre growth. - Iron Mountain Data Centers breaks ground on a new AI-ready hyperscale facility in India, continuing the country's rapid infrastructure expansion.
We examine what these moves signal for regional capital markets, the acceleration of AI infrastructure deployment, and the growing strategic importance of Southeast Asia and India in the global data centre landscape.
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Topics: #APACDataCentres • #Investment • #Hyperscale • #Infrastructure • #AI
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