Philippines digital infrastructure developer FLOW Digital Infrastructure (FLOW) and industrial parks developer AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. (ALLHC) have on Wednesday broke ground on the land development of its first joint data center campus located in Laguna, Philippines, following the launch of A-FLOW, the joint venture partnership between FLOW and ALLHC.
Both parties said in a statement that the three-building campus facility will offer flexibility to tailor design to customers’ unique requirements, with the ability to ramp up to 36MW.
The initial roll-out of 6MW is targeted to be ready for service by the end of 2024. The carrier neutral facility will be built to the latest industry standards and will feature resilient power delivery design with diverse power feeds.
The event marks the official launch of A-FLOW, the joint venture partnership between FLOW and ALLHC. It leverages ALLHC’s proven track record in industrial real estate development and FLOW’s best-in-class next-generation data center design, development, and operational capabilities.
“We are delighted at the promising start of A-FLOW’s first data center project in the Philippines. We believe our cutting-edge digital infrastructure solutions and ML1’s strategic location, bolstered by the synergy between FLOW and ALLHC, will enable customers in the region to scale rapidly and seamlessly,” said Amandine Wang, Chief Executive Officer of FLOW Digital Infrastructure.
Meanwhile, ALLHC Chief Operating Officer Patrick Avila said :”With A-FLOW, we take pride in contributing to the country’s fast-growing needs and transition towards a digital economy. As we mark the beginning of the development of our first data center campus, we at ALLHC and FLOW look forward to serving enterprises and global hyperscalers, and eagerly anticipate their continued growth with us.”
ALLHC is a subsidiary of Ayala Land, Inc., an industrial real estate company in the Philippines. ALLHC is present in six growth areas nationwide through its industrial parks, warehouses, cold storage facilities, and commercial leasing.
Among its developments are industrial estates: Laguna Technopark, Pampanga Technopark, Cavite Technopark, Laguindingan Technopark in Misamis Oriental.
Its ALogis standard factory buildings are located in Biñan and Calamba, Laguna; Naic in Cavite; Porac, Pampanga; Sto. Tomas, Batangas, and Manila, complemented by the ALogis Artico cold storage facilities in Biñan, Laguna.
Its commercial leasing portfolio comprises Tutuban Center in Manila and South Park Center in Muntinlupa City.
FLOW invests, develops and operates in the key physical assets of the digital infrastructure ecosystem, including cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, as well as network and fiber assets.
The firm offers a full spectrum of digital infrastructure solutions, combined with deep industry experience and a customer-centric approach to developing core and edge infrastructure in Asia Pacific, keeping the bits and bytes of the digital world flowing.
The team has entered recently into an exclusive distribution agreement with DXN Limited to launch its edge product branded under Flow2Edge.
FLOW leverages the capital and resources of PAG Real Assets, the real estate and infrastructure investment strategy of PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused investment firm with over $50 billion in assets under management, including an existing portfolio of data center assets.