Big Data

Data-center operator BDx has broken ground on a 640-MW AI data-center campus in West Java, Indonesia, backed by 845 MVA of grid power secured from the state utility.

Vietnam's conglomerate TNT Group and the United States-based data-center developer Infrakey DC Parks will jointly study building data centers in Vietnam of up to 1,000 MW.

Anthropic, the developer of Claude AI, will join hands in Western Downs Digital Park, a data center project in Australia worth A$31.9 billion ($22.2 billion).

Maybank Investment Bank has hold positive view on data center expansion in Indonesia while seeing the country’s potential as a data center hub is underpinned by three structural advantages: abundant renewable energy resources, extensive land and water availability, and a large, internet-savvy population of over 280 million.

Nvidia and eight Australian infrastructure providers are targeting up to 2GW of AI-factory buildout by 2027, with the operators to run the facilities.

The Philippines has finalized a $34.4 billion AI infrastructure roadmap targeting 1.5GW of AI data-center capacity by 2033, up from about 50MW today.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has leased 4.5 hectares in its Saigon Hi-Tech Park to Starmason, a joint venture of Singapore's Sembcorp Development and Vietnamese partner BB Holding, to build a $480 million hyperscale data center.

Thailand's Gulf Development and Singapore's Singtel will invest in a Vietnam-Thailand-Singapore submarine cable to meet rising demand for cloud, AI and data-center services across Southeast Asia.

Australian data center operator NEXTDC plans to raise A$1.1 billion through convertible notes to fund its domestic infrastructure pipeline as AI-driven capital spending rises.

Malaysia is targeting as much as MYR20 billion ($4.7 billion) a year in additional economic output from artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 and wants to shift from building data centres to applying AI across its economy.