DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Asia Pacific, Barney Dixon, DCD Intelligence
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Key ASIC and CT Vision plan green AI data center in Malaysia
Companies plan 100 percent renewable powered facility
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Taiwan-based Liteon purchases 25 percent stake in Polish liquid cooling firm, DCX
Deal worth around $176 million
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SK Telecom launches new AI DC infrastructure focused company, split from SK Broadband
SK Horizon launches with $2.2 billion in investment from KKR and IMM
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APAC data center asset values could reach $1 trillion by 2030 - Cushman & Wakefield
Will require $280 billion in capital expenditure
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Itochu to begin data center development, plans 10 new facilities by 2030
To invest several hundred billion yen
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GDS Holdings raises full-year sales target to 1GW by end of 2026
Company expects more than 1GW of new sales this year
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Australia’s CDC mulls new data center in New Zealand
Partners with Contact Energy on the potential project
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NTT Data reports half a billion dollars of data center investment in Q1 financial results
Data center sales of $733 million
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NextDC raises another AU$500m in senior debt facilities, bringing total commitments to AU$2.3bn
Part of a plan to support massive contracted utilization growth, the Australian developer said
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Lightstorm to launch India-Malaysia-Singapore subsea cable system with Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications
Follows Tata’s earlier announcement it would be investing in the consortium
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Tata Communications announces India-Singapore subsea cable investments
Connecting Mumbai-Singapore and Chennai-Singapore
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SubCo’s SMAP subsea reaches ready for service status, connecting four Australian cities
Tasmania extension will come in 2027
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CBRE: Global data center demand continues to outstrip supply, driving up rental rates and construction costs
Trend seen in all regions despite extraordinary new supply growth
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MGX could purchase APAC data center operator DayOne - report
Comes ahead of DayOne’s $20 billion IPO
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Singapore DC developer Racks Central secures investment from China-ASEAN fund
Funds will be used to develop data centers for AI and hyperscale customers
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Malaysian township developer unveils new data center-focused investment fund
Developer to invest in build-to-suit-to-lease data centers in the pursuit of recurring revenue
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DCI raises $980m for Indonesia expansion, inaugurates E2 Surabaya data center
Funding will be used fo further construction
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PDG raises $856m for 120MW JC3 Indonesia campus
Campus is designed to support hyperscale and AI infrastructure deployments
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Stack Infrastructure looking to sell Asia operations for more than $30bn - report
No final decisions have been made
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AI driving considerable DC development cost increases in Asia Pacific - Cushman & Wakefield
Some markets seeing increases of more than 15 percent
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Enterprise technology and software firm Sagtec Global to build sovereign AI data center
Development to take place through subsidiary CL Technologies
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Airtel’s Nxtra secures $1 billion in investment for India expansion
Funding from existing stakeholders, with an injection from Airtel itself
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APAC 2025 development pipeline hits new record of 19.4GW
Led by growth in Malaysia and India
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Digital Edge secures Indonesia’s largest-ever data center green loan, targeting local AI data center development
The $665 million green loan will support phase-one development of CGK Campus
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PDG closes additional $350m in debt financing, eyes $5bn in fresh investment
The $350 million expands on a $400 million HoldCo loan secured last year
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AirTrunk secures $1.24bn green loan for Tokyo data center campus expansion
The funds will be used to refinance and develop TOK1 in East Tokyo
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Macquarie Technology Group sees H2 revenues rise, plans future capex increase
The company plans to increase capex for its data center projects
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Macquarie Technology upsizes debt capacity by AU$50 million to expand IC3 Super West facility in Sydney, Australia
Investment will bring facility from initial 6MW to 19MW