Google is reportedly considering building a data center in Vietnam.
Citing a person briefed on the plans, Reuters reports the search and cloud giant is weighing setting up a hyperscale data center close to Ho Chi Minh City.
The facility could reportedly go live in 2027, though further specification plans weren’t shared.
It would be the first such investment by one of the major US technology companies in the Southeast Asian nation.
Google declined to comment to the publication.
Several local telcos, including Viettel, CMC, and VNPT, operate data centers across Vietnam. According to Data Center Map, Vietnam has 22 data centers across three markets: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang.
NTT has an existing data center footprint in Vietnam, and Edge Centres operates a small site in Ho Chi Minh City, while STT GDC recently announced plans to develop a facility in Ho Chi Minh City.
Chinese cloud operators Alibaba and Huawei are also said to be looking to develop data centers in the country.
After previously limited ownership of data centers in the country to a partial 49 percent ceiling for foreign companies, Vietnam recently relaxed foreign ownership rules for data centers, potentially opening the window for more investment.
