Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Datacenter trend intelligence tracks data centre market trends, AI-driven capacity demand, power availability, colocation growth, interconnection strategy, and regional campus investment in Asia-Pacific, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.
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China ties computing growth to power and fibre
China is tying computing expansion to power and fibre planning, making coordinated delivery central to new projects.
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Indonesia’s AI data-centre boom tests power delivery
Indonesia has power and a large digital market, but AI data centres still need dependable grid capacity and sites where that electricity can be delivered.
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India flags 59 coal plants with critically low stocks
India’s low coal stocks at power plants show why data-centre operators must look beyond national inventories to fuel delivery.
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Approved Australian data centres may fall outside new rules
ABC found 25 approved but unbuilt projects that may not be covered by proposed federal power and water rules, leaving existing approval conditions to matter.
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AWC data-centre engineering orders reach RM100m
AWC's data-centre engineering order book has reached about RM100 million after three contract wins in the past year.
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Nvidia partners target up to 2GW Australian AI buildout
Nvidia's Australian AI expansion depends on eight partners delivering the sites, power and data-centre capacity behind a 2GW target.
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Paragon Globe wins RM45m Johor data centre contract
PGBG Construction will carry out earthworks and retaining walls for an unnamed Johor data centre, with the package targeted for completion in Q4 2026.
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Nvidia partners target 2GW Australian AI buildout
Nvidia and eight Australian infrastructure partners are preparing up to 2GW of land, power and data-centre space for AI systems by 2027.
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Philippines outlines power plan for AI expansion
The Philippines plans to expand AI computing capacity to 1.5GW by 2033, with gas providing nearer-term power and renewables targeted for 40% of demand.
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DayOne ties Batam expansion to Rp180bn desalination plant
DayOne will fund the plant and hand it to BP Batam to operate, making water supply part of the expansion agreement.
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FlexSysAI tests grid-responsive AI computing in Australia
The live trial will test whether less urgent AI workloads can move when the power grid is under pressure without disrupting customer work.
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3M showcases expanded-beam data-centre connectors
3M's Shenzhen demonstration focused on how expanded-beam fibre connectors handle contamination and repeated use in dense AI data-centre networks.
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Tasmania reveals six more data-centre proposals
Tasmania has six more confidential data-centre proposals that could require at least 500MW, but only two have reached feasibility assessment.
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CDC submits A$200m Beard 2 data-centre plan
The Canberra proposal brings CDC's closed-loop cooling into a new planning application, where Beard 2's own water demand will matter.
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Qingyang data-centre power costs equal 45% of revenue
China Energy Engineering says electricity costs equal about 45% of Qingyang data-centre revenue, separating power economics from its efficiency claims.
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Fortune plans Telangana AI park with greywater cooling
The proposed 1.2–1.6GW campus would use treated greywater for cooling, putting water infrastructure into the delivery plan for new computing capacity.
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MPS brings its own process to GlobalFoundries’ Singapore fab
The manufacturing agreement offers another route for AI power components. Making that route useful involves reproducing a customer’s process, not simply adding a location to the supply map.
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AWC data-centre engineering order book hits RM100m
AWC has built a record data-centre engineering backlog while a separate RM99.1 million TM contract gives the group work after facilities enter operation.
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NVIDIA’s Australian build-out brings the next fit-out into view
A factory designed for successive generations of computing is selling more than its first installation. The value of the next one depends on what survives—and who pays to change the rest.
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Fixstars, NTTPC, and Getworks launch container AI service
Fixstars, NTTPC,, and Getworks are selling AI infrastructure as a single package, leaving customers to build the site around it.