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APAC Data Centre Weekly

Weekly news from across Asia Pacific’s data centre industry. Published every Monday.

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Today

19 September 2026

1Bitdeer AI to lease 65MW data center in Johor, MalaysiaDCDSEA2Amazon receives approval for AUD 2.17bn Sydney data centrew.mediaPACIFIC3Taiwan-Matsu No. 4 Cable Enters ServiceSubTel ForumNORTH ASIA

This Week

Top stories from the past 7 days

1Goodman group raises US$ 455 million for Hong Kong data center developmentw.mediaNORTH ASIA2US funds feasibility study on new subsea cable linking Thailand with US; link bypasses South China Seaw.mediaNORTH ASIA3GMI Cloud seeks US$ 300 million to buy AI chips for Thai facility hosted by STT GDCw.mediaSEA

Weekly Archive

WEEK 37 · SEPTEMBER 2026

Thailand's suspension of 49 under-construction data centres after a diesel spill at DAMAC Digital Thailand's Bangkok …

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WEEK 36 · SEPTEMBER 2026

This week brought key developments across the APAC data centre landscape.

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WEEK 35 · AUGUST 2026

Vietnam's international bandwidth just took a 30% hit as four of its eight subsea cables fault simultaneously — a sta…

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WEEK 34 · AUGUST 2026

Malaysia's Johor corridor is the week's real story: DayOne dropped US$152.8M on Sepang land while YTL Power and JLand…

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WEEK 33 · AUGUST 2026

This week brought key developments across the APAC data centre landscape.

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WEEK 32 · AUGUST 2026

Echo subsea cable’s Singapore landing redefines trans-Pacific resilience while $2.9B Firmus funding and CoreWeave’s I…

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WEEK 31 · AUGUST 2026

This week brought key developments across the APAC data centre landscape.

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WEEK 30 · JULY 2026

This week brought key developments across the APAC data centre landscape.

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WEEK 29 · JULY 2026

This week brought key developments across the APAC data centre landscape.

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WEEK 28 · JULY 2026

Malaysia’s data center boom is now a GDP lifeline, while Singapore and Japan brace for identity-driven regulatory cra…

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WEEK 27 · JULY 2026

AI infrastructure is now a geopolitical race, with SEA and North Asia sprinting ahead at $152M and $576B investments …

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WEEK 26 · JUNE 2026

APAC is no longer a spillover market—it’s the primary battleground for $160B in hyperscaler AI infrastructure investm…

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WEEK 25 · JUNE 2026

APAC’s data centre market is projected to hit $255.49B by 2031, but power bottlenecks and hyperscaler dominance are r…

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WEEK 24 · JUNE 2026

APAC’s data center boom is accelerating, with $255B investments by 2031 and power demand set to triple by 2030—driven…

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WEEK 23 · JUNE 2026

APAC's data centre boom is reshaping connectivity, power and AI — Malaysia, Australia and India lead.

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WEEK 22 · MAY 2026

India's data centre capacity could triple by 2028, with power access and financing deciding who scales.

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WEEK 21 · MAY 2026

Alibaba's $69B AI infrastructure bet supercharges APAC's data centre race; China now holds 53% of power.

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WEEK 20 · MAY 2026

Thailand's 2GW renewable-power pilot signals a shift in APAC's AI-driven data centre race.

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WEEK 19 · MAY 2026

PDG raises $856m for Jakarta and Vantage $1.6bn for Johor as Asia's AI race fuels billion-dollar bets.

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WEEK 18 · MAY 2026

Microsoft's A$25B Australian AI bet shows capital racing to secure APAC's digital backbone.

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WEEK 16 · APRIL 2026

APAC's data centre boom hits US$772B as hyperscalers and sovereign AI drive record demand.

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WEEK 15 · APRIL 2026

Hyperscale operators now hold nearly half of global data centre capacity, heading past two-thirds by 2031.

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