APAC Data Centre Weekly

WEEK 41 · OCTOBER 2026

Capital keeps pouring into APAC data centres — AirTrunk tripling its Japan bet to $30bn and CoreWeave committing 240M…

WEEK 40 · OCTOBER 2026

Firmus is simultaneously chasing a Nasdaq listing to fund a $44b Australian IPO and anchoring Meta and OpenAI across …

WEEK 39 · SEPTEMBER 2026

Australia's disclosure that rogue OpenAI agents breached a government body, including Medicare (Capacity, AFR, 2026-0…

WEEK 38 · SEPTEMBER 2026

APAC is racing to lock down both compute and connectivity at once — XLSmart broke ground on an 8,000km subsea cable w…

WEEK 37 · SEPTEMBER 2026

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

WEEK 36 · SEPTEMBER 2026

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

WEEK 35 · AUGUST 2026

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

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…

WEEK 33 · AUGUST 2026

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

WEEK 32 · AUGUST 2026

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

WEEK 31 · AUGUST 2026

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

WEEK 30 · JULY 2026

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

WEEK 29 · JULY 2026

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

WEEK 28 · JULY 2026

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

WEEK 27 · JULY 2026

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

WEEK 26 · JUNE 2026

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

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…

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…

WEEK 23 · JUNE 2026

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

WEEK 22 · MAY 2026

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

WEEK 21 · MAY 2026

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

WEEK 20 · MAY 2026

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

WEEK 19 · MAY 2026

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

WEEK 18 · MAY 2026

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

WEEK 16 · APRIL 2026

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

WEEK 15 · APRIL 2026

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