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Lee Heggan

WEEK 30 · JULY 2026

APAC Data Centre Weekly

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

Sources this week

Eurus Energy & Toyota break ground on wind-powered data center in Hokkaido, Japan

DCD

NSW approves Goodman’s AUD 1.1bn Project Pluto data centre in Western Sydney

w.media

SK Telecom approves AI data center subsidiary, plans to invest US$ 500 million by 2030

w.media

Malaysia aims to make long-term economic benefit number one criterion in data center approvals, says top official

w.media

Keppel DC REIT plans to redevelop older data center in Singapore to cater for hyperscaler demand

w.media

Victoria’s data centre pipeline grows with four new Melbourne proposals

w.media

HCLTech to build AI data centre in India with Sarvam

Capacity

SEA-H2X Cable Launches Across Asia-Pacific

SubTel Forum

Malaysia Advances Preliminary Plans for SALAM Submarine Cable

Telecom Review Asia

China Mobile Activates SEA-H2X Submarine Cable Across Southeast Asia

Telecom Review Asia

Intel and AMD expected to lock in China CPU deal

Capacity

Telin & BW Digital land new Indonesia-Singapore cable

DataCenterNews Asia Pacific

OpenAI data center in Sydney, Australia, abandons plans for recycled water cooling system - report

Data Center Dynamics

NCC Cable Lands at Nongsa Digital Park

SubTel Forum

Tata acquires land in India for OpenAI data centers - report

Data Center Dynamics

Telin & BW Digital land subsea cable in Batam, Indonesia

Data Center Dynamics

AU$1.1 billion data center project proposed outside Melbourne, Australia

Data Center Dynamics

TCS adds Anakapalli and Pune sites to fuel its data center push

W.Media

Ground broken on 300MW data center in Pohang, South Korea

Data Center Dynamics

Taiwan-based whiskey importer signs contracts for Indonesia data center

Data Center Dynamics

International Finance Corporation to invest up to $175m in two AirTrunk data centers in Johor, Malaysia

Data Center Dynamics