Asia-Pacific Data Centers Builds
Vantage Data Centers is building a 16 MW data center in Taipei, which marks the company’s entry into the robust Taiwanese data center market.
Set to open in mid-2024, the new 20,000-square-meter facility brings the company to its eighth campus in the Asia-Pacific as it continues to expand its footprint in the region.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission has announced the opening of a “cutting-edge data center” at NED University in Karachi.
The center represents a groundbreaking initiative to digitally empower universities and fortify their IT infrastructure, writes Business Recorder.
NTT Global Data Centers Japan and TEPCO Power Grid have signed a joint venture to develop and operate data centers in the Inzai-Shiroi area of Greater Tokyo, Japan.
The initial plan is to build data centers in the Inzai-Shiroi with a total planned IT load of 50 MW. The new company, to be established spring 2024, plans to deliver first capacity in the second half of fiscal 2026.
Malaysian utility firm YTL Power International jumped to a record high in December, after its announcement of a partnership with Nvidia Corporation to build a 20 billion ringgit ($4.3 billion) artificial intelligence data center in the Southeast Asian country.
YTL Power extended gains by as much as 5% on Monday to the highest since the company’s listing in 1997. The group confirmed the deal after markets closed on Friday, when shares climbed 6.6%.
