Philippines gets largest data center with $700-million investment
The Philippines’ largest data center is set to be constructed in Cainta, Rizal, east of Metro Manila to open later this year, catering to a “dramatically underserved” market segment, according to Singapore data center company SpaceDC, which is investing more than $700 million into the facility.
The company said the hyperscale data center campus, called MNL1, would cover an area of 4.3 hectares and have a capacity of 72 megawatt, which would be fully powered by renewable energy sources such as wind and geothermal energy.
Hyperscale data centers are massive business-critical facilities designed to efficiently support robust, scalable applications and are often associated with big data-producing companies and cloud computing services provider such as Google, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, Salesforce, Alibaba and Tencent, among others.
“Green” power supply for energy-hungry data processing
Such centers require a lot of power, citing concerns on carbon emissions generated from them which is why SpaceDC is emphasising the “green” power supply of the facility.
The facility will have 12 four-story data hall buildings, which will feature eight layers of advanced physical security, including remote monitoring, SpaceDC said. It will provide direct cloud access and connectivity to over 400 data centers globally.
Data centers a big growth industry
The new center is expected to give the data center sector in the Philippines a big push.
“With only 47 megawatt of available capacity in the country, it is a dramatically underserved market. We are excited to be a first mover in a new market where we see our customers are investing heavily in,” SpaceDC CEO Darren Hawkins said.
He added that his company picked the Philippines as it ranks second in terms of data center growth in Southeast Asia behind Singapore. Southeast Asia itself is one of the fastest growing markets for data centers and digital services in the world.
SpaceDC has partnered with global real estate services firm JLL for the project which “is being constructed in the right place at the right time given strong customer interest seen in the country.”
[caption id="attachment_38221" align="alignleft" width="300"] Rendering of the "MNL1 campus" in Rizal near Metro Manila[/caption] The Philippines' largest data center is set to be constructed in Cainta, Rizal, east of Metro Manila to open later this year, catering to a “dramatically underserved” market segment, according to Singapore data center company SpaceDC, which is investing more than $700 million into the facility. The company said the hyperscale data center campus, called MNL1, would cover an area of 4.3 hectares and have a capacity of 72 megawatt, which would be fully powered by renewable energy sources such as wind and geothermal energy. Hyperscale...
The Philippines’ largest data center is set to be constructed in Cainta, Rizal, east of Metro Manila to open later this year, catering to a “dramatically underserved” market segment, according to Singapore data center company SpaceDC, which is investing more than $700 million into the facility.
The company said the hyperscale data center campus, called MNL1, would cover an area of 4.3 hectares and have a capacity of 72 megawatt, which would be fully powered by renewable energy sources such as wind and geothermal energy.
Hyperscale data centers are massive business-critical facilities designed to efficiently support robust, scalable applications and are often associated with big data-producing companies and cloud computing services provider such as Google, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, Salesforce, Alibaba and Tencent, among others.
“Green” power supply for energy-hungry data processing
Such centers require a lot of power, citing concerns on carbon emissions generated from them which is why SpaceDC is emphasising the “green” power supply of the facility.
The facility will have 12 four-story data hall buildings, which will feature eight layers of advanced physical security, including remote monitoring, SpaceDC said. It will provide direct cloud access and connectivity to over 400 data centers globally.
Data centers a big growth industry
The new center is expected to give the data center sector in the Philippines a big push.
“With only 47 megawatt of available capacity in the country, it is a dramatically underserved market. We are excited to be a first mover in a new market where we see our customers are investing heavily in,” SpaceDC CEO Darren Hawkins said.
He added that his company picked the Philippines as it ranks second in terms of data center growth in Southeast Asia behind Singapore. Southeast Asia itself is one of the fastest growing markets for data centers and digital services in the world.
SpaceDC has partnered with global real estate services firm JLL for the project which “is being constructed in the right place at the right time given strong customer interest seen in the country.”
