Ayala, Globe aim for PH data center dominance

MANILA  -The Ayala Group, through ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines, is beefing up its data center capacity by 5.2 megawatts (MW) across three facilities by third quarter to meet the growing demand for storage and other information technology needs due to heightened digitalization.

In a statement on Tuesday, the data center firm said it would increase capacity in its data centers in Makati City, Cavite province and Quezon City before the year ends.

STT GDC Philippines—owned by Globe Telecom, Ayala Corp. and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centers—currently operates five data centers with a total capacity of 22 MW. More than 95 percent of the facilities’ power needs are sourced from renewable energy sources.

“As part of STT GDC Philippines’ growth strategy to support the country’s digital infrastructure build, this capacity expansion is part of the commitment made to support the government’s endeavors in delivering reliable and robust digital infrastructure to our fellow Filipinos,” said Carlo Malana,  company president and CEO.

The data center arm aims to ramp up total capacity to more than 150 MW in the coming years.

In May, STT GDC Philippines held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 124-MW data center in Fairview, Quezon City. It will be spending about $1 billion to construct the facility sprawling over 83,000 square meters of gross floor area across four buildings.

Construction for the first phase of the project, comprising 28 MW, has started. It is set to go live by early 2025.

The joint venture said it would scale up the facility according to the demand from hyperscalers, which are entities providing cloud, networking and internet services such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, Alibaba AliCloud, IBM and Oracle.

Globe, Ayala and STT GDC signed a $350-million joint venture deal last year. INQ

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