Alibaba Cloud launched its first data center in the Philippines in October 2021 to expand its footprint in Asia and further support the digital transformation of local online enterprises.
Marking the 30th year of Lenovo’s ThinkSystem x86 servers, the company has transformed from a server-only business to full stack data center portfolio of hardware, software, and services. Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Philippines country manager Clark Popple shares what’s new with their smart infrastructure solutions business in an exclusive interview with Newsbytes PH.
Aboitiz InfraCapital Inc. and its partner EdgeConneX said their initial data center will be located in proximity to the National Capital Region while a secondary hyperscale campus is planned to be located in the Greater Manila Area.
During a trade mission to Washington DC, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Ramon Lopez secured the commitment of US firms Black and Veatch and SBA Communications to build hyperscale data centers and common towers in the Philippines.
At the groundbreaking of its 11th and largest hyperscale data center in Sta. Rosa, Laguna on Friday, March 18, PLDT president and CEO Al Panlilio said the soon-to-be-built facility will be the biggest in the country with no peers in its class.
After successive announcements from local and foreign companies on data center projects in the country, Globe Telecom has joined the "hyperscaler" fray by disclosing on Wednesday, March 2, that it formed of a joint venture partnership with Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) and Ayala Corporation (AC) for the construction of data center projects in the Philippines.
ePLDT Vitro’s 11th data center — Vitro Sta. Rosa — will rise in what is said to be the country’s largest DC campus by far -- a five-hectare PLDT property in the industrial city of Sta. Rosa.
Dubbed “The Hive,” it is said to be the largest operating telco-neutral data center facility in the country, with three floors capable of housing at least 3,000 server racks of up to 45U rack height.
