AI has been all over the news of late, so it’s not surprising that stories about data centers (which power AI) would also start appearing on our feeds. Data centers are facilities that house computer systems. Think of those server rooms that Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt would break into in Mission...
HOUSTON – American firm Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) is confident of having its pioneering rollout of micro modular reactors (MMRs) for nuclear power installations in the Philippines through a partnership with Manila Electric Company (Meralco) by the turn of the decade. In an interview,...
French multinational giant Schneider Electric is intensifying its pitch on the use of green energy as well as other sustainable solutions to support the operations of flourishing data centers in the Philippines. Underpinned by its offer of energy management solutions and digital automation...
SINGAPORE – Multinational energy giant Shell is currently piloting its innovative ‘immersion cooling fluid’ that it would be offering to data centers as coolant for their servers and other computing tools. In a roundtable discussion with Asian journalists here, Shell Executive Vice President...
As data center project-proponents have been firming up their investment plans in the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it will match up their electricity needs with the investors putting up renewable energy (RE) facilities in the country. “A number of investors presented...
Data centers will experience increased regulation and third-party oversight in 2023 as the world continues to grapple with the industry’s rising energy and water consumption against the backdrop of ongoing climate change. The intensified focus on the overall environmental and...
Hyperscalers and investors are seeing heightened interest in Manila as location for their projects, a report by real estate management and consultancy firm showed. The Q3 2022 Data Center Report published recently by Knight Frank in partnership with DC Byte, the leading data center research and...
South Korea has helped the Philippines build a data center and establish a system in a bid to digitalize the invoicing system of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). EIS Data Center (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines) As part of the system's nearing launch,...
Globe Telecom Inc. on Monday, April 4, closed a joint venture partnership deal with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) and Ayala Corporation (AC) for a powerhouse data center which translates to a transaction pre-tax gain of P10.5 billion for the telco. So far, the three parties have signed...
Data centers are the heart of our digital world. In recent years, there has been a spike in the number of data centers established across Asia, with the Philippines among the fastest-developing data center markets. While this is a big step towards a more secure and connected future, it also comes...
69346 Globe Telecom Inc. has formed a joint venture partnership with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), one of the world’s fastest growing data center providers, and Ayala Corporation (AC) for an over P18-billion ($350M) data center. Under the agreement, both STT GDC and AC shall...
It’s been two years since the pandemic catapulted organizations to embrace digitalization, pushing companies to further invest in improving their technological capabilities. With this shift, regional demands in data centers are growing exponentially, particularly with the rise of smart city...
