PLDT Inc. on Monday, March 18, broke ground for its 11th and largest hyperscale data center facility in a bid to position the Philippines as the next digital hub in Asia Pacific.
The telco's VITRO Sta.Rosa, will rise as the country’s largest data center campus by far - a five-hectare PLDT property within the industrial city.
It is the first in a series of data center builds totaling to a power capacity of 100 megawatts (MW).
The data center facility is designed to be energy efficient using the latest innovations in cooling and power redundancy, Tier-3 certified and Tier-4 ready.
It has at least three fiber routes from PLDT augmented by routes from other carriers.
In addition, VITRO Sta. Rosa will host the country’s richest internet ecosystem and premiere internet exchanges, making it the most ideal location for Availability Zones and Points-of-Presence of hyperscalers, as well as for critical systems of Enterprises.
“The PLDT Group is one with the nation in building a digitally advanced Philippines and making our country the next hyperscaler destination in Asia Pacific," Alfredo S. Panlilio, PLDT president and chief executive officer said.
"With VITRO Sta. Rosa, we aim to set the benchmark in infrastructure resilience, operational excellence, global competitiveness and world-class sustainability,” he noted.
To ensure hyperscalers maximum operational uptime, PLDT has partnered with Manila Electric Co. to build a dedicated substation on-site that will directly supply the data center's power requirements.
PLDT was one of the early enablers of the Hyperscale industry, serving the unique requirements of global tech companies through existing VITRO facilities.
In 2021, PLDT has collaborated with key government agencies to lay down the groundwork and include hyperscalers as one of the new priority sectors of the Philippines.
This culminated with the official launch of the Hyperscale Industry under the ‘Make It Happen’ campaign of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last September.