PLDT investing P12-13 B for PH's largest data center
Over the next ten years, PLDT Inc. is investing P12 to P13 billion in VITRO Sta.Rosa, its 11th and largest hyperscale data center, announced President and CEO Alfredo S. Panlilio.
In a bid to position the Philippines as the next digital hub in Asia Pacific, the telco is building the country’s largest data center campus in its five-hectare property within Laguna's industrial city.
VITRO Sta.Rosa is the first in a series of PLDT's data center builds with a power capacity of 100 megawatts (MW).
The data center 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," Panlilio pointed out.
"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 Meralco 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 last September.