NEW CLARK CITY — State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has dispelled assumptions that hyperscale data centers, whose energy requirements are enough to power as many as 100,000 households, would be constructed under the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI)...
The Philippines is rightly trying to attract data centers, cloud platforms, and artificial intelligence investments. These projects can create jobs, deepen the country’s digital capabilities, and position us more strongly in the regional technology economy. But a data center cannot be built...
NEW YORK (AP) — No large data centers can be built in New York for up to a year as the state creates rules to protect the environment and its energy grid from the power-hungry facilities fueling artificial intelligence. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the country...
International Finance Corp. (IFC) is preparing a fresh investment in the Philippines’ growing digital infrastructure sector, backing a local company planning to expand data center capacity outside Metro Manila. Manila Bulletin reported earlier that the World Bank Group’s (WBG) private-sector...
International Finance Corp. (IFC) is preparing a fresh investment in the Philippines’ growing digital infrastructure sector, backing a local company planning to expand data center capacity outside Metro Manila. The World Bank Group’s (WBG) private-sector lending arm disclosed last May 8 that it...
Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. is locking in long-term renewable energy (RE) contracts for its data center operations, moves intended to insulate the company from volatile power costs while meeting the intensifying electricity demands of the digital economy. The telecommunications giant said its...
Manuel V. Pangilinan Manuel V. Pangilinan-led PLDT Inc. is planning to expand its data center capacity to 500 megawatts (MW) as it gears up to make the Philippines an attractive market for tech giants seeking data storage. Pangilinan issued this sentiment on Wednesday, April 23, during the...
The Philippine data center industry is poised for long-term growth due to rising demand from global players, enhanced digital infrastructure, and supportive government policies. According to Leechiu Property Consultants Inc., the sector’s upward trajectory is fueled by increased adoption of 5G...
ePLDT, the ICT subsidiary of PLDT Inc., and its data center arm, VITRO Inc., are poised to drive enterprise growth by supporting the anticipated surge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and high-density workloads in the coming years. "It is our aspiration to be the first end-to-end AI services...
Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company has put up a new switching station for a data center in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Meralco’s new infrastructure will support the power needs of VITRO Inc.'s AI-powered hyper-scale data center. VITRO is a subsidiary of ePLDT and the data center arm of the...
The PLDT Group’s data center arm VITRO Inc. and ICT service provider HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) have forged a strategic partnership to enhance data center connectivity in the Philippines. In a statement, PLDT said this partnership, made possible by PLDT Enterprise, the...
VITRO Inc. (VITRO) has tapped Ciena, a global leader in networking systems, services, and software, to enhance the network infrastructure of VITRO Sta. Rosa (VSR) by connecting the site to the rest of the PLDT group’s data center network. Through Ciena, VSR will soon be directly linked to major...
