ST Telemedia Global Data Centres Philippines, a joint venture between Globe, Ayala Corp. and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres on Thursday broke ground for the construction of the largest, most interconnected and sustainable carrier-neutral data center in the Philippines.
The new data center campus, STT Fairview, will span over 83,000 square meters of gross floor area across four buildings, offering a development potential of 124 megawatts of IT load capacity once fully built out.
It is strategically positioned in Quezon City with access to nearby substations and critical telecommunications, transportation links and logistics, business and industry hubs.
The campus will cater to both hyperscalers and enterprises, providing flexible and scalable low-latency colocation options that are also sustainably built and operated.
STT Fairview will include ready network connections to STT Makati, one of the most interconnected data centers in the Philippines, providing customers immediate access to a rich selection of local and international network service providers, internet exchanges and submarine cable systems.
“With the Philippines’ digital transformation gaining headway, STT GDC’s new facility will be an important addition to the data center space in the country, where the market is underserved,” said Globe Group president and chief executive Ernest Cu.
“This will provide crucial support for the growing digital industry not just in the country but also in the region, and will set a new standard of sustainability-driven data centers in the Philippines,” he said.
STT GDC Philippines chief executive Carlo Malana said that with the Philippine digital industry set to grow at a projected compounded annual growth rate of 20 percent through 2030, “we are seeing rapidly growing demand for high-quality colocation services in the Philippines as both cloud service providers and enterprises alike continually expand their business platforms to meet consumers’ evolving demand for low-latency digital services.”
ST Telemedia Global Data Centers chief executive for Southeast Asia Lionel Yeo said the Philippine data center colocation market is poised for growth with a five-year compound average growth rate of 25 percent through 2027, and hyperscale demand is on the uptrend.
“This is an opportune moment to support the Philippines’ digital growth agenda with core data center infrastructure that is the linchpin of a digital society,” he said.
STT GDC Philippines operates five data centers with a total IT capacity of 22 MW, with more than 95 percent of its power coming from renewable energy sources.