Sembcorp unit’s 90MW data centre campus in Ho Chi Minh City gets green light
Proposed Tier III facility aims to meet rising demand for cloud services, AI computing in Vietnam
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[SINGAPORE] Sembcorp Industries subsidiary Sembcorp Development, through its joint venture with BB Holdings, has received investment approval for a data centre campus in Ho Chi Minh City, said the energy and urban player on Friday (Mar 27).
The proposed hyperscale and artificial intelligence (AI)-ready data centre campus will span about 4.5 hectares and will be built in phases. The Tier III facility will support up to 90 megawatts of computing capacity, added Sembcorp, and it also hopes to achieve the highest Tier IV classification.
The tiers represent a grading system for reliability, with Tier III facilities able to conduct maintenance without any downtime, while Tier IV facilities are able to stay online even if equipment unexpectedly fails.
The campus aims to meet the rising demand for cloud services, AI computing and advanced workloads in Vietnam.
Lee Ark Boon, chief executive officer of Sembcorp Development, noted: “Vietnam’s digital economy is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, fuelled by cloud adoption and advancement in AI.”
The joint venture, StarMason Joint Stock Company, will now continue the evaluation and development planning of the data centre campus in Saigon Hi‑Tech Park, said Sembcorp.
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BB Holdings has more than 30 years of experience in large‑scale integrated urban projects across Vietnam.
With this first proposed data centre project in Vietnam, StarMason aims to “build on this momentum by exploring further opportunities to expand its data centre campus development pipeline in the country”, added Sembcorp.
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