Data centres

Blue Owl data centre operator Stack considers US$30 billion sale of Asia operations: sources

The firm has been speaking with prospective advisers about a partial or full sale of the assets in Australia, Japan and Malaysia

Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht has expressed concern about wealth disparity in the US.

Starwood CEO Sternlicht broadens data centre footprint globally

He says data centre economics are relatively consistent across global markets

Semi's president and CEO Ajit Manocha (right) and Malaysia’s Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Johari Abdul Ghani at the opening ceremony of Semicon Southeast Asia in Kuala Lumpur.

South-east Asia risks missing global chip boom as fab investments bypass region

Only a handful of new plants planned as region races to move beyond back-end manufacturing

More than three years into a bull market fuelled by excitement about AI, two key pillars remain intact: Big Tech profit growth continues to outpace the rest of the market, and the flow of money into AI infrastructure keeps growing.

Big Tech earnings show split between AI trade winners and losers

The artificial intelligence boom is alive and well, but investors are getting more granular

The two data centres will have a combined capacity of more than 280 megawatts and be situated close to AirTrunk’s existing data centre campuses.

Australia’s AirTrunk to invest US$3 billion in two new Malaysian data centres

The company has also said that it plans to spend US$5 billion in India

Digital Edge has 1.8 gigawatts of secured IT power.

Singapore-based Digital Edge weighs options including sale for up to US$10 billion: sources

The company provides data centre and fibre services in several countries in the Asia-Pacific region

Amit Sinha, global head of telecommunications, media and technology at DBS, says the lender is working to introduce US-style capital-recycling frameworks in Asia.

DBS drives S$20 billion in Apac data centre deals as AI boom tests bank funding limits

If alternative financing channels and debt-recycling models fail to materialise, Asia’s data centre buildout could slow

PDG operates more than 20 data centres in China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.

Warburg Pincus-backed PDG taps Goldman for stake sale: sources

Other investment firms and industry players have shown interest in the data center operator

ABB's full-year operational Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation) rose to US$2.1 billion, ahead of analysts' forecasts of US$2 billion.

ABB lifts 2026 sales outlook after data centre demand boosts quarterly results

Its sales rises 18% to US$8.7 billion in Q1, beating analysts’ forecasts of US$8.4 billion