APAC Data Centre Update

H1 2026

Asia Pacific's data centre development pipeline accelerated sharply in H1 2026, expanding by 7,103MW to reach 26,455MW – one of the strongest half-year increases on record. The pipeline now comprises 4,764MW under construction and 21,691MW in planning, while approximately 1,372MW of new operational capacity was delivered across the region. Despite substantial new supply, vacancy edged down from 10.9% in H2 2025 to 10.3%, highlighting the market's continued ability to absorb capacity amid strong demand.

AI and cloud investment across Asia Pacific entered a phase of rapid, power-constrained execution in H1 2026, with hyperscale capital deployment accelerating even as electricity availability emerged as the industry's primary bottleneck. Alongside hyperscalers, neocloud providers have become a significant source of demand, while development is increasingly shifting beyond established hubs into peripheral locations and emerging markets with greater power accessibility. As operators, investors and occupiers compete to secure future capacity, power availability, infrastructure readiness and regulatory certainty are becoming increasingly decisive in shaping market growth and location strategies.

Our H1 2026 Asia Pacific Data Centre Update covers key nuances of nine prominent primary city markets – Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai, Hong Kong, China, Johor, Seoul, Jakarta, and Bangkok, whilst also providing an overview of six city secondary markets of Delhi, Taipei, Auckland, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, and Perth in order of the size of their current operational capacities.

Also included in this report is our Asia Pacific Data Centre Market Maturity Index (through refined methodology complemented with additional data validation efforts), which forecasts the potential evolution of 30 markets across the region over the next decade. The parametric based weighted evaluation of the markets’ factors existing and planned capacities, vacancy rates, operator presence & scale and individual asset level build capacities.