APAC Data Centre Update

H2 2025

Asia Pacific’s data centre development pipeline continued to scale in H2 2025, expanding by 2,751MW to reach 19,371MW. This includes 3,677MW currently under construction and a further 15,694MW in the planning stages, while operational capacity increased to 13,763MW across the region.

Momentum remained strong through the second half of the year, with close to 2,800MW added to the pipeline. Total operational capacity now stands at nearly 14GW, led by robust growth in Malaysia and India, which together accounted for 58% of new operational capacity and recorded the most significant increases during the period.

Asia Pacific’s data centre market moved from AI and cloud ambition to large-scale execution, with hyperscale projects entering construction and capital concentrating around AI-ready platforms.

Despite some hyperscalers slowdowns, cloud service providers continued expanding, launching new regions and AI-focused developments, and the region continues to attract significant investment and innovation in digital infrastructure.

Investment remained resilient despite greater selectivity, while power constraints, regulatory complexity, and geopolitical factors increasingly shaped site selection and regional diversification.

Our H2 2025 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 Perthin 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

*For all analysis, Asia Pacific region includes Australia, Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam only.