A busy week across Asia-Pacific, with major signals in Australia, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan and Southeast Asia.

In this episode we cover the developments that matter:

• NEXTDC signs MoU with OpenAI to build a hyperscale AI campus and GPU supercluster in Sydney.

• Singapore’s EDB and IMDA launch second data centre call for applications to allocate at least 200 MW of new capacity under stringent green energy and efficiency criteria.

• Andhra Pradesh government allocates 480 acres for the Adani-Google 1 GW AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam.

• Vantage Data Centers Data Centres closes acquisition of a 300 MW hyperscale campus in Johor and secures further investment for APAC expansion.

• Vantage launches and leases up a 16 MW facility in Kuala Lumpur.

• FLOW Digital Infrastructure launches its first data centre in the Philippines, marking growth in the country’s digital infrastructure.

• SC Zeus Data Centers breaks ground on a 100 MW data centre site in Osaka.

• Digital Realty and BW Digital partner to enhance DC-to-DC connectivity between Batam and Singapore via the Nongsa-Changi subsea link.

• TikTok’s planned Australian data centre faces political hurdles and energy supply concerns.

• Equinix deepens its clean energy commitments with a third solar agreement in Singapore.

We look at what these moves signal for regional investment strategy, land/power pipelines, and the next phase of AI-driven capacity demand.