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A-FLOW launches ML1: Philippines’ next-gen data center to support digital growth in Southeast Asia
A-FLOW, the joint venture between AyalaLand Logistics Holdings
Corp and FLOW Digital Infrastructure, has launched its first Philippine data center ML1 – marking a major milestone in the nation’ s digital infrastructure.
Located in Laguna, roughly 35km south of Metro Manila, ML1 expands the region’ s data center cluster and supports rising demand for secure, scalable, and resilient digital infrastructure amid rapid cloud and AI adoption.
ML1 is the first of a planned three-building greenfield campus totaling 36MW, with Phase 1 delivering 6MW of IT load.
A-FLOW President Sanjay Goel emphasized the partnership’ s commitment to national digital transformation, citing ML1 as a catalyst for innovation and global competitiveness.
Strategically situated in a low-risk, flood-resilient zone, ML1 is designed for flexibility, offering customizable solutions for colocation, enterprise users, and cloud providers.
As a carrier-neutral facility, it delivers robust connectivity through multiple Points-of-Entry, ensuring route diversity and network resilience.
Built to international standards, ML1 provides mission-critical reliability, operational excellence and multi-layer security.
Biñan City Mayor Angelo Alonte hailed the launch as transformative for economic growth, while Laguna leaders affirmed the region’ s readiness for major investment.
With Southeast Asia’ s data center demand expected to triple by 2030 and the Philippine market projected to grow at a 20.9 % CAGR, ML1 is pitched as positioned to meet accelerating needs. Philippines Government leaders have noted that A-FLOW is shaping an ecosystem that elevates the nation as a competitive digital hub.
GIBO partners with E Total Technology to deploy NVIDIA-powered AI compute centers in Malaysia
GIBO Holdings( GIBO) has announced a strategic collaboration with Malaysia-based technology and infrastructure solutions provider E Total Technology Sdn Bhd to accelerate the planning, site sourcing, feasibility studies, and deployment of next-generation artificial intelligence compute centers across Malaysia.
The initiative is expected to incorporate NVIDIA’ s most advanced high-performance AI chips and computing architectures – addressing rising demand for AI training and inference workloads. supporting regulatory and approval processes and coordinating infrastructure planning and deployment activities.
The collaboration marks a significant milestone in strengthening Malaysia’ s AI infrastructure ecosystem by delivering scalable, highperformance compute resources to enterprises, research institutions and participants in the digital economy.
The project aligns with broader Asia-Pacific efforts to expand sovereign AI capabilities and data center infrastructure.
Under the collaboration framework, E Total Technology Sdn Bhd will act as the primary local execution and infrastructure partner. Its responsibilities include identifying and evaluating suitable sites, conducting technical, commercial and operational feasibility studies,
Leveraging its local expertise, E Total Technology will help ensure compliant and efficient project execution.
From a technology perspective, the planned compute centers are expected to deploy NVIDIA’ s latest-generation GPU platforms, optimized for high-density, high-throughput workloads. These systems will support large-scale model training, advanced inference and multi-industry AI applications, while enabling future scalability.
As AI adoption accelerates, access to compute infrastructure is critical. Through this collaboration, GIBO and E Total Technology aim to position Malaysia as a hub for AI computation and digital infrastructure.
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