ASIA PACIFIC DATA CENTRE H1 2025 UPDATE

H1 2025 UPDATE

Asia Pacific expands development pipeline by 2,282MW in H1 2025 , reaching 16,620MW – 3,281MW under construction and 13,339MW in planning. Operational capacity increased to 12,634MW .

ASIA PACIFIC DATA CENTRE MARKET OVERVIEW Asia Pacific maintained strong momentum in data centre expansion throughout the first half of 2025, adding close to 2,300MW to its development pipeline. Thailand and Malaysia led this growth, contributing 64% of the total additions, recording the highest increases in development pipelines; 193% and 70% respectively. The region now has around 1,400MW of capacity under active development, with total operational capacity expected to surpass 14GW by the end of the year. Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud services, and capital investment emerged as dominant themes across the region. Governments and leading technology firms accelerated AI infrastructure development, aligning public policy with private innovation to meet rising demand for cloud computing and large language models (LLMs). Data centre operators are increasingly designing facilities with the flexibility to support AI workloads, reinforcing Asia Pacific’s ambition to be a global leader in AI infrastructure despite evolving geopolitical and regulatory challenges. Capital markets activity remained strong in the first half of 2025, reflecting sustained investor confidence in the region’s digital infrastructure sector. Data centre operators actively raised capital through a mix of debt instruments, equity financing, and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listings, with proceeds earmarked for expansion and strategic growth initiatives. In parallel, operators continued to acquire both greenfield land parcels and built assets to support future development pipelines. The period also witnessed a wave of acquisitions by private equity firms, underscoring the sector’s attractiveness as a long-term investment class and reinforcing the growing institutional appetite for AI-ready and hyperscale data centre platforms across Asia Pacific. Despite reports of a slowdown among some hyperscalers, cloud service providers remained active in Asia Pacific, announcing new regions and zones alongside AI-focused developments. The region continues to attract significant investment and innovation, positioning itself as a critical hub for next generation digital infrastructure. Our H1 2025 Asia Pacific Data Centre Update covers key nuances of eight prominent primary city markets – Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai, Hong Kong, China, Johor, Seoul, and Jakarta, whilst also providing an overview of six city secondary markets of Bangkok, Delhi, Taipei, Auckland, Manila, and Ho Chi Minh City, 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.

Chinese Mainland remains the largest market, representing 37% (4.5GW) of operational capacity.

Japan (1.5GW), Australia (1.3GW), India (1.3GW), and Singapore (1.0GW) rank as the largest markets after Chinese Mainland , contributing 40% of operational capacity and 50% of Asia Pacific’s development pipeline.

50% of under construction capacity concentrated in six cities – Johor (422MW), Mumbai (337MW), Sydney (232MW), Shanghai (222MW), Tokyo (206MW), and Seoul (201MW).

Johor added 160MW of new operational capacity in H1 2025, likely to become a 1GW market by end of 2026. Sydney and Mumbai will follow Johor to become 1GW markets by 2028 .

Australia, India and Japan to become 2GW markets, with Chinese mainland reaching 5GW by end of 2028.

For quarterly updates on Asia Pacific data centre key indicators at a country level and our track record in these markets, view our capabilities brochure.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD | ASIA PACIFIC DATA CENTRE MARKET OVERVIEW

*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.