PLDT touts Philippines as ideal hyperscaler destination

MANILA, Philippines — Fully integrated telecommunications company PLDT Inc. touted the Philippines as an ideal investment destination for global hyperscalers with its fast-growing digital economy and strong digital roadmap.

Being one of the early adopters of 5G in Asia Pacific and tagged as a second overperformer by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in terms of readiness for frontier technology use, the country has the potential to become a valuable cloud region that could provide vast opportunities to global technology giants, according to PLDT.

PLDT said the country also boasts of an enticing demographic, having the second-largest and one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia.

“We believe that the Philippines has become an ideal data center location for global hyperscalers and that it is an emerging regional hub in Asia, which is why we at PLDT are continuously strengthening our infrastructure and network capabilities to support the hyperscale requirements of international tech giants,” said Jojo Gendrano, first vice president and head for PLDT and Smart enterprise business groups.

PLDT has been ramping up its network and data center infrastructure to continuously increase the country’s attractiveness to more hyperscalers, or the massive international companies that dominate the cloud service sector.

The company is presently servicing a number of international content and cloud service providers by hosting their colocation, cloud, and connectivity requirements in its VITRO data center network.

PLDT, through its ICT arm ePLDT, currently owns a network of 10 globally certified VITRO data center facilities strategically located across the country, with a total capacity of 80 megawatts and over 9,000 racks.

All VITRO data center facilities are carrier-neutral, allowing other telcos to provide network connections based on customer preference and resiliency considerations.

PLDT is also set to build a world-class hyperscaler data center in the country, designed and intended to service the massive power and IT requirements of global cloud companies and tech giants, a first in the Philippines