PLDT breaks ground for biggest hyperscale data center in Laguna

MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc. has commenced construction of its 11th and largest hyperscale data center facility, located in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

PLDT president and CEO Alfredo Panlilio led the groundbreaking ceremony of the facility called VITRO Sta.Rosa yesterday.

The hyperscale data center facility expands PLDT’s network of world-class data centers and positions the Philippines as the next digital hub and destination in Asia-Pacific.

“The PLDT Group is one with the nation in building a digitally advanced Philippines and making our country the next hyperscaler destination in Asia-Pacific,” Panlilio said.

VITRO Sta. Rosa is the country’s largest data center campus by far. It is the first in a series of data centers being planned by PLDT with a total power capacity of 100 megawatts.

“With VITRO Sta. Rosa, we aim to set the benchmark in infrastructure resilience, operational excellence, global competitiveness and world-class sustainability,” Panlilio said.

The data center facility is designed to be energy efficient, utilizing the latest innovations in cooling and power redundancy, Tier-3 certified and Tier-4 ready, and with the highest level of network diversity and resilience with at least three fiber routes from PLDT and augmented by routes from other carriers.

With VITRO Sta. Rosa hosting the country’s richest internet ecosystem and premier internet exchanges, PLDT said it would be the most ideal location for availability zones and points-of-presence of hyperscalers, as well as for critical systems of enterprises.

PLDT has partnered with Meralco to build a dedicated substation on-site to directly supply the data center’s power requirements as well as ensure higher levels of system reliability and a more efficient delivery of electricity.

The company has also teamed up with RED Engineering to co-develop the design of the facility based on global LEED standards.

“A facility of this caliber only ensures the best possible customer experience not only for our hyperscale clients, but also for the Filipino end-users consuming their services,” Panlilio said.

“We at PLDT Group are committed to providing world-class services to our global enterprise clients and enabling the digital transformation of the country and the Filipino people,” he said.

Last year, PLDT collaborated with key government agencies to lay down the groundwork and include hyperscalers as one of the new priority sectors of the Philippines.