Ayala logistics unit eyes expansion in 10 key areas

MANILA, Philippines — AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. (ALLHC), the listed logistics company of property giant Ayala Land Inc., is looking to expand in 10 key areas by 2025, hoping to capture a huge slice of the data center infrastructure pie.

ALLHC president and CEO Jose Emmanuel Jalandoni said the company is looking to expand in Visayas and Mindanao.

The company has already unveiled its first data campus in Laguna with a capacity of 36 megawatts.

“Phase 1 with six MW is on track to be operational by end-2024,” Jalandoni said during yesterday’s annual stockholders meeting.

ALLHC aims to establish itself as a major provider of data center infrastructure.

Jalandoni said that with the surge in artificial intelligence and other data-driven industries, they are confident that they are “entering the market at a favorable time.”

The company earlier signed a framework agreement with FLOW Holdings I Philippines Pte. Ltd to develop carrier-neutral data centers across the country.

This, as the Philippines is rapidly emerging as one of the preferred locations in the Asia-Pacific region to host data centers due to its strategic location as a gateway from the Pacific to Asia.

The country’s data center market is expected to experience double-digit annual growth, driven by a significant increase in data consumption, digitization, 5G connectivity, and data localization trends.

Last December, the partnership broke ground on the land development of its first joint data center campus located in Laguna following the launch of A-FLOW, the joint venture between FLOW and ALLHC.

FLOW was launched in 2021 by PAG, a leading alternative investment firm focused on the Asia-Pacific with $50 billion in assets under management, including $2 billion worth of data center assets.

The joint venture is pursuant to FLOW’s ongoing Asia-Pacific expansion, leveraging the team’s industry leading design, development, and operation expertise in next-generation data centers.

ALLHC is present in six growth areas nationwide through its industrial parks, warehouses, cold storage facilities, and commercial leasing.

Among its developments are the Laguna Technopark, Pampanga Technopark, Cavite Technopark, Laguindingan Technopark in Misamis Oriental. Its ALogis standard factory buildings are located in Biñan and Calamba, Laguna; Naic in Cavite; Porac, Pampanga; Sto. Tomas, Batangas, and Manila, complemented by the ALogis Artico cold storage facilities in Biñan, Laguna. Its commercial leasing portfolio comprises Tutuban Center in Manila and South Park Center in Muntinlupa City.