Vantage Data Centers has secured a $1.6 billion investment to scale its Asia-Pacific platform.
The investment was led by an affiliate of GIC, a global institutional investor, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). GIC and ADIA (through their respective affiliates) are both existing investors in Vantage Data Centers.
In addition, the company revealed its plans to expand to the Johor, Malaysia, market with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s (Yondr) 300MW+ hyperscale data center campus located in Sedenak Tech Park.
The campus, one of the largest hyperscale data center campuses in Southeast Asia, is part of Yondr’s portfolio that was recently acquired by investment vehicles managed by affiliates of DigitalBridge Group, one of Vantage’s largest investors.
The new commitment from GIC and ADIA underscores the growing opportunity in the APAC region for digital infrastructure driven by accelerating AI demand.
The investment will support Vantage’s acquisition of Yondr’s Johor campus, with additional capital earmarked for further growth of Vantage’s APAC platform.
“Adding the Johor campus to our portfolio will bring our APAC footprint to 1GW of capacity,” said Jeremy Deutsch, president of Vantage Data Centers, APAC. “This acquisition enables Vantage APAC to continue to deliver scale and speed for our customers.”
Boon Chin Hau, chief investment officer, infrastructure at GIC, said Vantage is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for data center capacity in the Asia-Pacific region.
“This new commitment supports the growth of Vantage’s APAC platform at a time when advances in AI and cloud computing are driving regional demand for data center capacity ,” said Khadem AlRemeithi, executive director of the infrastructure department at ADIA.
The investment, as well as the Johor campus acquisition, are expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
Johor is fast becoming one of Southeast Asia’s most strategic data center hubs. Benefiting from its proximity to Singapore to capture spillover demand, competitive land and operating costs, and strong government incentives, Johor is well-positioned to support the region’s growing digital infrastructure needs.
With the addition of Johor, Vantage will have 1GW of operational and planned IT capacity across the Asia-Pacific region in Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
SOURCE frontier-enterprise.com
