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Chief Telecom Breaks Ground on 16MW Data Center in Taiwan's Yunlin County

By: IDCNOVARegion: Southeast Asia
Taiwanese data center and telecommunications operator Chief Telecom has begun construction on a new 16MW facility in central Taiwan, advancing its expansion beyond the capital as demand for cloud and networking infrastructure continues to rise across the region.

The project is situated on a 1.5-hectare site within the Central Taiwan Science Park's Huwei Park in Huwei Township, Yunlin County. The facility will encompass 3,335 square meters (approximately 35,897 square feet) of floor space and is designed to accommodate both air-cooled and water-cooled cooling solutions, giving the operator flexibility to serve a range of client workloads and rack densities.

Chief Telecom is investing approximately NT$3.3 billion (US$101 million) in the development, with commercial operations targeted for the second half of 2028. In an August update, the company said it had secured letters of intent from prospective clients covering more than 50 percent of the site's available capacity, underscoring early demand for the facility before construction is complete.

Established in 1991, Chief Telecom is primarily a data center operator with four facilities in Taipei, and is owned by Taiwan telecoms giant Chunghwa Telecom. The company also provides cloud and networking services and operates the Taipei Internet eXchange (TPIX). Its most recent Taipei launch, the Liyuan 2 (LY2) facility, went live in late 2024 with 20MW of capacity across seven floors and 160,000 square feet of floor space, offering 10-150kW per rack with support for both air and liquid cooling.

The Yunlin County project extends Chief Telecom's footprint into central Taiwan, where the science park setting is intended to support proximity to industrial and technology tenants. For the broader Taiwanese data center market, the investment signals continued confidence in long-term capacity demand, even as operators balance power availability, cooling innovation and construction timelines against rising customer requirements.