New Digital Edge Investments to Expand APAC Data Centres

Digital Edge, a leading developer and operator of interconnection and hyperscale edge data centres across Asia-Pacific (APAC), has announced that it has raised more than US$1.6bn in new capital.

Acquired through a combination of equity and debt financing to fuel its next phase of growth, the capital raise includes approximately US$640m of equity investment from both existing and new investors as well as US$1bn of total debt financing across multiple campus expansions. 

Delivering responsible and high-performing data centre solutions, this latest investment will be harnessed to accelerate Digital Edge’s expansion to meet the increasing and nuanced cloud and AI demands of its customers across APAC.

Serving critical IT needs across APAC

First established in 2020, Digital Edge now owns and operates 21 data centres with more than 500 megawatts (MW) of critical IT load in service and under construction and development. 

Another 300MW is currently also held for future development across strategic locations in Japan, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. 

Aiming to bridge the digital divide across APAC, Digital Edge describes itself as a champion of building responsible digital ecosystems and data centres. The organisation builds and operates advanced and energy efficient hyperscale and enterprise data centres that are rich in connectivity options across APAC.

This latest equity raise was significantly oversubscribed, the company says via its announcement, welcoming some of the world’s largest institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds as new co-investors.

Digital Edge is therefore eager to continue providing innovative digital infrastructures from colocation to data centres across APAC, whilst remaining committed to its social responsibilities and sustainability efforts.

“The level of interest received from existing and new investors is testament to Digital Edge’s proven track record, expansion capacity, and relentless focus on delivering for our customers across the Asia Pacific region,” comments Andrew Thomas, Chairman of Digital Edge and a Senior Managing Director at Stonepeak. 

“Since making the founding investment in Digital Edge in 2020, Stonepeak has been proud to support the platform’s expansion into six countries and a truly pan-APAC footprint.”

Supporting AI data centre growth

Digital Edge remains committed to expanding its vision to enable greater digital infrastructure growth to better meet the needs of its customers, particularly as they venture into cloud, AI and interconnection pathways.

In October 2024, Digital Edge opened its third data centre in South Korea. Referred to as SEL2, the facility is the first building in its 100MW Incheon campus in Seoul, with 36MW of capacity.

This development followed the expansion of the company’s Jakarta footprint with the opening of its 23MW EDGE2 facility earlier in 2024. 

Powering ahead with data centre growth, Digital Edge is planning to open its first facility in its 300MW campus in Navi Mumbai in the second quarter of 2025. This is in addition to a hyperscale edge facility in downtown Tokyo referred to as TY07, which is its ninth data centre facility in Japan.

Samuel Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Edge commented, “This is a major milestone for Digital Edge and an affirmation of the quality of this platform and our team. We are very proud of what we have achieved and are excited to deliver on the next phase of AI-ready data centre developments.”

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