Philippine data center capacity may hit 1.5 GW by 2028 — DICT - BusinessWorld Online

Philippine data center capacity may hit 1.5 GW by 2028 — DICT - BusinessWorld Online

By Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ data center capacity could reach 1.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2028 as more operators, both local and foreign, set up facilities in the country next year, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. “We will likely reach more than 1 GW,” ICT Secretary Henry Rhoel R. Aguda told BusinessWorld on the sidelines of Equinix, Inc.’s data center launch on Wednesday. “The private sec…