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Ankit Saraiya, Director & CEO of Techno Digital Infra Pvt. Ltd., on why power - not silicon - is India's real AI-infrastructure advantage: sourcing electricity near six cents, running Chennai on 98% renewables, a 102-city edge network on railway fiber, and why he says India has "no global match." Hosted by datacenterHawk's Dedi Iskandar.
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Mike Netzer and David Liggitt on the first half of 2026: 13.2GW leased in the US against 15.6GW for all of 2025, 1GW asks becoming 4GW asks, Europe's first multi-100MW quarter, 2GW leased across APAC, and why signed deals don't always get built. A global midyear market update from datacenterHawk.
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Ronald Setiawan, Director of Operations at IndoData Data Centres, on the move to full Salim ownership: why local speed beats a two-year build, why he built south of Jakarta for cheaper power, why he's an operator who won't sell, and the ~2,000MW waiting in Bintan & Batam.
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Luke McKinnon, SVP & MD Asia at NextDC, on the strategy behind KL1 - Peninsular Malaysia's first Tier IV data center: why building for every segment beats single-tenant, why retail yields 3–4x hyperscale, the neo cloud “20MW in three months” problem, and a 150MW KL2. Recorded at DCD Connect APAC, Bali. Hosted by datacenterHawk.
Chris Han, COO of MC Digital Realty (the Digital Realty x Mitsubishi JV) and head of Digital Realty Korea, on how AI is reshaping APAC data centers: why the "Asia follows the US" playbook broke, steel plants becoming data center sites, a 64MW Korea build, liquid cooling as the new default, and Japan's long runway.
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Alejandro Fuster, Secretary General of the Spanish Data Center Association, on why Spain is one of Europe's hottest data center markets: 439MW operational at end-2025, Aragon set to overtake Madrid by 2030, a new grid law reshaping the pipeline, a ~55% renewable mix, and what the public actually worries about.
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Nick Ning, VP of Data Center Solutions at Bridge Data Centres, on building AI capacity across APAC: delivering a live data center in 8 months instead of 18–24, why a gigawatt campus uses water equal to 50,000 households, how BDC runs 90MW of liquid and 10MW of immersion cooling, and why global demand doubles to 200GW by 2030.
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Mayank Srivastava, CEO of BDx Data Centres, on building AI infrastructure across Southeast Asia: over 1 GW of power secured in Indonesia on signed PPAs, a 20-year-old Singapore site cut from a 1.65 to 1.35 PUE, why talent is the next constraint, and why he warns of "digital colonization" without sovereign AI.
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Tito Costa, CRO of Tecto, on why Brazil's data center market is about to shift. 60% of enterprise workloads are processed outside the country. Tecto is deploying $2B across five new facilities, including a 200MW AI factory in São Paulo. Plus: Porto Alegre as a Southern Cone gateway, tax reform, and why $250B of opportunity turns competitors into collaborators.
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Juan Salazar, CEO of MDC Data Centers, explains how 6 border sites and International Fiber Crossings reshaped US-Mexico interconnection. LATAM holds only ~2.5% of 87GW global capacity. Cross-border traffic grows 30% YoY. Plus: MDC's cable landing hubs in Cancun and Veracruz for the Manta consortium, delivering summer 2027.
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Nauman Akhtar, Co-CEO of Insite DC, explains how a new Australasia-focused operator is building for the AI-driven data center wave. Backed by Halcyon Capital, Insite DC targets Melbourne and Sydney with bespoke, speed-to-market solutions. Plus: why they serve both Western and Eastern hyperscalers, and their JV strategy for Japan, Indonesia, and Singapore.
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Patmos CEO John Johnson has never raised outside capital. His model: convert urban industrial buildings into AI data centers in 90 days. The company turned a 400,000 sq ft Kansas City printing press into a live training facility for Nebius and secured a $100M PACE loan to finance it. Johnson shares why the greenfield window is closed and which operators survive consolidation.
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Poland is now Europe's largest energy construction site, with 38GW of renewables installed and a grid preparing for 5GW of data center capacity by 2040. Piotr Kowalski of the Polish Data Center Association breaks down what's driving the boom: below-€10M/MW builds, 50% lower cooling costs, and gigawa...
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(Em português)
A Equinix investiu mais de US$3 bilhões no Brasil e está executando 4 obras simultaneamente, incluindo uma instalação focada em IA. Victor, Presidente da Equinix Brasil, detalha os R$1,5 bilhão investidos em 12 meses, por que a reforma tributária sozinha não vai impedir que 60% das cargas de trabalho sejam p...
Tenants who signed at $75/kW are renewing at $130-$150, and the headline rate no longer tells the full story. Ed and Montana Meyer break down powered shells, yield-on-cost deals, triple nets, and why a $15/kW pricing miss compounds into millions across a 100MW campus.📊 Get more market insights HERE🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE💻 Book a platform demo HERE
This episode is in Spanish. English + Spanish summary below.
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In this episode of datacenterHawk's Latin America podcast series, Analyst Daniel Correia and Regional Director Steve Sasse speak with Francisco Basoalto, Managing Director of Equinix Chile and Peru, at Equinix's ST2 facility in Santiago. Basoalto describes...
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At the Advancing Data Center Construction Conference, Mike Netzer of datacenterHawk sat down with Tobe Aguocha, Senior Director of Project Management at EdgeConneX. Their discussion offered a look into how EdgeConneX sustains its rapid growth while navigating the complex logistics of modern hyperscale delivery.
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In the latest datacenterHawk podcast, Founder and CEO David Liggitt and VP of Sales & Marketing Mike Netzer unpacked key takeaways from the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference. Their discussion highlighted a maturing market facing rising demand, financing challenges, and the need for stronger...
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Latin America accounts for just 2.2% of the world’s data center capacity but represents one of the fastest-growing opportunities in digital infrastructure. While the U.S. and Asia continue their rapid expansion, LATAM is on the brink of transformation, driven by regulatory changes, renewable energy, and risin...
In a recent HawkTalk conversation, Donny Gunadi, Senior Insight Analyst for APAC at datacenterHawk, joined Agus Bintoro, Head of Sales for NTT Indonesia, to examine Jakarta's dynamic data center market. They discussed how a global player like NTT is adapting to a fast-commoditizing landscape, handling new competition, and driving sustained growth. The conversation emphasized NTT's strategy, evolving enterprise and hyperscale demand...
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