As mature tech hubs face severe land and power bottlenecks, a shifting regulatory landscape and institutional private credit are driving a massive 24% CAGR across emerging regional corridors.
Korea and Taiwan dominate AI hardware while Japan, China and ASEAN capture infrastructure-driven gains, creating a decade-long regional growth story beyond US mega-caps.
AI-driven workloads and accelerating digitalisation are pushing regional data centres to the core of institutional strategies, as investors recalibrate capital structures and expand beyond established Tier 1 markets.
Tokenisation of real assets is gaining traction in Asia as institutional investors, family offices and digital finance players look to new structures, stablecoin-linked strategies and blockchain-enabled governance.
As investors look beyond conventional property classes, data centres, senior living, and life sciences facilities emerge as compelling opportunities across the region.
The Canadian pension fund and Pacific AMC have formed their second joint venture in a hyperscale data centre project, in their quest to meet surging digital demand driven by South Korea's booming tech market.
The new vehicle, co-launched by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund to unlock $100 billion for data centre and AI-infrastructure deals, offers a new allocation opportunity for institutional investors.
The $16 billion AirTrunk acquisition by CPP Investments and Blackstone, valuing it eight times higher than four years ago, underscores explosive growth in Asia Pacific's data centre market.
The $2.35 billion investment deal is part of an equity recapitalisation via a vehicle led by StonePeak, along with direct investments from Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and APG Asset Management.