The data centre industry in Asia Pacific continues to demonstrate dynamic growth with no signs of a deceleration. Southeast Asia is at the forefront of this growth, receiving billions of dollars of investments from hyperscalers and colocation operators, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Last month, I wrote about some of the people who have made major contributions to the development of the Institutional Real Estate, Inc platform since our very beginning in 1987. This month, I’d like to acknowledge some more of the early contributors and supporters.

More than 72 percent of investors plan to increase their hotel investment allocations in Asia Pacific, according to CBRE’s 2025 Asia Pacific Hotel Investor Intentions Survey.

There is substantial growth potential in the real assets sector across Asia, with a number of macro trends underpinning the escalating demand for real assets in the region. “This region has largely been ignored by both private and public investors, especially in what we like to call ‘new economy sectors’, which has led to a structural undersupply of high-quality real assets,” says Joe Gagnon, co-head of Rava Partners, in an interview with IREI.

Digital Realty and Bersama Digital Infrastructure Asia (BDIA), a Southeast Asian digital infrastructure platform, have formed Digital Realty Bersama, a 50-50 joint venture to develop and operate data centres across Indonesia.

Asia Pacific remains a pivotal source of global capital and is home to four out the top 10 capital sources worldwide — Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and China — according to Colliers.

Demand for data centres is booming, and with it comes heightened market scrutiny on how to increase their sustainability. CBRE research shows Asia Pacific’s data centre inventory increased by 22 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024 to 2,996 megawatts.