Switzerland-headquartered Partners Group has acquired Digital Halo, a Singapore and Philippines based data centre operator. The private equity investor said it will commit around $400 million alongside ARCH Capital Management, which will remain as a minority shareholder, to support Digital Halo’s expansion.
Their aim is to create over 500MW of data centre capacity across Southeast Asia SEA and North Asia, including the construction and operation of two seed assets in Manila, Philippines and Johor Bahru, Malaysia, which is next to Singapore.
The asset in Manila is already under operation, while power and necessary building permits have been obtained for the construction in Johor Bahru in addition, the...