Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Singapore-based have established a data centre investment programme with the potential to scale up to US$2bn (鈧�1.93bn) of equity over time.
Through a subsidiary, ADIA has mandated SC Capital Partners to invest in data centres across the Asia Pacific region with a primary focus on Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia.
Additionally, ADIA is investing into SC Capital Partners鈥� pan-Asian opportunistic investment strategy to tap into a wider real estate market.
鈥淭his new programme complements our existing pan-Asian opportunistic strategy and allows us to significantly scale up our data centre capabilities and platform in the fastest developing data centre region in the world,鈥� said Suchad Chiaranussati, chairman and founder of SC Capital Partners.
The launch of the data centre investment programme follows the creation of a pan-Asian data centre platform subsidiary, SC Zeus Data Centers to provide a 鈥渙ne-stop鈥� solution to investors.
SC Zeus Data Centers, - a vertically integrated platform headquartered in Singapore with a presence in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand - will manage the new data centre investment programme with ADIA.
Joe Gooi, SC Zeus Data Centre鈥檚 chief executive officer, said: 鈥淲e are confident that this programme with ADIA will enhance our speed to market during this exciting phase of the growing data centre sector in Asia Pacific.鈥�
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