City poised for data centre investments

City poised for data centre investments

As legal frameworks for data centre development in Vietnam become more robust, Ho Chi Minh City is emerging as a hotspot for large-scale investments in digital infrastructure.
Data centre prospects within reach for investors

Data centre prospects within reach for investors

Saigon Asset Management in March announced the launch of a data centre campus with targeted investment of up to $1.5 billion. VIR’s Bich Ngoc talked with chairman and CEO Louis Nguyen on the implementation process of this huge project.
Advantages apparent in race for AI-led data centres

Advantages apparent in race for AI-led data centres

AI-led data centres in emerging markets like Vietnam are becoming an enticing prospect due to promising profit expectations.
Vietnam must prepare for data centre development trends

Vietnam must prepare for data centre development trends

According to statistics from the US Chamber of Commerce, there are 244 data centres in the United States, each with an average investment of $215 million. When a data centre is built, it can generate more than $240 million for the local economy and brings in an average revenue of over $30 million.
Data centre shift is a green challenge

Data centre shift is a green challenge

While Vietnam is emerging as a hotspot for hyperscale data centre initiatives, the country will have to face up to their carbon emission impacts.
Vietnam opens up to data centre progress

Vietnam opens up to data centre progress

Foreign investors will receive more incentives from 2025 in a bid to pull in more funding from overseas into Vietnam’s high-tech projects on data centres and cloud computing.
Vietnam primed to make use of data centre potential

Vietnam primed to make use of data centre potential

With the lowest average cost of construction and land prices in the region for data centres, along with a prime geographical location, Vietnam is an emerging market for such ventures.
Businesses increase wishes for specialised industrial parks

Businesses increase wishes for specialised industrial parks

Vietnam’s industrial areas must evolve into more specialised types to meet the increasingly diverse needs of multinational tenants.
Data centres in Vietnam: an investment goldmine

Data centres in Vietnam: an investment goldmine

In 2016, Vietnam was already described as Southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley. Its emerging sectors and fast-growing industries included fintech, telecommunications, electronics and computer manufacturing, and information and telecommunications services. Now, the country is one of the fastest-growing digital economies in Southeast Asia and on track to reach an internet economy worth $57 billion by 2025.