ADIA, GIC Invest $1.6 Billion in Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, has secured a $1.6 billion investment from a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and global institutional investor and Singapore’s state-owned wealth fund GIC.

Through their respective affiliates, both GIC and ADIA existing investors in Vantage Data Centers.

In addition, the Vantage also revealed its plans to expand to the Johor, Malaysia, market with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s (Yondr) 300MW+ hyperscale data center campus located in Sedenak Tech Park.

The campus, one of the largest hyperscale data center campuses in Southeast Asia, is part of Yondr’s portfolio that was recently acquired by investment vehicles managed by affiliates of DigitalBridge Group, the leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure and, through its managed vehicles, one of Vantage’s largest investors.

The new commitment from GIC and ADIA underscores the growing opportunity in the APAC region for digital infrastructure driven by accelerating AI demand. The investment will support Vantage’s acquisition of Yondr’s Johor campus, with additional capital earmarked for further growth of Vantage’s APAC platform.

Vantage Data Centers President Jeremy Deutsch said that this significant investment marks a pivotal milestone in their APAC growth journey.

“With the support of GIC and ADIA, we are positioned as one of the largest providers of sustainable AI and cloud digital infrastructure in the region. Adding the Johor campus to our portfolio will bring our APAC footprint to 1GW of capacity. This acquisition enables Vantage APAC to continue to deliver scale and speed for our customers,” Jeremy added.

Boon Chin Hau, chief investment officer, infrastructure at GIC, said that as a leading global data center developer and operator, Vantage is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for data center capacity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Khadem AlRemeithi, Executive Director of the infrastructure department at ADIA, said that this expansion of their existing relationship with Vantage, one of the world’s leading developers and operators of hyperscale data centers, aligns with ADIA’s strategy of investing in infrastructure that enables digitalisation.

“This new commitment supports the growth of Vantage’s APAC platform at a time when advances in AI and cloud computing are driving regional demand for data center capacity,” Khadem added.

The investment, as well as the Johor campus acquisition, are expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

Johor Market Expansion

Set on nearly 73 acres, the Johor campus, to be known as JHB1, will deliver more than 300MW of IT capacity across three cutting-edge data centers once fully developed.

The campus, located in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone, offers dark fiber connectivity due to its close proximity to other data center markets in the region. It features sustainability-forward technologies, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, and is on track to meet EDGE certification requirements. It was originally financed through a green loan, which is a tool Vantage has used in multiple regions.

With the addition of Johor, Vantage will have 1GW of operational and planned IT capacity across the Asia-Pacific region in Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.