Hyperscaler and cloud region
Asia Pacific (APAC)
Asia Pacific including mainland China. 6 country profiles and 10 tracked projects. Regional figures below are only those a named source publishes for this region. Country figures stay on country pages and are never added up into a regional total.
Capacity, forecasts and market share: Asia Pacific (APAC)
Every number is shown as published, with its basis, date and source. Figures with different bases (IT power, grid connection, electricity use) or from different sources are never added or blended. Where no figure exists we say not publicly reported. CoolPower makes no forecasts of its own.
Current capacity and pipeline
| Figure | What it measures | State | Period or as of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25% Third-party reported | Share of electricity use China share of global data centre electricity consumption (China only, not all of Asia Pacific) Source statement (paraphrased): "China 25%" | Operational | 2024 | International Energy Agency (opens in a new tab) Published 10 Apr 2025. Accessed 19 Oct 2026. |
Forecasts and scenarios
Forecast: not publicly reported by a named publisher in a source we could check.
Cloud market share
Provider market share: not publicly reported. No public provider share for Asia Pacific as a whole was found in free sources. Mainland China shares (Omdia) are shown on the China page.
Countries in Asia Pacific (APAC)
| Country | Region | Tracked projects | Published market figures | Cloud regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Asia Pacific | 1 | 1 | none recorded |
| China | Asia Pacific | no sourced projects yet | 7 | none recorded |
| India | Asia Pacific | 1 | 2 | none recorded |
| Japan | Asia Pacific | 1 | 1 | none recorded |
| Malaysia | Asia Pacific | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Singapore | Asia Pacific | 4 | not publicly reported | 5 |
Tracked projects in Asia Pacific (APAC)
| Project | Country | Stage | Operator, developer or owner | Hyperscaler or AI tenant | Announced | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXTDC S7 data centre (Eastern Creek, Sydney) New South Wales | Australia | Planning | NEXTDC | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Google AI hub (Visakhapatnam) Andhra Pradesh | India | Under construction | Google, AdaniConneX, Nxtra by Airtel | not stated | 2025-10-14 | not stated |
| SoftBank AI data centre at the former Sharp Sakai plant (Osaka) Osaka Prefecture | Japan | Announced | SoftBank | not stated | 2024-06-07 | 2025 |
| AirTrunk JHB1 (Johor Bahru) Johor | Malaysia | Operating | AirTrunk | not stated | not stated | 2024-07 |
| AirTrunk JHB2 (Iskandar Puteri, Johor) Johor | Malaysia | Announced | AirTrunk | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Google Elmina data centre (Selangor) Selangor | Malaysia | Under construction | not stated | not stated | 2027 | |
| Digital Realty DC-CFA2 data centre (Jurong Island, Singapore) Jurong Island | Singapore | Provisional capacity allocation | Digital Realty | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Equinix DC-CFA2 data centre (Jurong Island, Singapore) Jurong Island | Singapore | Provisional capacity allocation | Equinix | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Keppel Data Centres DC-CFA2 data centre (Jurong Island, Singapore) Jurong Island | Singapore | Provisional capacity allocation | Keppel Data Centres | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| ST Telemedia Global Data Centres DC-CFA2 data centre (Jurong Island, Singapore) Jurong Island | Singapore | Provisional capacity allocation | ST Telemedia Global Data Centres | not stated | not stated | not stated |