Microsoft is making its biggest investment yet in Australia, with the tech company saying on Thursday that it plans to spend A$25 billion ($18 billion) to build data centres and digital resources to support AI development in Australia, with the… Read More>>
Microsoft to Invest $10B in Japan Data Centres and More APAC Real Estate Headlines
Japanese data centres lead today’s look at real estate news from around Asia Pacific, with Microsoft becoming the latest US hyperscaler to pledge a major expansion of its digital infrastructure in Japan. Also making the news, Korea’s Samsung SRA has… Read More>>
Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Buying Burberry London HQ for $174M and More APAC Real Estate Headlines
In today’s review of real estate news from around the region, Indonesia’s Sinar Mas snaps up Burberry’s London headquarters from Derwent London, Microsoft pledges $5.5 billion to expand Singapore’s cloud and AI infrastructure, and DayOne Data Centers commits $6.9 billion… Read More>>
AWS to Invest Another $4.6B in South Korea by 2031 and More APAC Real Estate Headlines
Amazon Web Services leads today’s review of real estate and digital infrastructure news from around the region, pledging an additional $4.6 billion in South Korea as DigitalBridge completes a Japan data centre deal and Singapore’s private home prices ease to… Read More>>
Microsoft, Amazon Announce $52.5B in Investments to Drive India AI Plans
Tech giants Microsoft and Amazon this week revealed plans for a total of $52.5 million in fresh investments targeting artificial intelligence capabilities in India.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it would spend $17.5 billion over four years to advance cloud… Read More>>
BlackRock Leads Investor Group Buying Macquarie’s Aligned Data Centers in $40B Deal
An artificial intelligence investment group led by asset management titan BlackRock has agreed to buy US-based Aligned Data Centers at an enterprise value of $40 billion.
The transaction spearheaded by the AI Infrastructure Partnership is intended to fuel the expansion… Read More>>
Keppel DC REIT Buying Colt Tokyo Data Centre Leased to Microsoft in $551M Deal
Keppel DC REIT and its sponsor have agreed to buy a Greater Tokyo data centre from a Colt Data Centre JV in a deal valued at S$707 million ($551 million) after the recently opened facility was leased to Microsoft.
The… Read More>>
Mirae, NPS Field Bids for $70M Greater Seoul Hotel and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Korean investment giants Mirae and NPS are taking offers from four potential buyers for a hotel south of Seoul, with that story leading today’s headline roundup. Also making the list, Bain Capital leads the race to buy assets from Japan’s… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2025-02-24
A change of leadership at a Tokyo-listed real estate investment trust leads this week’s review of personnel moves from around Asia’s property investment world, with updates from Canada’s Oxford Properties and Microsoft also making the list.
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Microsoft Buys Johor Data Centre Site as Hyperscalers Ramp Up in Malaysia
A data centre unit of Microsoft has agreed to buy its fourth land plot in Malaysia’s Johor state in less than a year under a MYR 119.8 million ($27.3 million) deal with local developer Crescendo Corporation.
Located in Johor Bahru’s… Read More>>