Partners Group invests in Singapore-based Digital Halo
Will commit around US$400 million for 500MW expansion.
Partners Group today announced that it is acquiring Digital Halo, a Singapore-based data centre operator with assets in two countries.
Digital Halo was officially launched in January 2023, and its acquisition in May 2025 marks a rapid exit that's probably not possible at any other time.
Rapid exit
Partners Group, which has invested over US$4 billion in data centres globally since 2021, will acquire Digital Halo from its existing shareholders such as ARCH Capital.
ARCH Capital will stay on as a minority shareholder, as will Digital Halo's management team, including Kai Goh, its CEO and co-founder.
Partners Group says it plans to commit around US$400 million for the expansion of Digital Halo into a regional data centre operator with 500MW of capacity.
Coming soon to Johor
In the press release Digital Halo says it currently has two "seed assets", a data centre in Manila, Philippines (launched in December 2023), and an upcoming data centre in Johor.
When we met for coffee in 2024, Kai spoke of efforts to secure land in Johor. I'm glad to hear it's now far enough along to be official, though no further details have been released yet.
Digital Halo has also obtained exclusivity on a third, unnamed, site. Kai was tight-lipped on that, but if I were to guess, I'd guess Thailand, given how it's the next hot spot.
The focus for Digital Halo appears to be:
- Sustainable, AI-ready data centres.
- Service the needs of US and Asian hyperscalers.
- Will also serve enterprises across Asia.
Only larger players need apply
I feel we’re at an inflection point for data centres in the region. The rapid growth and sheer scale of the latest facilities are edging out smaller, single-site data centre operators.
Increasingly, the market is dominated by larger players with data centres across multiple countries. Even traditional hyperscalers are scaling up further into massive data centre campuses.
The result? The cost of competing on anything like an equal footing is now firmly in the hundreds of millions of dollars. It's literally go big or go home.
What will the future bring?
Recently, I wrote about how Google and AirTrunk have started building water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities in Malaysia.
(Read "Hyperscale players going into public works" https://lnkd.in/gxAC9VXg)
Might this be the shape of data centres to come?
