data centres

M&A

Mapletree Industrial Trust and Mapletree Investments to acquire US$1.4 bil data centre portfolio in North America

Digital Realty will continue to manage the three hyper-scale data centres and 10 Powered Base Building data centres for a one-year transition period.

Yield watch

Data centres in demand as supply evaporates; units in KDC REIT and MINT continue their ascent

SINGAPORE (Sept 9): In the world of tech, when you use the cloud, you are simply storing your data and programs on the internet instead of in your computer. For example, data from your Facebook, Instagram or Gmail accounts are stored in the cloud, which i

Investing ideas

Can Keppel DC REIT deliver the acquisitions needed to keep premium valuations?

SINGAPORE (July 22): Keppel DC REIT, the first pure-play data centre REIT listed in Asia, has seen its shares climb some 28% so far this year on the back of the global boom in data centres.

Tech

GIC, Equinix in JV to develop data centres in Europe for more than US$1 bil

SINGAPORE (July 2): GIC, a global long-term investor and manager of Singapore’s foreign reserves, is betting big on the growth in demand for data centres.

Company in the news

Lendlease announces US$1 billion data centre partnership

SINGAPORE (July 1): Sydney-based leading international property and infrastructure group, Lendlease has announced a partnership to invest in data centres across the Asia Pacific region.

Results

Keppel DC REIT's 4Q DPU grows 5.7% to 1.85 cents on higher income

SINGAPORE (Jan 22): The manager of Keppel DC REIT announced a DPU of 1.85 cents for 4Q18, up 5.7% y-o-y from 1.75 cents on the back of higher gross rental income and other income.  

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

Singapore startup AirTrunk raises $854 mil to expand datacenters

(Aug 21): Goldman Sachs-backed AirTrunk has raised A$850 million ($854 million) to fund the expansion of its two Australian datacenters and a move into Asia to take advantage of a growing cloud computing market.

Broker's Calls

What's next for Mapletree Industrial Trust after 'another excellent quarter'?

SINGAPORE (Jan 24): DBS Vickers Securities is reiterating its “buy” rating on Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) with a target price of $2.15, after its manager reported what the research house sees as “another excellent quarter” for 3Q18.   

Broker's Calls

Data centres targeted by Mapletree Industrial tick the right boxes for research houses

SINGAPORE (Oct 26): Mapletree Industrial Trust on Tuesday announced its 2Q17/18 earnings declaring a 6% increase in DPU to 3 cents compared to 2.83 cents last year.
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