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EdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital MNL01 data center

Metro Manila (site not disclosed), Metro Manila, Philippines · Greater Manila market · location approximate to city level
Why it is on hold. No tenant The sponsor said on the record that it will not build at risk and is waiting for a hyperscaler to sign first. Source: BusinessWorld, 2024-09-17. The graveyard.

EdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital MNL01 is a data center project in Metro Manila (site not disclosed), Philippines, operated by EdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital JV. It is on hold. It is planned for 5 MW of IT load.

Record last checked against its sources on 18 October 2026.

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Stage
On hold
Planned IT load
5 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
EdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital JV
Joint venture
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Thin
Will it get built?Stalled1 of 7 gates passed
○ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed○ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Land secured.

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How Philippines approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Philippines.

Where it sits

Greater Manila holds 9 active projects with 517 MW of planned IT load between them, and EdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital MNL01 ranks 9th by planned capacity. Of those, 6 are operational, 1 is at the land and permitting stage, 1 is announced only and 1 is on hold. Published colocation vacancy in Greater Manila was 43.6% as of June 2026, on 90 MW of operational colocation capacity as counted by Cushman & Wakefield. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.

EdgeConneX has 5 projects elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including EdgeConneX Jakarta campus (JKT01+), Cikarang, EdgeConneX Cyberjaya Campus and EdgeConneX Johor. It sits on the EdgeConneX Manila campus. Named funding comes from EQT on the equity side and EdgeConneX and Aboitiz InfraCapital. No user of the capacity is on the public record as of 2026-10-02, after a check of operator, landlord, contractor, regulator and lender documents. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Grid power for a large industrial user in the Philippines costs about US$0.12 per kWh as of July 2026, the country figure ArusGrid applies where a site has no published rate. The US export control position for advanced AI chips in the Philippines, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 5 public sources for this project, the latest dated 12 October 2026, and last checked the record on 18 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

The announcement stands alone, or the project is on hold. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseYes
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Phases

Initial rollout · Announced6 MW, target 2024

Who is behind it

OperatorEdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital JV · Joint venture
Funder, Joint venture partnerEdgeConneX
Funder, Joint venture partnerAboitiz InfraCapital
Funder, EquityEQT

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-02. No user of this capacity is on the public record. ArusGrid read the operator's releases, the landlord's and contractors' exchange filings, regulator and lender documents and interconnection records. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Platform deals that include it

BlackRock GIP acquires 40% of Aboitiz InfraCapital
Platform acquisition
US$233m

Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

No published price band exists for Philippines, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.

Build, land, power and water
Nothing found in public sources yet. Most contractors and utilities never name their data centre clients. Know who built it or where its power comes from? Tell us.

Sources checked 2026-10-18

  1. edgeconnex.com
  2. datacenterdynamics.com
  3. w.media
  4. baxtel.com
  5. Aboitiz InfraCapital eyes more investments in airports, digital infrastructure (BusinessWorld, 2026-10-12)

More in Greater Manila

Also run by EdgeConneX

Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.