STT Fairview (STT GDC 'Polaris' campus) is a data center project in Quezon City, Philippines, operated by STT GDC Philippines. It is operational. It is planned for 124 MW of IT load. The operator reports 32 MW running.
Latest change on record: moved to operational on 4 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.
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Greater Manila holds 9 active projects with 517 MW of planned IT load between them, and STT Fairview (STT GDC 'Polaris' campus) ranks first 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.
STT GDC has 24 projects elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including STT Jakarta 7 to 9 (future phases), STT Johor Campus and STT GDC Bengaluru Devanahalli campus. It sits on the STT Fairview campus. Named funding comes from KKR and Singtel on the equity side and Globe Telecom and Ayala Corporation. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.
The build is phased. Fairview 1 (built out) at 32 MW is operational with a 2026 target; Fairview 2 at 32 MW is announced with a 2027 target. The dated record runs from under construction on 18 May 2023 to operational on 4 August 2026. The money on record is US$1bn as of May 2025, the announced investment. Power comes from Meralco through a dedicated substation at 115 kV (reported, unconfirmed). Cooling uses air cooling.
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 19 public sources for this project, the latest dated 1 September 2026, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.
Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
124MW greenfield campus; STT GDC states the buildings are engineered to house liquid-cooled solutions on customer request (DCD, May 2023); marketed as the country's largest AI-ready campus; hyperscaler anchor tenant reported (Inquirer, May 2025). No dated source for actual liquid cooling installed or GPUs deployed, so 'likely' not 'confirmed'.
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.
No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source
First anchor tenant at STT Fairview; MW not stated · as of 2025-05-14
Philippine Daily Inquirer quotes STT GDC Philippines CEO Carlo Malana that a global cloud service provider signed as first anchor tenant, name withheld for confidentiality. No PSE disclosure by Globe found. Adds the dated source to the existing reported client.
Source · Globe data center bags hyperscaler deal for Fairview facility (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2025-05-14)
The figure covers the whole campus.
Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.
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.
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