Datacentre Leaders: Scaling Platforms, M&A & Investment, AI & Building a Sustainable Future

Agenda

16:40 - 17:20

Datacentre Leaders: Scaling Platforms, M&A & Investment, AI & Building a Sustainable Future

Moderator 

Altman Solon

 

Speakers

Serene Nah, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific, Digital Realty

Prashant Murthy, CFO, AirTrunk

Jonathan King, Group Chief Strategy and Investment Officer, STT GDC 

 

This datacentre leaders panel will explore the most attractive markets for investment across APAC in 2025, highlighting innovations in sustainability-linked financing, debt, and private credit to support large-scale projects. Topics will include the pros and cons of hyperscale versus edge data centre strategies, the growing role of AI-led innovation in the region—focusing on chips technology, cooling, and GPU as a service—and how operators and investors are navigating bottlenecks like land and power limitations, as well as water scarcity, to ensure continued growth.

 

  • Which markets are most attractive for investment across APAC in 2025?  
  • What innovations are emerging within sustainability linked, debt and private credit financing to support large scale projects in the region?
  • What are the pros and cons of a hyperscale vs edge DC strategy?  
  • How are operators and investors looking at AI-led innovation in the region – such as chips technology, cooling and GPU as a service?  
  • How are bottlenecks such as land and power limitations as well as water scarcity impacting growth? How can the industry navigate this? 
  • Speaker

    Prashant Murthy
    CFO
    AirTrunk

  • Speaker

    Serene Nah
    Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific
    Digital Realty

  • Speaker

    Jonathan King
    Group Chief Strategy and Investment Officer
    STT GDC