Projects that were announced and then stopped, and why. 6 are cancelled and 4 are on hold, carrying 1,068 MW of planned IT load that every total on the site leaves out. A further 17 announced or permitting projects have had no dated news for 18 months.
| Project | Status | Why | Planned MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDx CGK4 AI Campus, Jatiluhur Indonesia | On hold 30 September 2026 | Permits not in place Building 1 broke ground on 22 Sep 2026. Work was halted eight days later because the environmental approval (AMDAL) and the building permit (PBG) were not complete. source | 120 |
| AWS Middle East (Bahrain) region, me-south-1 Bahrain | On hold 16 September 2026 | Physical damage or conflict Strikes in 2026 damaged facilities across several availability zones and took the region offline. AWS says it is replacing the infrastructure and will update its Bahrain plans in early 2027. source | - |
| CtrlS Datacenters EECd Hyperscale Campus (with National Telecom) Thailand | Cancelled 28 August 2026 | No progress on record A 50-year land lease and a 2023 agreement were the last dated facts. No construction, financing, contractor or Board of Investment approval followed in the next three years. source | 150 |
| STT VNG Ho Chi Minh City 2 Vietnam | Cancelled 18 August 2026 | Land or legal terms A partner walked away STT GDC left because the land-use term, which ends in 2041, was too short for a hyperscale site. VNG bought its 65% stake and plans offices and an esports centre on the plot. source | 60 |
| Narra Technology Park hyperscale campus Philippines | Cancelled 11 August 2026 | No financing No tenant Sponsor lacked the means Only a land lease ever existed. No builder, funder, power deal or tenant appeared in over two years, the sponsor had no data center record, and the landlord left it out of its own 2026 announcements. source | 300 |
| Pusat Data Nasional 2 (National Data Center Batam) Indonesia | Cancelled February 2025 | No financing No progress on record Indonesia's ministry stopped its second national data center in February 2025 after two years with no progress. The South Korean loan facility behind it was suspended. source | - |
| EdgeConneX / Aboitiz InfraCapital MNL01 Philippines | On hold 17 September 2024 | No tenant The sponsor said on the record that it will not build at risk and is waiting for a hyperscaler to sign first. | 5 |
| SpaceDC JAK1 (ID01 campus), West Jakarta Indonesia | On hold | A partner walked away No progress on record The 24MW build was never reported started. The sister building was sold in 2022, the site now sits beside Digital Realty Bersama's West Jakarta campus, and the operator has said nothing about Indonesia since 2022. source | 24 |
| Logos-UEM Sunrise Gerbang Nusajaya Campus Malaysia | Cancelled | No reason published A 2023 MoU for a 30ha campus of up to 360MW was reported cancelled. No party published a reason. source | 360 |
| Converge Parañaque hyperscale data center Philippines | Cancelled | Announcement only The only source was a CEO remark at a broadband launch in 2023. The partner was never named, and the company's own 2026 list of data centers and pipeline leaves it out. source | 49 |
These are not declared dead. No source in the record is dated in the last 18 months, so each one is a project to check.
No tenant. Large campuses are financed after an anchor tenant signs. Without one, lenders wait and the sponsor will not build at risk.
No financing. A memorandum and a press release do not raise a loan. Lenders want a tenant, power and permits first.
No power. The utility must commit grid capacity, and queues run for years in several markets. A project announced before its power letter is a plan.
Land or legal terms. A short land-use term, a title problem or a missing permit can make a site unfinanceable even after work starts.
Announcement only. Some projects exist for a share price, a forum's deal tally or a speech. Nothing follows the headline.
Market moved. A rival lands the tenant, rules change or rates rise. The project rarely gets a formal end. It goes quiet.
Each project page shows its build odds: seven public gates, from land to construction, and which ones it has passed. That is the same test in reverse.