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YCO Cloud Campus One (Malvar One / M1)

Malvar, Batangas, Philippines · Greater Manila market · location approximate to district level

YCO Cloud Campus One (Malvar One / M1) is a data center project in Malvar, Philippines, operated by YCO Cloud Centers. It is operational. It is planned for 12 MW of IT load. The operator reports 12 MW running.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
12 MW
Running now
12 MW
Operator
YCO Cloud Centers
Colocation
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

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.

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: named funder, dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

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.

Phases

M1 (built) · Operational12 MW, target 2023
Campus expansion · Announced24 MW

Who is behind it

OperatorYCO Cloud Centers · Colocation
Funder, EquityJJYnchausti Group
Funder, Joint venture partnerCloud Centers Inc (US)
Funder, EquitySM Investments Corporation

Who uses the compute

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy. Not yet checked against second-order sources.

Platform deals that include it

SM Investments exits the data center sector
Platform acquisition
Not disclosed

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

Land
Industrial estateLight Industry and Science Park IV (LISP IV) · Jul 2023 Reported source ↗
Site is inside Light Industry and Science Park IV in Malvar, Batangas. IFC (2026) also says both Malvar sites sit within existing industrial estates.
Power supply
Renewable power dealLocal electricity suppliers (not named) · May 2026 Confirmed source ↗
IFC says 100 percent of the expected electricity is contracted from renewable sources. · Figure covers the YCO Catalyst project including the planned BTS site. · Covers the operator's wider portfolio in this country, not this site alone.
Power allocation or planShell Energy Philippines · Nov 2024 Confirmed source ↗
YCO says Malvar One uses green energy from day one. The release does not say how the green supply is sourced. · Signed at the Malvar One power-up ceremony. Shell Energy is named as energy provider and fuel management partner.
Grid supplyMalvar Enerzone · Nov 2024 Confirmed source ↗
Power distributor in LISP IV, signed at the power-up ceremony. The headline says Malvar Enerzone and the body says Malvar Ecozone.
Water and cooling
Coolingdesign PUE 1.3 Confirmed source ↗
Coolingdesign PUE 1.35 Confirmed source ↗
IFC says limited water is used for cooling at the Malvar sites.

Sources

  1. philstar.com
  2. ycocloud.com
  3. datacenterdynamics.com
  4. w.media
  5. thephilbiznews.com
  6. eco-business.com
  7. IFC approves US$ 170 million financing to Philippines data center firm YCO Cloud (W.Media, 2026-09-04)
  8. YCO Catalyst Environmental and Social Review Summary (International Finance Corporation, 2026-05-08)
  9. Consul General Ferrer Meets with PH-based Digital Infra Developer YCO Cloud (Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, 2023-07-21)
  10. YCO Cloud signs with Shell Energy and Malvar Enerzone at Malvar One's Power Up Ceremony (YCO Cloud, 2024-11-08)
  11. YCO Cloud Centers to Build 12MW Data Centre in Philippines (W.Media, 2022-02-23)
  12. YCO ramps up $1-B data center push with major Nvidia AI project (Inside PH, 2026-09-29)
  13. YCO Cloud and Aolani partner to deliver one of the first NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Cluster Rollouts in the Philippines (YCO Cloud and Aolani release (via Blackridge Research), 2026-09-28)

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