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VITRO Sta. Rosa (VSR) data center

Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines · Greater Manila market · location approximate to city level

VITRO Sta. Rosa (VSR) is a data center project in Santa Rosa, Philippines, operated by VITRO Inc. (ePLDT / PLDT). It is operational. It is planned for 50 MW of IT load. The operator reports 10 MW running.

Latest change on record: moved to operational on 23 April 2025.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
50 MW
Running now
10 MW
Operator
VITRO Inc. (ePLDT / PLDT)
Telco
AI workloads
Confirmed
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, disclosed client (reported), dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusConfirmed

Inaugurated 23 Apr 2025 as the Philippines' first hyperscale DC built specifically for AI workloads; equipped with NVIDIA-powered GPU servers and offers the country's first GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS). Actual GPU deployment on site = confirmed under the 4-tier rule.

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

Initial energization (IT load) · Operational10 MW, target 2025

Stage history

2022-03Under construction · datacenterdynamics.com
2025-04-23Operational · tribune.net.ph

Who is behind it

OperatorVITRO Inc. (ePLDT / PLDT) · Telco
Funder, EquityPLDT Inc.

Who uses the compute

Runs compute here · GPU cloudePLDT GPU-as-a-Service (own platform) · reported, unconfirmed

Live Nvidia GPU servers activated Feb 2025 for ePLDT's GPUaaS; model and count undisclosed; no external customer named · as of 2025-02-24

VITRO's own release and Technobaboy report Nvidia GPU servers activated at VITRO Sta Rosa to support ePLDT's GPUaaS. This is the operator's own platform, included only because the workload is named at the building; no third-party user is named.

Source · VITRO Sta. Rosa Powers Up GPU Servers, Strengthening AI-Ready Capabilities (VITRO Inc., 2025-02-24)

Source · NVIDIA GPU servers activated at VITRO Sta. Rosa, PH's first AI-ready data center (Technobaboy, 2025-02-24)

Tenant · enterpriseToyota Motor Philippines · reported, unconfirmed

Colocation. Toyota moved its servers and critical IT systems to VITRO Santa Rosa in Laguna. · as of 2026-06-16

Insider PH reports Toyota Motor Philippines moved its servers to VITRO Santa Rosa under a colocation deal.

Source · Toyota PH moves critical IT systems to VITRO data center (Insider PH, 2026-06-16)

Platform deals that include it

PLDT 500MW data center ambition
Other
Not disclosed
Vitro REIT IPO (PLDT/ePLDT)
Platform capital
US$396m

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

Project team
Engineering consultantRED Engineering · Mar 2022 Reported source ↗
Green infrastructure design and engineering provider co-developing the VITRO Sta. Rosa design to LEED standards and PLDT's UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Project managerMace (Mace Consult) Confirmed source ↗
Project and construction management for the VITRO Santa Rosa hyperscale data centre, client VITRO Inc.
Main contractorMDBI (Makati Development Corporation and Bouygues Batiment International) · Sep 2023 Confirmed source ↗
Superstructure general contractor for DC, central utility, administration and ancillary buildings; 43,632 sqm
Mechanical and electrical worksMeralco Energy Inc. (MSERV) · Oct 2023 Reported source ↗
Supply of oil-free Smardt magnetic chillers and a chiller management system for the Vitro Sta. Rosa hyperscale data centre
Land
Site5 ha · Apr 2025 Reported source ↗
Site area only.
Power supply
Dedicated substationMeralco · 67 MVA · 115kV · Jul 2025 Confirmed source ↗
Dedicated 115kV switching station opened November 2024. 17MW initial load and 67 MVA ultimate load per Meralco. Press at the opening cited 50MW anticipated demand.
Renewable power dealMPower (Meralco retail electricity supply arm) · Nov 2021 Reported source ↗
MPower supplies renewable energy for a significant portion of consumption at ePLDT's VITRO data centres, first rolled out at six of ten sites. The 2021 deal predates VSR and does not name it. · Portfolio retail supply deal, not a site contract for Sta. Rosa. · Covers the operator's wider portfolio in this country, not this site alone.
Water and cooling
Cooling Confirmed source ↗
Rooftop plant supplies chilled water to the server rooms. Chiller type not stated.
CoolingWater-cooled chillers Reported source ↗
Mace describes a fully redundant water-cooled system.

Sources

  1. bworldonline.com
  2. datacenterdynamics.com
  3. rcrwireless.com
  4. meralcomain.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
  5. datacenterdynamics.com
  6. PLDT taking data center unit public, files P24 billion IPO (Philstar, 2026-06-23)
  7. PLDT Group unveils data center in Sta. Rosa (Daily Tribune, 2025-04-23)
  8. Vitro Sta. Rosa Data Center (Bouygues Construction, 2026-10-18)
  9. PLDT's VITRO REIT files for October IPO with yields topping 6% (Insider PH, 2026-06-25)
  10. MSERV bags contract to supply energy efficient chillers to ePLDT (Daily Tribune, 2023-10-02)
  11. Vitro data center revenues rise 13% on hyperscaler demand (NewsBytes.PH, 2026-08-16)
  12. ePLDT taps MPower for data centers’ RE supply (The Philippine Star, 2021-11-19)
  13. VITRO Sta. Rosa touted as most advanced AI-ready PH data center (Context.ph, 2024-11-10)
  14. PLDT completes biggest data center (The Philippine Star, 2024-07-11)
  15. How PLDT is Constructing Philippines’ Hyperscale Data Centre ambitions (W.Media, 2022-03-21)
  16. ABB energizes VITRO Santa Rosa data center (BusinessWorld, 2025-12-19)
  17. PLDT nears activation of PH's largest data center campus (Insider PH, 2024-07-10)
  18. Toyota PH moves critical IT systems to VITRO data center (Insider PH, 2026-06-16)
  19. BDO backs PLDT's VITRO (The Philippine Star, 2025-10-24)
  20. VITRO Santa Rosa (Mace)
  21. VITRO Inc., VITRO Sta. Rosa Data Center (Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA))

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