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Digital Halo MNL1

Cainta, Rizal, Philippines · Greater Manila market · location approximate to city level

Digital Halo MNL1 is a data center project in Cainta, Philippines, operated by Digital Halo. It is operational. It is planned for 70 MW of IT load. The operator reports 6.5 MW running.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
70 MW
Running now
6.5 MW
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Digital Halo
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalYes
Dated, sized phaseYes
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsNo

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Operator markets MNL1 as the Philippines' first 'AI- and hyperscale-ready' data center, on 100% renewable (geothermal + wind) supply, on a 3.75-ha campus scaling to 70MW. This is an operator marketing claim, not a dated cooling/GPU spec, hence 'likely', not 'confirmed'.

Phases

MNL1 · Operational6.5 MW, target 2025
MNL2 / MNL3 · AnnouncedSize not published

Who is behind it

OperatorDigital Halo · Colocation
Funder, EquityPartners Group
Funder, EquityArch Capital
Funder, DebtRizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Money at this site

Debt raised, 2026-01PHP 2.79bn (about US$47m)

This is the size of a loan. ArusGrid excludes it from capital spending totals.

Platform deals that include it

Partners Group / Arch Capital US$400M into Digital Halo
Platform capital
US$400m

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

Land
Site3.75 ha · freehold · Jan 2023 Reported source ↗
Freehold 3.75 ha site with an existing industrial building. Seller not disclosed.

Sources checked 2026-09-11

  1. datacenterdynamics.com
  2. bworldonline.com
  3. rcbc.com
  4. digitalhalo.net
  5. mingtiandi.com

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Also run by Digital Halo

Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to [email protected]. Dataset updated 2026-09-26.