VITRO Santa Rosa Data Center

 

Grand Launching of the VITRO Santa Rosa VSR Data Center 2025 Santa Rosa City, Laguna April 23, 2025 Marking the inauguration of the country’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-ready data center and the largest hyperscale facility in the Philippines, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the grand launching of the VITRO Santa Rosa (VSR) Data Center at Barangay Pulong Santa Cruz in Santa Rosa City, Laguna on 23 April 2025. Developed by VITRO Inc., a subsidiary of ePLDT under the PLDT Group, the VSR facility marks a major leap in digital infrastructure. It is built to support advanced computing needs such as cloud services, high-performance enterprise systems and AI-driven technologies. With an initial IT capacity of 50 megawatts and over 13,000 square meters of white space, the data center places the Philippines at the forefront of digital innovation in the Asia-Pacific region. Powered by NVIDIA GPU servers, the facility enables AI adoption at scale. It allows businesses to harness real-time data analytics, automation and next-generation digital tools. It also promotes sustainability by sourcing 35 percent of its power from renewable energy and using energy-efficient cooling and backup systems. The VSR site connects with key VITRO hubs in Makati City, Parañaque City and Pasig City through the VITRO Data Center Interconnect (DCI) for seamless network reliability and scalability. The launch advances the ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ vision by promoting a smarter and more connected society and by reinforcing the country’s role as a growing digital hub in the region. Reference= RTVMALACANANG

 

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 PLDT completes VITRO data center structure

July 11, 2024 | 12:02 am, businessworldonline

 

PLDT Inc., through its unit ePLDT, Inc., has completed the structure of its 50-megawatt (MW) hyperscale VITRO Sta. Rosa, its biggest data center to date, the company announced on Wednesday.

“VITRO Sta. Rosa is a landmark achievement for the PLDT Group and the Philippines. A lot of hyperscalers have already expressed their interest in co-locating in our facility,” ePLDT and VITRO, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Victor S. Genuino said in a statement. 

The structural completion of VITRO Sta. Rosa will pave the way for power integration and energization, ePLDT said. 

“With its structural completion, VITRO Sta. Rosa is completing another cornerstone in its development as it energizes the facility soon to welcome telcos, enterprises, and hyperscalers,” it added.

VITRO Sta. Rosa is said to be the country’s largest data center campus in the country, sitting on a five-hectare lot in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. According to its website, Vitro Sta. Rosa will have an initial capacity of 14 MW this year, which can be expanded to 50 MW once fully operational.

The Laguna data center is ePLDT’s 11^th data center.

VITRO Sta. Rosa is designed to use less energy while also using the latest innovation in cooling and power redundancy — the highest network level with at least three fiber routes from PLDT and other telecommunication providers.

Earlier this year, PLDT said it was planning to scale up the capacity of its data centers.

The company said that its planned 12^th data center may double the capacity of VITRO Sta. Rosa, while it is still in the site selection process for its 13^th and 14^th data centers. 

Hastings Holdings, Inc., a unit of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund subsidiary MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., has a majority stake in BusinessWorld through the Philippine Star Group, which it controls. — Ashley Erika O. Jose

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SPACES & FACILITIES

36MW IT Load Capacity
18 Data Halls x 2MW IT Load Capacity

12,140 sqm White Space
Up to 4.500 total rack capacity based on 8 kW/rack

2N Fully Redundant Power Configuration
2N UPS per data hall with dual utility feed and a dedicated 60MW substation

N+1 Generator backup
with 72 hour back up fuel

Fully redundant Water-cooled System
with 10 min thermal storage

99.99% Uptime SLA
enable by industry-leading operational/security processes and standards

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NETWORK DIVERSITY

Min. 3 Points of Entrance (POE) for telcos
Multiple points of entrance to enable cable diversity

30km from VITRO Makati 2

Direct Connection to International Cable Landing Stations in the Philippines
Multiple and diverse international cable system options from VITRO Sta. Rosa to Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and USA

608 sqm Telecommunication Space
8 telco rooms with 26 racks each

 

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 reference= VITRO DATA Center website

 

 

 

 

Mitsubishi Motors to invest P7B in PH until 2030

 Mitsubishi Motors to invest P7B in PH until 2030

PARTNERSHIP — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. welcomes Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President and CEO Kato Takao to Malacañan on Feb. 6, 2025. (Malacañang photo)

Feb 6, 2025

 

MANILA, Philippines — The Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) plans to invest P7 billion in the Philippines over the next five years, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Friday.

 

It was announced by MMC president and chief executive officer Takao Kato during a courtesy call with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang on Thursday.

 

Marcos expressed his appreciation to MMC during Mitsubishi President and CEO Kato Takao's courtesy call to the President in Malacañan on Thursday, Feb. 6, to discuss the company's investment plan in the Philippines.

 

During their meeting, Kato said MMC's expansion plan includes adding a new production model at its Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) plant in Laguna. Marcos welcomed this move as it would generate more jobs for Filipinos.

In a press release, the PCO said MMC’s investment plan includes introducing a new production model at its Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) plant in Laguna.

“The jobs that it will provide, that your investment will provide, are very important to us, and certainly, vehicle manufacture is one of those,” Marcos said during their meeting.

Marcos added that MMC will be included in the government’s Revitalizing the Automotive Industry for Competitiveness Enhancement Program—a new proposed version of the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy Program—aimed at augmenting and enhancing the policy directions of existing motor vehicle development programs.

Kato, for his part, said that the Philippines is MMC’s most important investment in Southeast Asia.

“In the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations], (the) Philippines is our number one market,” Kato told Marcos.

 

MMC is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in April 1970, maintaining production facilities in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Russia, and the Philippines.

 

MMPC, on the other hand, is a 100-percent owned subsidiary of MMC, which began operations in 1963 as the assembler and distributor of Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth passenger cars.

MMPC's manufacturing plant is located in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Its annual production capacity is 50,000 units, but it has the potential to expand to 100,000 units.

As of November 2024, the motor vehicle industry sold 425,208 units, with MMPC cornering 19 percent of the domestic market but second only to Toyota with 46 percent.

Ref=  https://business.inquirer.net/505363/mitsubishi-motors-corp-s-investment-plan-in-the-philippines#ixzz8zaDFZQq0

https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/6/mitsubishi-invests-p7b-in-ph