PLDT Inc. said data center expansion will drive revenue growth in 2025 due to increased demand for data storage in the enterprise sector.
PLDT chief operating officer Menardo Jimenez underscored the rising potential of tech-focused telcos in the region’s evolving digital landscape.
Jimenez, in a statement on Thursday, pointed to data center expansion as a major growth driver for PLDT as the exponential surge in demand for data storage processing would require robust and efficient data center infrastructure.
“We have already built 10 (data centers) and are finishing our eleventh and biggest facility, which shows how strongly we believe that data centers are an important part of PLDT’s revenue growth,” he said in the statement, adding that the company has seen “healthy growth rates” for their data center business over the last five years.
PLDT, through its subsidiary ePLDT, operates a network of VITRO Data Centers.
Among its facilities, the company expects its VITRO Sta. Rosa Data Center to be the Philippines’ AI (artificial intelligence) hub, forming the first AI ecosystem in the country.
Jimenez added that data sovereignty laws will be the next major inflection point, noting that once the government enforces localized data storage regulations, it will significantly boost the demand for domestic data centers.
