{"id":72728,"date":"2026-01-07T07:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=72728"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:11:11","slug":"abb-powers-philippines-first-ai-ready-hyperscale-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2026\/01\/07\/abb-powers-philippines-first-ai-ready-hyperscale-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"ABB powers PH\u2019s first AI-ready hyperscale data center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ABB has powered VITRO Santa Rosa, the Philippines\u2019 largest and most advanced data center, with a complete electrification solution, enabling the country\u2019s first AI-ready hyperscale data center. Located in Laguna, just south of Metro Manila, the 50MW site is setting new benchmarks for AI readiness, reliability and sustainability as the Philippines emerges as one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing data center markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With demand for AI infrastructure, cloud and streaming services accelerating across Southeast Asia, the facility has been designed to meet TIA Rated-3 Certification and Rated-4 readiness standards, ensuring high availability and reliability for mission critical workloads. The data center integrates at least three independent fiber routes to ensure network diversity, resilience, and carrier neutrality, while also embedding sustainability across its supply chain, operations, and design, in line with LEED certification standards.<\/p>\n<p>In collaboration with Distribution &amp; Control Products, Inc. (DCPI), ABB has delivered a complete medium- and low-voltage electrification solution, including ZX2 and SafePlus gas-insulated switchgear, Tmax XT, and Emax 2 circuit breakers, protection devices and M4M analyzers, to provide continuous uptime and energy efficiency. The integrated design ensures compliance with Philippine market requirements and gives VITRO Santa Rosa the flexibility to scale as AI workloads grow and demand for digital services accelerates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelivering the world\u2019s most advanced data centers takes global expertise and strong local partnerships,\u201d said Christine Macadamia Penequito, Marketing &amp; Sales Director, Electrification Smart Buildings &amp; Smart Power, ABB Philippines. \u201cHigh performance starts with reliability &#8211; smart solutions that ensure critical power is always available. Partnering with DCPI to support the Philippines\u2019 first AI-ready hyperscale data center, we are powering the future of digital infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Tiamsic, President of DCPI, added \u201cWorking closely with ABB early in the planning stage, we were able to tailor an advanced, compliant solution, fully aligned with VITRO\u2019s requirements. By combining with our deep local technical expertise, we\u2019ve helped deliver a landmark facility that strengthens the Philippines\u2019 role in Southeast Asia\u2019s fast-growing data center sector and supports the country\u2019s own digital development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victor Genuino, President and CEO, VITRO Santa Rosa, said: \u201cVITRO Santa Rosa marks a significant leap in the country\u2019s digital transformation and AI adoption. Through our partnerships with ABB and DCPI, we\u2019re able to scale faster and deliver world-class infrastructure built for businesses in the age of AI.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in Laguna, just south of Metro Manila, the 50MW site is setting new benchmarks for AI readiness, reliability and sustainability as the Philippines emerges as one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing data center markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7915,7710,3114,7916],"class_list":["post-72728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-abb","tag-clean-energy","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-vitro-santa-rosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72733,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72728\/revisions\/72733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}