Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure
Digital infrastructure in the Philippines is decided by three things that are not IT questions at all: who holds the land, who supplies the power, and who owns the route. We work for data-center and edge-site developers, tower and fiber operators, telcos, hyperscalers, and the landowners, funds, and lenders behind them — acquiring and leasing sites on terms that survive financing, securing easements and rights-of-way for fiber, poles, and transmission lines, papering power supply and wheeling, and negotiating the capacity, transit, colocation, and interconnection agreements that make a facility sellable. We also run the government-facing side: registration and incentives, permits and clearances, local government approvals, and the data-residency and privacy rules that decide what may be hosted, and where.
Focus areas
- Site and land acquisition, ground leases, and colocation leases
- Fiber, pole, and transmission-line easements and rights-of-way
- Power supply, wheeling, and backup-power arrangements
- Capacity, transit, colocation, and interconnection agreements
- Build-to-suit, EPC, and equipment procurement contracts
- Incentives, permits, and data-residency compliance
Insights for data centers & digital infrastructure
Dark fiber lease in the Philippines sits outside public utility classification, but the agreement still needs the right legal treatment and regulatory checks.
A colocation SLA in the Philippines should cover power, cooling, uptime, security, and support. Here is what to contract for and which rules apply.
Power wheeling and open access in the Philippines let large electricity users choose their supplier and use transmission or distribution wires for a regulated fee.
Right of way for fiber in the Philippines starts with a telecommunications franchise and NTC approval. Here is how the legal framework applies to fiber builds.
Learn the NTC CPCN requirements in the Philippines, from the franchise requirement under RA 7925 to the five-year minimum term and NTC conditions.
Network peering and interconnection agreements in the Philippines are governed by the Public Telecommunications Policy Act, which requires fair and reasonable interconnection.