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Bridge Data Centres (BDC) is a digital infrastructure platform provider headquartered in Singapore, with hyperscale data centre facilities across Malaysia, India and Thailand. Founded in 2017, the company provides data centre infrastructure services to hyperscale cloud providers and enterprise customers across the Asia-Pacific region. As of early 2026, BDC operated approximately 400 megawatts (MW) of capacity and expected this to approach 700 MW during 2026 as additional facilities began operations.^[1][2] The company has said it is targeting around 2 gigawatts (GW) of capacity across Asia Pacific by 2030.^[3] BDC is a portfolio company of Bain Capital.^[4]

Bridge Data Centres was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Singapore.^[5][4] The company built hyperscale data centre capacity in Southeast Asia for global cloud providers expanding in the region.^[4]

BDC entered the market in November 2017, acquiring the operating business of two data centres in Cyberjaya, Selangor, together with the rights to a dedicated fibre ring connecting them, from CSF Group, an AIM-listed regional data centre management firm.^[6][7] In May 2018 the company completed the acquisition of the facilities themselves from Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), a Malaysian government pension fund.^[6][7] Renamed MY01 and MY02, the two data centres comprise approximately one million square feet of data centre space and 20 MW of critical IT load capacity, and served domestic and international customers across a range of industries.^[6][7]

In 2019, Bain Capital acquired Chindata, a China-based hyperscale data centre operator, and merged it with Bridge Data Centres to form Chindata Group, a pan-Asian platform serving hyperscale customers across Asia Pacific.^[4][8]

ChinData Group, which included Bridge Data Centres' Malaysian operations, listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in September 2020 under the ticker symbol CD, raising US$540 million at a valuation of approximately US$4.9 billion.^[9][10]

In August 2023, Bain Capital agreed to take Chindata Group private in a transaction with an equity value of approximately US$3.16 billion, paying US$8.60 per American depositary share, a premium of 42.6% to the company's closing price prior to Bain's initial approach.^[8][11] The deal closed by early 2024. Following privatisation, Bain Capital separated the China and Asia Pacific businesses, and Bridge Data Centres continued to operate as the primary brand for the Southeast Asian and Indian assets.^[8]

In 2024, Eric Fan became CEO of Bridge Data Centres.^[12] Fan previously held leadership roles at Saint-Gobain, Dow Chemical and Honeywell.^[13]

In March 2025, BDC secured a US$2.8 billion senior secured loan from an international consortium of lenders including Citigroup, Clifford Capital, Crédit Agricole, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, MUFG, SMBC and United Overseas Bank as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners,^[14][15] with more than 24 banks participating by the time syndication closed in September 2025.^[16] The facility, described by Kirkland & Ellis, which advised BDC on the transaction, as one of the largest data centre financing transactions in Asia,^[17] carries a five-year tenor and was used to refinance existing facilities and fund expansion across Malaysia, Thailand and beyond.^[14][18]

In January 2026, BDC said it would continue to scale, growing with its international and Asian hyperscale customers and entering new geographic markets to meet rising AI-driven and high-density edge computing demand.^[2]

In March 2026, BDC announced a strategic investment plan of S$3–5 billion (approximately US$2.3–3.9 billion) to develop AI-ready data centre campuses in Singapore, targeting 2 GW of total regional capacity by 2030.^[3][19]

On 2 March 2026, BDC signed a memorandum of understanding with Concord New Energy (CNE) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to develop a barge-based hydrogen power solution for data centre operations in Singapore, designed to optimise land use through offshore energy deployment.^[20]

On 12 March 2026, BDC signed a letter of intent with A*STAR's Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and HY to study nuclear power as a potential clean energy source for next-generation AI data centres in Singapore.^[21]

In January 2026, Bridge Data Centres launched a new brand identity, adopting the positioning "Bridging the future. Connecting the world."^[2][22] The company said the change reflected its shift towards larger, higher-density and AI-ready developments, and introduced a new logo built around a rising arc.^[2] At the time, BDC described itself as Southeast Asia's largest data centre platform by live capacity.^[2]

In April 2026, Reuters reported that Bain Capital was seeking to sell a stake of at least 40% in Bridge Data Centres, in a deal that would value the company at US$5 billion. Citigroup and JPMorgan were appointed to run the sale process, which attracted interest from multiple private equity and infrastructure funds. Bain Capital indicated it would consider selling a larger or controlling stake if it received an attractive offer, though it was unlikely to exit the business entirely at that stage.^[23]

Bridge Data Centres operates a portfolio of hyperscale data centre facilities across Malaysia, India and Thailand, with further development planned in Singapore and beyond. The company specialises in build-to-suit (BTS) hyperscale construction and has deployed both direct-to-chip liquid cooling and immersion cooling technologies at its Malaysian campuses to support high-density and AI-driven workloads.^[24]

Malaysia is BDC's largest operational market. The company operates multiple facilities in the Klang Valley and Johor:

• MY01 and MY02 (Cyberjaya, Selangor) – BDC's founding Malaysian facilities, acquired from Permodalan Nasional Berhad in May 2018, following the November 2017 purchase of their operating business from CSF Group. Together comprising approximately one million square feet and 20 MW of critical IT load capacity.^[6][7]
• MY03 (Kuala Lumpur) – Operational facility in the Klang Valley.^[25]
• MY06 (Kidex Sedenak, Kulai, Johor) – BDC's largest Johor facility and the first hyperscale data centre development in the state.^[21] MY06 Campus 1 Building 1 recorded an annualised power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.295, which BDC reported as exceeding the Platinum threshold under the BCA-IMDA Green Mark for Data Centres (GMDC: 2024) framework.^[26] The facility was completed in eight months, 40 per cent faster than traditional methods.^[21]
• MY07 (Ulu Tiram, Johor) – BDC's second Johor campus, targeting 400 MW of capacity. In November 2024 BDC signed an Electricity Supply Agreement with Tenaga Nasional (TNB) for 400 MW of supply to the campus, together with a bilateral energy supply contract under Malaysia's Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS).^[27] The campus incorporates what BDC describes as Malaysia's first large-scale water treatment plant serving a data centre, which uses membrane bioreactor (MBR) and reverse osmosis (RO) technologies to convert treated effluent into high-grade cooling water.^[28]

BDC operates BBY01 in Navi Mumbai. India was among BDC's original target markets at founding, with the company announcing plans to invest US$400–500 million in the Indian market as early as 2017.^[29][30]

BDC operates BKK01 in Bang Phli, Bangkok, a facility acquired in 2022.^[31] Thailand is identified as a further expansion market under the 2025 financing facility.^[18]

Bridge Data Centres published its inaugural environmental, social and governance (ESG) report in July 2025.^[32][2] The report covers six environmental performance domains: water resources management, high-efficiency thermal management, energy system resilience, carbon footprint reduction, green technology research and development, and digital energy governance.^[33]

BDC has joined the RE100 initiative and committed to achieving 100% renewable energy across its operations by 2040.^[34] The company has also submitted targets to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), including a 30% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from a 2023 baseline and net-zero status by 2040.^[34]

At its Thailand facility, BDC deployed a distributed photovoltaic system which generated 511 MWh of electricity in 2024, meeting approximately 50% of the facility's annual power demand.^[35]

BDC uses treated effluent as reclaimed cooling water at its MY07 campus in Johor, in an application described by industry sources as among the first of its type in Southeast Asia. The facility reclaims non-potable treated wastewater from nearby sewage treatment plants, processes it through membrane bioreactor and reverse osmosis technology, and returns it as high-grade cooling water for data centre operations.^[36][37]

On 4 September 2025, BDC signed a memorandum of understanding with BCA International to align its data centre development practices with Singapore's Green Mark standards internationally.^[38][2]

In August 2025, BDC's MY06 Campus 1 Building 1 facility in Johor received the BCA-IMDA Green Mark International for Data Centres 2024 (GMDC: 2024) Platinum certification from the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore (BCA) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), becoming the first data centre facility outside Singapore to receive this certification.^[21]

In October 2025, BDC's MY06 Campus 1 Building 1 received the ASHRAE Malaysia Technology Award 2025 under the New Industrial Facilities/Processes category, presented at the ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter 40th Annual Dinner on 24 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur. The award recognised the facility's hybrid cooling system design, PPVC modular construction methodology, and verified energy and water performance.^[26]

BDC's US$2.8 billion loan financing received two awards at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025, held in Hong Kong in March 2026: Best Infrastructure Deal – Malaysia and Best Project Finance Deal – Malaysia.^[39][40]

BDC's MY07 campus received the Asia Pacific Data Center Project of the Year Award at the DCD Awards 2025, recognising the facility's effluent water-cooling system, which achieved a water recovery rate above 90 per cent under optimal conditions.^[37]

At the w.media Asia Cloud and Datacenter Awards 2025, held in Singapore in December 2025, BDC received two awards in the People category: Hyperscale Infrastructure Leaders, awarded to CEO Eric Fan, and Strategic Network Infrastructure Leaders, awarded to President Sandy Xiao.^[41]

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