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Mike Netzer and David Liggitt on the first half of 2026: 13.2GW leased in the US against 15.6GW for all of 2025, 1GW asks becoming 4GW asks, Europe's first multi-100MW quarter, 2GW leased across APAC, and why signed deals don't always get built. A global midyear market update from datacenterHawk.

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Ronald Setiawan, Director of Operations at IndoData Data Centres, on the move to full Salim ownership: why local speed beats a two-year build, why he built south of Jakarta for cheaper power, why he's an operator who won't sell, and the ~2,000MW waiting in Bintan & Batam.

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Luke McKinnon, SVP & MD Asia at NextDC, on the strategy behind KL1 - Peninsular Malaysia's first Tier IV data center: why building for every segment beats single-tenant, why retail yields 3–4x hyperscale, the neo cloud “20MW in three months” problem, and a 150MW KL2. Recorded at DCD Connect APAC, Bali. Hosted by datacenterHawk.

Chris Han, COO of MC Digital Realty (the Digital Realty x Mitsubishi JV) and head of Digital Realty Korea, on how AI is reshaping APAC data centers: why the "Asia follows the US" playbook broke, steel plants becoming data center sites, a 64MW Korea build, liquid cooling as the new default, and Japan's long runway.

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Alejandro Fuster, Secretary General of the Spanish Data Center Association, on why Spain is one of Europe's hottest data center markets: 439MW operational at end-2025, Aragon set to overtake Madrid by 2030, a new grid law reshaping the pipeline, a ~55% renewable mix, and what the public actually worries about.

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