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New Straits Times
a day ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
Australia's Goodman Group creates US$2.7 billion group to invest in Hong Kong data centres
SYDNEY: Australia's Goodman Group will establish a US$2.7 billion investment consortium with international pension funds and investors to develop data centre businesses across Hong Kong, the company said on Friday. The industrial property group said it had joined forces with Dutch investors PGGM and APG, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and CBRE Investment Management's Indirect Private Real Estate Strategies. It said an unnamed Middle Eastern investor was also involved. Goodman will be a 20 per cent cornerstone investor in the partnership, it said in a statement. The Sydney-based company's shares rose 1 per cent on Friday to A$35.08, outpacing a flat S&P/ASX200. The stock is trading close to a five-month high. The group will own four existing Hong Kong data centres held by Goodman in an industrial partnership and two centres currently being developed. Goodman's portfolio accounts for approximately 30 per cent of Hong Kong's data centre market by power capacity, it said. Goodman has similar data centre partnerships in Japan and Europe. It said the Japanese partnership will have US$1.1 billion in assets by the end of 2025. Goodman has a A$10 billion (US$6.57 billion) industrial property portfolio in Hong Kong, part of which could be converted to data centres in the future, Chief Executive Greg Goodman said. "There's opportunities in the industrial portfolio. We have to basically redevelop them into data centres and they would then come into this partnership for development," Goodman told Reuters in a telephone interview. "There's a lot of inquiry now coming out of China, you've seen a big push in artificial intelligence in China. China is on a big growth path in regard to digital evolution and the whole AI sector. So you can expect a lot of Chinese operators also very interested in Hong Kong."
Economic Times
a day ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Australia's Goodman Group creates $2.7 billion group to invest in Hong Kong data centres
Australia's Goodman Group will establish a $2.7 billion investment consortium with international pension funds and investors to develop data centre businesses across Hong Kong, the company said on Friday. The industrial property group said it had joined forces with Dutch investors PGGM and APG, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and CBRE Investment Management's Indirect Private Real Estate Strategies. It said an unnamed Middle Eastern investor was also involved. Goodman will be a 20% cornerstone investor in the partnership, it said in a statement. The group will own four existing Hong Kong data centres held by Goodman in an industrial partnership and two centres currently being developed. Goodman's portfolio accounts for approximately 30% of Hong Kong's data centre market by power capacity, it said. Goodman, which has similar data centre partnerships in Japan and Europe, said the Japanese business will have $1.1 billion in assets by the end of 2025. Goodman has a A$10 billion ($6.57 billion) industrial property portfolio in Hong Kong, part of which could be converted to data centres in the future, Chief Executive Greg Goodman said. "There's opportunities in the industrial portfolio. We have to basically redevelop them into data centres and they would then come into this partnership for development," Goodman told Reuters in a telephone interview. "There's a lot of inquiry now coming out of China, you've seen a big push in artificial intelligence in China. China is on a big growth path in regard to digital evolution and the whole AI sector. So you can expect a lot of Chinese operators also very interested in Hong Kong." Goodman in February raised $2.54 billion in a share placement to help fund the future growth of its global data centres business.
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Australia's Goodman Group creates $2.7 billion group to invest in Hong Kong data centres
Australia's Goodman Group will establish a $2.7 billion investment consortium with international pension funds and investors to develop data centre businesses across Hong Kong, the company said on industrial property group said it had joined forces with Dutch investors PGGM and APG, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board , and CBRE Investment Management 's Indirect Private Real Estate Strategies. It said an unnamed Middle Eastern investor was also will be a 20% cornerstone investor in the partnership, it said in a group will own four existing Hong Kong data centres held by Goodman in an industrial partnership and two centres currently being developed. Goodman's portfolio accounts for approximately 30% of Hong Kong's data centre market by power capacity, it which has similar data centre partnerships in Japan and Europe, said the Japanese business will have $1.1 billion in assets by the end of has a A$10 billion ($6.57 billion) industrial property portfolio in Hong Kong, part of which could be converted to data centres in the future, Chief Executive Greg Goodman said."There's opportunities in the industrial portfolio. We have to basically redevelop them into data centres and they would then come into this partnership for development," Goodman told Reuters in a telephone interview."There's a lot of inquiry now coming out of China, you've seen a big push in artificial intelligence in China. China is on a big growth path in regard to digital evolution and the whole AI sector. So you can expect a lot of Chinese operators also very interested in Hong Kong."Goodman in February raised $2.54 billion in a share placement to help fund the future growth of its global data centres business.
