PLDT Advances PHP40B VITRO Cavite Hyperscale Data Centre Plan
The PLDT Group is advancing plans for what would be its largest data-centre campus: a VITRO Cavite hyperscale facility in General Trias sized toward about 100 megawatts and frequently described as a PHP40 billion investment. Executives have outlined five phases of roughly 20 MW each, with construction windows aimed at starting in 2026 and completing around 2028 on Metro Pacific-linked land, while VITRO Sta. Rosa already markets GPU-as-a-service.
Filed under Infrastructure and dated September 15, 2026, this AI4Philippines briefing treats the Cavite plan as Filipino private-infrastructure news—not a government megawatt guarantee. The project sits beside DICT’s AI+ Infrastructure Masterplan corridors even as PSE filings have stressed that some elements remain under evaluation.
Why it matters: Filipino enterprises need local AI-ready capacity beyond Manila CBD halls. A 100 MW Calabarzon campus can anchor cloud and GPU demand—but only if power redundancy, fiber diversity, and phased customer offtake match the press figures.
What it means in practice
Filipino CIOs and municipal planners should inventory which workloads need Cavite latency versus Sta. Rosa GPU rental; confirm power and water commitments per phase; assign an owner for business-continuity drills; and prefer contracts with published PUE and availability metrics. Place the build beside the national AI infrastructure masterplan and PLDT’s agentic operations results.
Caveats come first. Planning-stage campuses can rephase; PHP40 billion is an estimate; and hyperscale tenants may still choose Clark-Bataan corridors instead. AI4Philippines therefore presents VITRO Cavite as directional private-capacity context until groundbreaking photos and energised phases are public.
What to watch next: formal groundbreaking; first 20 MW energisation; and whether stake sales in the data-centre unit reshape capital plans. Readers following hyperscaler diligence on Luzon corridors can continue on the AI4Philippines homepage, or browse the Newsroom for additional briefings.
Bottom line: treat this update as orientation, not instruction. Filipino AI-ready colocation is expanding and still phased. Organizations that benefit most will match capacity to real demand, verify utility math, and refuse to confuse a campus blueprint with online megawatts.