Vitro Inc Posts Record-Breaking 36% Growth in Colocation Revenues

VITRO Inc., the data center arm of the PLDT Group and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT, has recorded its strongest performance to date in its colocation business, posting a 36% year-on-year increase in revenues in the first half of the year. This record-breaking growth was fueled by rising demand from financial institutions, the public sector, and global hyperscalers.

Colocation remains the cornerstone of VITRO’s data center growth and operations, directly impacting utilization rates and shaping the company’s expansion roadmap. The surge in colocation also drives growth in VITRO’s connectivity business, reinforcing its role as a critical enabler of digital transformation in the Philippines.

“We are building strong momentum in our data center business, with VITRO Santa Rosa (VSR) driving sustained demand from enterprises and hyperscalers. We’re growing our colocation business not just on VSR but also across all VITRO data center sites,” said Victor S. Genuino, President and CEO of ePLDT and VITRO Inc.

“To sustain this growth, we look forward to stronger data localization policies that will safeguard government data, accelerate cloud and AI adoption, and create even greater demand for the local data center industry,” Genuino added.

Designed to meet the evolving needs of AI workloads and hyperscale deployments, VSR has a total power capacity of 50MW. With Rated-3 certification and Rated-4 readiness, VSR provides unparalleled network diversity and resilience, as it is fully connected to other VITRO flagship sites, the country’s domestic fiber optic network, and international subsea cable systems.

VSR also houses ePLDT’s GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), designed for enterprises that face infrastructure gaps due to high-compute workloads. With it, enterprises gain the ability to run highly demanding AI workloads on NVIDIA-powered GPU infrastructure, such as machine learning, large-scale data analytics, financial modeling, high-resolution rendering, and advanced simulations with speed, precision, and scalability without the need for massive infrastructure investment.

With the sustained adoption and evolution of AI, VITRO continues to build ahead of demand. The company is in the planning stage for its 12th data center and has already identified key sites for expansion, further cementing its leadership in the Philippine data center landscape.

PLDT Group’s continued investment in data centers and international connectivity supports its broader mission to bridge the digital divide and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—particularly SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure.