Data centers need power—and both need faster permits

Data centers need power—and both need faster permits

The Philippines is rightly trying to attract data centers, cloud platforms, and artificial intelligence investments. These projects can create jobs, deepen the country’s digital capabilities, and position us more strongly in the regional technology economy.But a data center cannot be built through digital policy alone.Behind every server rack is a much larger physical system: power plants, transmission lines, substations, fiber routes, land, wat…