What BW Digital does

BW Digital is a privately-held, carrier-neutral digital infrastructure operator and the digital infrastructure arm of Singapore-headquartered maritime and energy conglomerate BW Group. The company develops, owns, and operates a portfolio of hyperscale data centres and submarine cable systems across the Asia-Pacific region, serving cloud and AI companies, telecom carriers, and large enterprises requiring high-capacity, low-latency connectivity and colocation services.

The core operating assets are NDP1, an AI-ready hyperscale data centre campus in Batam, Indonesia, with up to 144 MW of IT load, up to 36 data halls across 5.5 hectares, and direct liquid cooling supporting 140 kW/rack densities; the Hawaiki trans-Pacific submarine cable (15,000 km, 135+ Tbps) connecting Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Hawaii, and the U.S. West Coast; the Nongsa-Changi Cable (50 km, 24 fiber pairs, >1.6 Pbps, <2 ms latency) linking Batam and Singapore as part of the Indonesia Cable Express ecosystem; and Citra Connect, a terrestrial fibre network within Nongsa Digital Park. The pipeline includes the Hawaiki Nui cable programme (240 Tbps, planned 2027/28) and BW Velora, a JV with BW ESS targeting data centre sites in the European Nordics and Canada.

The business model is enterprise B2B infrastructure services: recurring colocation and wholesale capacity revenue from NDP1, recurring lit capacity, spectrum, and dark fibre revenue from Hawaiki and the NCC, plus one-off and recurring revenue from cable landing infrastructure-as-a-service (permitting, BMH/HDD/ducting, CLS, and O&M) for new subsea systems. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting bespoke enterprise contracts. The company is led by CEO Ludovic Hutier and CFO Laurent Le Breton, with Chief Business Officers for Connectivity and Data Centres, and reports under BW Group (Chairman Andreas Sohmen-Pao). No external funding rounds or public listing plans have been disclosed.

Name

BW Digital

Legal name

BW Digital Pte Limited

Website

https://bw-digital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BW Digital is the Singapore-based, privately-held digital infrastructure arm of BW Group, developing and operating AI-ready hyperscale data centres and submarine cable systems across the Asia-Pacific for cloud, AI, and carrier customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Subsea Cable System Owners & Consortia (Wet Plant Investment) (HDAIALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Subsea & Terrestrial Backhaul to Data Centers and Cloud On-Ramps (IX/DC Interconnect) (HDAIALAJ), Subsea Capacity Wholesale (IRUs, leased capacity, backhaul to landing stations) (HDAIAEAI), Subsea Cable Landing Stations & Cable Terminal Stations (CLS/CTS) (HDAIALAB)

Keywords

• Submarine cable systems
• Data centre services
• Hyperscale data centres
• Subsea connectivity
• Cable landing infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Data Centre Services: Colocation, wholesale, and built-to-suit data centre solutions for enterprise, cloud and AI workloads. Services include MMR and cable landing station, rack space, private cages, dedicated rooms, and high performance computing colocation.
2. Connectivity Services: End-to-end low-latency capacity and fibre solutions including managed lit capacity, spectrum and dark fibre. DC-to-DC connectivity products for cloud, content service providers, carriers and enterprises.
3. Cable Landing Infrastructure: Turn-key solutions for submarine cable landings including local infrastructure, regulatory services and operational maintenance services
4. Value-Added Services: Additional services including compute infrastructure and ecosystem solutions for customers requiring one-stop shop data centre and connectivity services

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BW Digital develops, builds and operates digital infrastructure assets including hyperscale AI-ready data centres and submarine cable systems across the Asia-Pacific region. The company offers colocation and wholesale data centre services at its NDP1 campus in Batam, Indonesia (up to 144 MW IT capacity), subsea connectivity services over its Hawaiki (15,000 km, 135+ Tbps) and Nongsa-Changi Cable (50 km, <2 ms latency) systems, terrestrial fibre (Citra Connect), and turn-key cable landing infrastructure-as-a-service for new submarine cable systems.

Product overview

BW Digital is a privately-owned, carrier-neutral digital infrastructure company that develops, builds and operates data centre and connectivity assets. The portfolio consists of: NDP1 Data Centre (AI-ready hyperscale campus in Batam with up to 144 MW IT capacity), Nongsa-Changi Cable (submarine connectivity between Singapore and Batam), Citra Connect (terrestrial fibre within Nongsa Digital Park), Hawaiki Cable (trans-Pacific submarine cable), Hawaiki Nui (new Singapore-Indonesia-Australia cable in development), and BW Velora (European/Canada data centre sites). Services include colocation, wholesale, HPC, built-to-suit, and cable landing infrastructure-as-a-service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NDP1 Data Centre AI-ready hyperscale data centre campus at Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia, with total design capacity of up to 144 MW IT load across 2 diverse buildings and up to 36 data halls on 5.5 hectares, supporting up to 40 kW/rack with air cooling and up to 140 kW/rack with direct liquid cooling for cloud, AI and enterprise workloads.
• Nongsa-Changi Cable (NCC) 50-kilometre submarine cable system connecting Batam and Singapore via one of the shortest direct routes across the Singapore Strait, with 24 fiber pairs, delivering over 1.6 petabits per second capacity with under 2 ms latency for cloud services, AI workloads and data centre interconnection.
• Citra Connect Terrestrial fibre network connecting all data centres within Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia, ensuring secure access to domestic backhaul networks and international subsea cable systems for data centre and enterprise customers.
• Hawaiki Submarine Cable 15,000 km submarine cable connecting Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast with a design capacity of 135+ Tbps, providing high-performance, low-latency DC-to-DC connectivity across the Pacific for cloud, content, carrier and enterprise customers.
• Hawaiki Cable Tonga Extension 383-kilometre extension of the Hawaiki subsea cable system to Vava'u, Tonga, providing Pacific connectivity resilience and supporting the country's digitalisation following 2022 volcanic eruption disruptions.
• BW Velora Co-owned venture by BW Digital and BW ESS that develops and commercialises high-value sites for next-generation data centres in the European Nordic region and Canada, with headquarters in Oslo, Norway.
• Cable Landing Infrastructure-As-A-Service Turn-key solutions for the landing of new submarine cable systems, including local infrastructure (beach manhole, HDD bores, ducts, cable landing station), regulatory services (permitting and landing party) and O&M services. Existing infrastructure in New Zealand and Hawaii with new infrastructure in Singapore and Indonesia.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nongsa-Changi Cable latency below 2 milliseconds between Singapore and Batam
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Government of TongacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint funding and delivery of 383km Hawaiki cable extension to Vava'u, Tonga, supporting the country's digitalization and economic growth goals.
• Tonga Cable LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership for delivery of Hawaiki cable extension to Tonga, providing connectivity resilience after 2022 volcanic eruption disruptions.
• Telin (PT Telkom Indonesia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Joint development of the Nongsa-Changi Cable (NCC) submarine cable system connecting Singapore and Batam. The NCC is part of the Indonesia Cable Express (ICE) ecosystem and was successfully landed in July 2026.
• Nongsa Digital ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for the NCC submarine cable landing and co-location of BW Digital's NDP1 data centre campus at Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia.
• Digital RealtycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to enhance cross-border data center connectivity between Singapore and Indonesia, supporting deployment of BW Digital's Nongsa Changi Cable System and integration with Digital Realty's SIN12 data centre.
• BW GroupflagshipOthersBW Digital is part of BW Group, a leading global energy and maritime company involved in shipping, deepwater oil & gas production, renewable energy and digital infrastructure. BW Group controls a fleet of over 400 vessels.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GDS Holdings: China-anchored carrier-neutral data centre operator expanding across Southeast Asia. Targets the same hyperscale and cloud customer base, particularly for AI workloads in the broader APAC region.
• AirTrunk: Asia-Pacific hyperscale data centre specialist with major campuses in Singapore, Jakarta, and Sydney. Directly competes for the same hyperscale cloud and AI tenant base that BW Digital is targeting at NDP1 in Batam.
• Digital Realty Trust: Global hyperscale data centre colocation operator. Digital Realty is both a competitor (DC capacity, cross-connect fabric) and an active partner of BW Digital via the SIN12 integration for Singapore–Indonesia cross-border connectivity, making it the most directly comparable counterparty.
• Singtel: Singapore incumbent carrier with submarine cable investments (e.g., SEA-ME-WE, Asia-Pacific cables) and extensive data centre operations through its NCS/Keppel relationships. Directly competes in Singapore-anchored connectivity and DC services.
• Princeton Digital Group: Singapore-headquartered hyperscale data centre operator with capacity across India, China, Southeast Asia and Japan. Competes head-to-head for AI/cloud anchor tenants in the same regional footprint BW Digital is building into.
• Telstra International: Owns and operates subsea cables in the Asia-Pacific and Pacific regions and offers enterprise connectivity services. Directly comparable as a trans-Pacific and Pacific-island submarine cable operator with adjacent DC and colocation businesses.

Broad incumbents

• Equinix: Largest global colocation and interconnection platform with deep APAC presence. Competes with BW Digital for hyperscale and enterprise DC tenants and operates submarine cable landing infrastructure adjacent to its IBX data centres.
• NTT Communications (NTT Data / Nexusquare): Operates a global data centre and submarine cable platform (e.g., APRICOT, ASE cables) plus owned DC capacity across APAC. Closest incumbent combination of carrier services, subsea cables, and data centres comparable to BW Digital's integrated model.

Others

• Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN): Leading submarine cable system vendor and EPC contractor. Comparable as an adjacent participant in the subsea value chain; ASN builds many of the systems BW Digital lands and operates, including cable landing station infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Hawaiki Cable Company (legacy competitor – superseded by BW Digital): Original Hawaiki entity whose cable assets BW Digital now owns/operates. Included as a historical reference comparable for the trans-Pacific subsea route economics BW Digital relies on for the Hawaiki franchise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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