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- Keppel DC REIT Keppel DC REIT (AJBU.SI), the first pure-play data centre real estate investment trust listed in Asia on the Singapore Exchange in December 2014, principally invests, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets used primarily for data centre purposes, as well as real estate and assets that support the digital economy; its investments comprise a mix of colocation, fully-fitted, shell and core assets, and debt securities across 25 data centres with approximately $5.0 billion in assets under management, strategically located in 14 cities across 10 countries in Asia Pacific, including Singapore (Keppel DC Singapore 1-8), Australia, China, Japan (Tokyo DC 1), and Malaysia, and Europe, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, and Germany; the REIT targets cloud service providers, enterprises, and financial institutions as key customers in high-demand data centre hubs driven by cloud adoption, AI, big data analytics, and 5G; headquartered in Singapore at 1 HarbourFront Avenue, #18-01 Keppel Bay Tower, it is managed by Keppel DC REIT Management Pte. Ltd. and sponsored by Keppel, a global asset manager with expertise in infrastructure, real estate, and connectivity. Keppel DC REIT reports robust financial performance, with gross revenue growing 10.3% to $310.3 million and net profit surging over 100% in FY2024 ended December 31, 2024, supported by rental escalations and strategic portfolio expansion; recent acquisitions within the last year include Tokyo Data Centre 1 in West Tokyo for JPY 23.4 billion (S$201.0-209.2 million) completed July 31, 2024, two AI-ready hyperscale data centres Keppel DC Singapore 7 and 8 at Keppel Data Centre Campus for S$1.38-1.4 billion announced November 2024 from a related joint venture, and a hyperscale data centre in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo, announced September 2025 forecasted to boost assets under management to S$5.7 billion and extend weighted average lease expiry to 7.2 years; the REIT launched a preferential offering in September-October 2025 raising gross proceeds of S$404.5 million, obtained new loan facilities and green bonds, divested Kelsterbach Data Centre in Frankfurt, Germany, for EUR 50.0 million in February-March 2025 and Basis Bay Data Centre in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, introduced a Green Financing Framework in February 2025 to support sustainable growth, and earned accolades including the Singapore Corporate Governance Award in November 2025 and Best Investor Relations (Silver) at the Singapore Corporate Awards in September 2025.