ULI Asia Pacific X South Korea Regional Webinar: Scaling Data Centres for Institutional Investment

When

2026-05-12
2026-05-12T13:00:00 - 2026-05-12T14:00:00
Asia/Shanghai

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    Webinar APAC This webinar will be hosted by Zoom Hong Kong, China

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    ULI Members: Complimentary
    Non-members: USD 30

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    Data centres across South Korea and Asia Pacific are undergoing a fundamental repricing—from bespoke, engineer-led developments to scalable infrastructure platforms capable of absorbing significant institutional capital. Accelerating AI deployment, grid constraints, decarbonisation mandates, and sustained digital demand are reshaping underwriting assumptions. Today, data centres are evaluated alongside logistics, living sectors and core infrastructure for their contracted income, scalability, and long-duration cash flow resilience. This session examines how capital markets, energy strategy and technical design are converging to position data centres as a core allocation within institutional portfolios. Across Asia Pacific, REITs, sovereign wealth funds, infrastructure managers and private equity are deploying capital into platforms that secure power, enable modular expansion, and deliver operational certainty at scale. The event opens with a keynote by Actis, exploring how institutional investors are underwriting the sector—prioritising power access, scalability, and resilience as primary value drivers. A moderated panel will then bring together developers, consultants and capital providers to discuss how data centres are being structured, financed and managed as institutional-grade infrastructure assets—moving beyond one-off projects to platform-based investment strategies.

     

    Speakers

    Dae Hyun Choi

    Head of Investments – Asia,

    Dae Choi is the Head of Asia Investments and Investment Director at DCI Data Centers (DCI), where he is responsible for directing the company’s Asia-wide investment strategy and leading its corporate development initiatives. With over a decade of experience in real assets, Dae has a deep understanding of capital deployment and market analysis. Prior to joining DCI, he held key roles at Meritz Securities, Korea Ratings, and PwC. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Leeds.

    Randy Simes

    Head of Advisory, WSP Korea

    Randy Simes is the Head of Advisory Services at WSP - one of the world’s top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. With over 13 years based in Seoul, he helps companies plan, design, build, purchase and sell real estate across Korea and throughout the Asia region. Randy is passionate about urbanism and has embarked on a lifelong journey to improve cities and make them more livable and sustainable places.