ABOITIZ InfraCapital Inc. (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group, has entered into a partnership with EdgeConneX (ECX), the pioneer in global hyperlocal to hyperscale data center solutions based in the United States.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AIC said the joint venture aims to tap the opportunity of the rising data usage in the Philippines by developing a data center platform that will house cloud service providers' information technology equipment, enabling them to better support the Philippine market.