Bridge Data Centres appoints Drew Chen as co-CEO
- ID
- 42840
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 04 Nov 2026, 12:25 PM
- Fetched
- 04 Nov 2026, 12:59 PM
- Provider
- Digital News Asia
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/bridge-data-centres-appoints-drew-chen-co-ceo
- Source URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/rss.xml
Summary
- Score
- 2.5
- Created
- 04 Nov 2026, 12:59 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- startup_founders
What happened
Bridge Data Centres appointed Drew Chen as co-CEO effective 1 November 2026, working alongside existing co-CEO Eric Fan. BDC says it surpassed one gigawatt of capacity in 2026 and has a presence across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and India. Chen previously spent over 20 years in private equity, including as a senior partner at Bain Capital and a founding member of its Asia Pacific private equity team.
Why it matters
This is a leadership appointment with no Malaysia-specific capacity, location, pricing, or timeline details, so Malaysian builders have no concrete infrastructure or cloud-cost decision to make from it yet. Treat the 1GW milestone as a signal to watch BDC's Malaysia footprint and APAC capacity expansion, not as an actionable change today.
Discussion angle
What specific details would make a BDC capacity announcement actionable for Malaysian builders—Malaysia MW figures, site locations, colocation pricing, or cloud-partner commitments—rather than just corporate news?