The Digital Infrastructure Project of the Year Award is a new addition to the 2023 run and will recognise a best-in-class digital infrastructure project not necessarily for its budget, but for its impact on the sector and a location. Submissions will only be accepted from End-User owners occupiers, public or private, regardless of their geographic location or expertise (eg.: data centres, towers, fibre). This award will only consider projects which have been completed no more than 12 months before the nomination deadline. The accolade can still be entered even if only phase one of a larger scheme has been delivered, but the asset needs to be operational and running regardless. Judges will be looking for the reasoning and strategy behind the project, its capital structure, impact, customers and target market, and the long-lasting influence of where it has been constructed.

The 2023 shortlist includes:

&bull; AdaniConneX For the development of Chennai 1 data centre as part of the 50:50 JV with EdgeConneX.
&bull; Crosslake Fibre – For its continuous expansion of subsea infrastructure.
&bull; Layer 9 Data Centers – For its largescale data centre rollout in Mexico under the codename Project Falcon.
&bull; Nxtra by Airtel – For being the first data centre company in India to deploy Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology.
&bull; Princeton Digital Group – For its MU1 Project in India.
&bull; Scala Data Centers – For developing the SGRUTB04 data centre, the largest vertical data centre in Latin America.
&bull; Serverfarm – For its Israel market debut.