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Singtel partners Nvidia in new push to build green AI-ready data centres

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Wong Pei Ting

Published Wed, Jan 31, 2024 · 11:30 AM
    • Singtel intends to move its customers over to its first new artificial intelligence data centre in Tuas.
    • Singtel intends to move its customers over to its first new artificial intelligence data centre in Tuas. PHOTO: REUTERS

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    SINGTEL will progressively shut five of its older data centres in Singapore as it shifts its focus to building greener, artificial intelligence (AI) ready data centres under a new brand, Nxera, the telco announced on Wednesday (Jan 31).

    Among the key strategic initiatives launching this effort is a partnership with US tech giant Nvidia, which now dominates the market for chips used in AI applications.

    This collaboration will make Singtel the Nasdaq-listed company’s cloud partner in South-east Asia, said Bill Chang, the chief executive of Nxera and Singtel’s digital infraco unit.

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