Artificial Intelligence

From tokens to outcomes: Google Cloud’s global startups head sees AI cost shift, expands Singapore push

2026-09-03T04:00:00.000Z
Western boardrooms and capitals confront the possibility of Chinese firms seizing the lead in advanced manufacturing and cutting-edge technologies.

Tech pilgrims flock to China as global innovation race heats up

2026-09-03T00:33:58.000Z
The real win for Keppel DC Reit could be diversification, as contribution from Japan jumps to 23%, from 9%.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Keppel DC Reit’s Tokyo drift: The easy yen trade is over

2026-09-02T23:00:00.000Z
With growing AI use, tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon and smaller data centre providers are rapidly building new computing facilities around the globe.

Global data centre spending to reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050 on AI boom: PwC

2026-09-02T05:02:31.000Z
From left: Claressa Monteiro, head of audio, The Business Times; Mark Tham, country managing director, Accenture Singapore; Dilys Boey, chief executive, Skills and Workforce Development Agency; Kok Ping Soon, chief executive officer, Singapore Business Federation; Lee Yan Hong, head of group human resources, DBS.

Bringing tech and people together for Singapore’s AI future

2026-09-01T23:00:00.000Z
Roundtable participants (from left) Claressa Monteiro, head of audio, The Business Times; Mark Tham, country managing director, Accenture Singapore; Dilys Boey, chief executive, Skills and Workforce Development Agency; Kok Ping Soon, chief executive officer, Singapore Business Federation; Lee Yan Hong, head of group human resources, DBS.

For true AI transformation, go beyond deployment and using tools

2026-09-01T23:00:00.000Z
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks virtually during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Sep 1, 2026.

US urges hands-off approach to AI regulation at G20 tech meeting

2026-09-01T22:48:48.000Z
Even as the AI investment cycle is creating opportunities, it is also reshaping corporate financing.
MIND THE GAP

Weighing higher bond yields against influx of AI debt

2026-09-01T10:35:35.000Z
One response – articulated last week by Bill Gates – is that we should have jobs that are “human reserved” and cannot be filled by robots. 

A real-world trial for work in the age of AI

2026-09-01T09:36:18.000Z
A semiconductor cluster under construction in South Korea’s Yongin city on Jul 21. The country’s historic spending increase is being fuelled by a windfall from its semiconductor industry.

South Korea proposes record US$597 billion 2027 Budget to supercharge AI investment

2026-09-01T08:16:17.000Z