The Business Times

Data centres

Telcos, Media & Tech

OpenAI asks US to expand chips tax credit to AI data centres

ST20250517_202554400741/pixgeneric/Taryn Ng// Generic of Singtel logo at Singpost Centre on May 17, 2025. Can use for network, broadband, telecom. ST PHOTO: TARYN NG
Companies & Markets
HOT STOCK

Singtel shares end 2.9% higher on Bharti Airtel share sale, talks for data centre deal

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo/File Photo
Telcos, Media & Tech

Google planning powerful AI data centre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost

Data centre cpnstruction costs in Singapore grew 5 per cent year-on-year, from US$13.8 to US$14.53 per watt.
Technology

Amid the AI boom, Singapore surfaces as the second-most expensive market to construct data centres

Along with a constant supply of solar energy, data centres are easier to cool in space, advocates note.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centres

The move could represent one of China’s most aggressive steps yet to eliminate foreign technology from its critical infrastructure.
Global Enterprise

China bans foreign AI chips from state-funded data centres: sources

Laurence Si, managing director of Microsoft Malaysia, said the two data centre cloud regions in Malaysia will strengthen the country's position as a strategic hub for advanced computing and AI infrastructure in South-east Asia.
ASEAN Business

Microsoft launches second cloud region in Johor Bahru, boosting Malaysia data-centre development

As the Asean Power Grid picks up momentum, Singapore's data centres may be able to tap clean energy from the region.
ESG

Data centres and clean power: Tricky marriage in the spotlight at Singapore’s energy forum

Amazon is backing Anthropic with an investment of US$8 billion, and built the startup a massive complex of data centres and custom AWS AI chips.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Amazon reports cloud unit grew at fastest rate since 2022

Keppel CEO Loh Chin Hua notes the company has developed an AI model to map out ideal locations for data centres.
ESG

Increasingly challenging to find suitable land for data centres: Keppel CEO

Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
View More