Data centres

Thai billionaire Sarath deepens bet on AI in Google tie-up

Gulf Edge signs a strategic framework agreement with Google to provide AI infrastructure services

Dr Victor Nian, CSER’s founding co-chairman, says that the study aims to provide credible, data-driven insights.

Data centre player Equinix funds study on nuclear energy tech for Singapore, including floating plants

It will also assess the feasibility of small modular reactors; aims to provide ‘data-driven’ insights

Car manufacturers and suppliers that are more exposed to advanced driver-assistance systems and electronics components are at higher risk.

AI data centre boom risks roiling global carmaker supply chains

A data centre-driven memory chip shortage is forcing some suppliers to accept price hikes of over 100%

The show floor buzzword at tech event CES was “physical AI” and robotics. Consumer devices felt like afterthoughts; the real audience was data-centre buyers.
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Trump has repeatedly described power plants being built alongside data centres.

Trump moves to make tech giants pay for surging power costs

The grid operator serves more than 67 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to the Midwest

The move brings Keppel's pipeline of data-centre power-bank capacity from over 300 MW to “over 1 gigawatt (GW) of gross power capacity in the Asia-Pacific”.

Keppel bags 720 MW power bank for AI data centre campus near Melbourne

The group is in ‘active discussions with hyperscalers and neoclouds’ on the site’s future capacity

Thai officials say data centre projects will create tech jobs, build chains and fuel e-commerce, fintech and AI growth.

Thailand approves new data centre projects worth 96.9 billion baht

The latest approvals are in addition to the 36 data-centre project proposals worth US$23 billion

Above: A data centre in Indiana in the US.  While decentralised centres offer solutions that traditional hyperscalers struggle to answer, the two models are expected to coexist to meet rising AI demands.

Power crunch, red tape forcing Asia’s data centres out of hyperscaler hubs

Operators are pivoting towards a ‘decentralised’ model – which places data centres in ‘Tier-2’ cities

Meta is accelerating investments in frontier AI and personal superintelligence, a theoretical milestone where machines outthink humans.

Meta unveils ‘Meta Compute’ initiative to build AI infrastructure

Big Tech companies are looking to secure long-term electricity supplies as AI and data centres increase US power demand

SB Energy will also become a customer of OpenAI, using its APIs and deploying ChatGPT for employees.

OpenAI, SoftBank invest US$1 billion in SB Energy as Stargate buildout expands

The data centre construction boom has also prompted major players, including Meta Platforms