Infrastructure

Asia insurers increasing infrastructure debt exposure as capital rules shift: Schroders

The asset class offers access to sectors that institutional investors might not otherwise have

From left: Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Dr Choo Pei Ling; SP Mobility MD Dean Cher; and Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling at the event.

Singapore launches first EV fast-charging hub within an HDB car park at Tengah

The hub has 14 charging points, eight of which are fast-chargers capable of up to 100 kW of power output

Artist's impression of the US$28 billion Red River Scenic Boulevard mega project.

Chasing Seoul’s ‘Han River miracle’: Inside Hanoi’s 736.9 trillion dong Red River bet

The project serves as the centrepiece of a 100-year master plan to redesign the entire capital city of Vietnam

Distributable income for KIT's energy transition segment rose 19.7% to S$46.5 million, driven by higher contributions from Aramco Gas Pipelines Company, the German Solar Portfolio and Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm (above).

Keppel Infrastructure Trust Q1 distributable income down 17.3% at S$53.7 million

Distributable income is up 18.2% when excluding a one-off S$21.7 million divestment gain in 2025

ST Engineering says that the ventures mark a “further expansion of its smart mobility footprint in the Middle East”.

ST Engineering unit bags Middle East smart mobility projects worth over S$100 million

The group’s urban solutions business has a ‘decade-long track record’ in the region

Last year, TikTok had said it would invest US$8.8 billion in data centres over five years in Thailand.

Thailand approves 958 billion baht of investment projects, including from TikTok 

The approvals include a large-scale data infrastructure expansion by a local unit of TikTok valued at 842 billion baht

Masato Kanda, president of ADB, says energy and digital connectivity would underpin the region’s growth.

ADB launches US$70 billion plan for energy, digital infrastructure in Apac

The development bank intends to finance at least half the cost of the initiatives itself

Do not build portfolios as though the future belongs only to asset-light digital champions or only to heavy industrial incumbents, says the writer.
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Compute vs concrete: For investors, not a binary choice

There will be winners on both sides, as software capability leans more heavily on physical assets

The project may allow vessels to avoid the congested Malacca Strait, shorten transit times by an average of four days, and cut shipping costs by about 15%.

Hormuz crisis spurs Thailand to fast-track long-standing landbridge project

The plan involves linking two new seaports via a rail and road network across Thai’s southern peninsula

Jurong Island already functions as a highly integrated industrial ecosystem. Plans for a low-carbon data centre park there extends the model further.

Turning AI factories into climate assets

The focus must shift to how they can be designed to better integrate with – and contribute to – the systems around them