Infrastructure

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.
CIO CORNER

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

Aecom's AI-enabled “sustainable design optioneering ecosystem” is a suite of tools and workflows aimed at reshaping how design decisions are made.
DAITA 2026

Aecom builds Singapore’s first AI-enabled sustainable design optioneering ecosystem

The innovations improve quality and create clearer, evidence-based client decisions

Private wealth portfolios should have an allocation to infrastructure, says Lennart Blecher, chairperson of EQT Real Assets.

Stronger governance and an ‘industrial’ approach drive EQT’s outperformance

The trick is to identify good companies that can be made great by attracting the best people, says chair of EQT Real Assets

Raj Agrawal, global head of real assets at KKR, says the relative nascency of the infrastructure investment market in Asia has enabled the firm to take a leadership position.

Infrastructure not a safe-haven asset, but Asia-Pacific remains a bright spot: KKR

Investment firm sees potential in the region, which accounts for about 60% of global economic growth

MSCI estimates indicate that losses from physical hazards could rise to US$4.6 billion by 2050 – nearly four times the 2024 figure of US$1.2 billion.

Climate risks increasingly pose threat to insurance markets, broader financial system: MSCI Institute

Larger tail events and the clustering of secondary perils can lower predictability