Navigating the data centre boom

DATA centres have catapulted in recent years, from the ranks of alternative assets into a league of real estate that private equity is now racing to snap up. And as the global digital economy grows ever wider and deeper, the sector seems to offer limitless potential for investors.

Where are the growth hotspots for these essential properties, and what are investors and developers to make of their inconvenient truth - that data centres have a carbon footprint as big as the much maligned aviation sector? We take a look at the landscape for data centre markets, in Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend.

Despite the clear and present danger that cyberthreats pose to businesses today, companies are slow to take up cyber insurance. Jason Hammond, chief executive of QBE Asia, discusses the issues in The Raffles Conversation.

Barely a day goes past, it seems, without some stock springing out of a pot of anonymity and into the fire of the retail punters' forum. In This Time Is Different, our columnist tells why you should just step away from the meme stock.

Nick Jonsson suffered from depression in silence for years, until he plummeted into a breakdown. In our Fit To Lead column, the managing director of EGN Singapore tells how turning to exercise, endurance sports and the company of like-minded peers saved him.

And our resident Barfly, who cannot wait till her favourite watering holes are able to open again, recommends a virtual House Party.

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