Big Data
78% of Singapore IT leaders lack real-time data infrastructure, slows AI scaling: Confluent report
As many as 78 percent of Singapore IT leaders say a lack of real-time data infrastructure is stalling their efforts to scale AI, even as 75 percent are already deploying or piloting agentic AI solutions.
AI data center boom tests Malaysia’s power, water and talent limits – AMRO
Malaysia’s rapid emergence as a regional data center hub amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is creating new strains on power, water and talent resources, raising questions about how sustainable the sector’s growth will be over the longer term, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said Tuesday.
Indonesia’s Polibeli Group plans 100MW AI computing center in Thailand
Nasdaq-listed Polibeli Group Ltd, an Indonesia-headquartered digital supply chain company, plans to establish a preliminary framework for evaluating a potential artificial intelligence (AI) computing center in Thailand.
Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, Tata Communications to build I-2SEA submarine cable linking India, Malaysia, Singapore
Singapore-based Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, and India-based Tata Communications will jointly build a new submarine cable system connecting India, Malaysia, and Singapore, with consortium partners targeting completion in the fourth quarter of 2029.
Wesco International acquires Singapore’s Newark Engineering for $136M, to expand data center cooling in Southeast Asia
The United States-based Wesco International has completed the acquisition of Newark Engineering Group, a Singapore-based provider of engineered cooling solutions and lifecycle services for data centers, for S$175 million ($136 million).
Vietnam’s G-Group to invest $300M in building AI data center campus in Hanoi
Vietnam's G-Group Technology Corporation will build its G-Campus Hoa Lac, a high-tech center and Tier III data center complex specializing in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, with total investment of VND7,600 billion ($300 million).
India’s Tata Communications to invest $152M in subsea cables linking India’s AI, Singapore
India's Tata Communications will make an strategic $152 million investment in subsea cable infrastructure to expand the India-Singapore digital corridor with an additional 98 terabits per second of AI-ready capacity,
NVIDIA, Australia’s Firmus to jointly deploy 170,000 AI accelerators in Indonesia, targeting $30B in revenue
NVIDIA and Australia's AI facilitator Firmus Technologies will jointly provide global AI-native, enterprise, and ISV customers access to NVIDIA's AI accelerated computing stack, with the infrastructure to be deployed at Firmus' Batam campus in Indonesia.
Singapore-based SuperX AI eyes 1 GW data center cluster in Kazakhstan
Singapore-headquartered SuperX AI Technology Limited plans to invest in a 1-GW data center cluster in Kazakhstan, executives expressed at a meeting with Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's "Summer Davos" in China.
MBSB sees positive impacts of data center development to Malaysia economic growth and various sectors
MBSB Research said Wednesday that it sees positive impacts of data center development to Malaysia economic growth and various sectors.
