Asia
Adyen partners Limitless Technology to streamline payment infrastructure
Adyen, the global financial technology platform, has announced its partnership with Limitless Technology Group, a gifting e-commerce firm headquartered in Melbourne, to streamline the firm’s payment infrastructure across its portfolio of brands and markets.
Data center boom drives structural LNG demand in Southeast Asia, while South Asia remains out of reach – Wood Mackenzie
The hyperscale data center boom sweeping Asia is generating materially divergent outcomes for liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand across the region, with Southeast Asia emerging as a compelling new demand driver while South Asia remains structurally out of reach for gas, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie revealed on Monday.
Students avoiding AI for schoolwork outscore peers in science: OECD
Fifteen-year-olds reporting they never or almost never used artificial intelligence (AI) for schoolwork outscored their AI-using peers in science on nearly every type of task, except for utilizing AI as a general study aid, according to the PISA result conducted by the OECD.
Singapore’s Laters.com bets on payment flexibility to reshape online travel booking [interview]
Laters.com announced a $1.5 million seed round led by XBO Ventures, the investment arm of XBO.com, the global digital-asset platform, and the completion of its rebrand.
AI to push Asia-Pacific data center capacity from 32 to 57 GW by 2030: JLL
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data-center expansion can double Asia-Pacific data-center capacity by 2030, from 32 GW to 57 GW, and can pressure power grids worldwide, in a "generational shift" in electricity demand.
China’s Tencent Cloud to power Pakistan-originated travel platform Bookme’s regional expansion
Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, will provide cloud infrastructure to Bookme, a Pakistan-born travel and e-ticketing platform, to support its expansion across the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Cathay Pacific expands Google AI contrail trials in Asia
Cathay Pacific and Google are expanding AI-powered contrail-avoidance trials across Asian and trans-Pacific routes after an initial operational test.
Data center growth in emerging markets hinges on opportunities and risk – S&P
Emerging markets could be the next major driver of growth for the data center industry, with a development pipeline that is almost two times larger than current global operating capacity, S&P Globa Ratings said in a report on last Friday.
Google DeepMind picks 16 environmental-AI projects across Asia-Pacific for inaugural accelerator
Google DeepMind, the AI arm of Google, has selected 16 startups, nonprofits and research teams across the Asia-Pacific for the first cohort of an accelerator supporting environmental projects that use AI.
Ping An Digital Bank launches e-commerce financing
Ping An Digital Bank has launched receivables-backed financing of up to $5 million for eligible cross-border e-commerce merchants.
