TNGlobal Q&A and Interviews

Ciena’s Gautam Billa on connecting distributed AI data centers across Asia

Ciena CTO Gautam Billa examines optical capacity planning, multi-site GPU clusters, network power efficiency and data-center connectivity across India and Southeast Asia.

Castrol’s Peter Huang on cooling high-density AI data centers [Q&A]

Peter Huang discusses when air cooling reaches its limits, direct-to-chip systems, operational trade-offs and cooling design across APAC.

[HK Special Report] Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu on Web3, digital ownership, building Hong Kong’s next tech frontier

In this interview with TNGlobal for its Hong Kong Special Report series, Siu discussed how the convergence of AI agents, blockchain and tokenization could redefine digital ownership, from financial markets to everyday online interactions. Siu also shared his perspective on Hong Kong’s emergence as a Web3 hub, highlighting the city’s financial infrastructure…

Cloudera’s Carolyn Duby on governing AI-agent access and security [Q&A]

Cloudera’s Carolyn Duby discusses permissions, zero trust, monitoring and recovery for AI agents operating across enterprise systems.

[HK Special Report] InvestHK’s CY Lu on Hong Kong’s next startup chapter

In this instalment of TNGlobal’s Hong Kong Special Report, Invest Hong Kong Acting Head of Startups CY Lu examined how Hong Kong is positioning itself as an international innovation hub, the sectors offering the greatest growth potential, and the role of cross-border partnerships in connecting Asia-Pacific’s technology ecosystems. The discussion of the…

Aolani and YCO Cloud on building an AI compute hub in the Philippines [Q&A]

Aolani and YCO Cloud discuss the Philippines’ planned NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra cluster, local demand, energy, skills and rollout risks.

Expereo’s Eric Wong on digital sovereignty beyond data localization in APAC [Q&A]

Expereo's Eric Wong discusses digital sovereignty, hybrid networks, AI dependencies, localization trade-offs and governance for multinational companies across APAC.

India’s Pine Labs sees Singapore as template for Southeast Asia’s unified payment push [Q&A]

Pine Labs has launched a unified payments platform in Singapore, combining payment acceptance, acquiring, installment payments, and customer engagement for merchants.

Eric Cheng, co-founder and group chief executive of CARSOME

CARSOME’s Eric Cheng on building sustainable used-car unit economics [Q&A]

CARSOME CEO Eric Cheng discusses used-car inventory, pricing discipline, financing, customer trust and the role of AI.

Fireblocks’ Itai Turbahn on making embedded wallets feel like consumer payments [Q&A]

Fireblocks VP Itai Turbahn discusses embedded-wallet security, recovery, custody, sandbox testing and cross-border consumer payments around TrueMoney's THBT rollout.