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Asia Pacific AI-driven data center boom reshapes Southeast Asia landscape
Asia Pacific (APAC) data center growth will remain strong through 2028, but future capacity expansion is expected to become increasingly concentrated in markets and operators capable of supporting artificial intelligence (AI)-grade workloads, large-scale financing and execution discipline, BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said Monday.
IMDA doubles down on AI readiness in Singapore by upskilling 40,000 tech professionals over next three years
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will expand the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) to upskill 40,000 tech professionals in Singapore under the National AI Impact Program (NAIIP), including final-year Information and Digital Technologies (IDT) students, over the next three years.
Equinix to build new data center in Malaysia with $190M investment
Equinix, Inc., the global digital infrastructure company, has on Tuesday announced plans to expand its presence in Malaysia with a new data center, KL2, in Kuala Lumpur with over $190 million investment.
Convergence in the blood: How AI and biotech are rewriting cancer detection across Asia
Industrial bases, not just science, will determine whether breakthroughs become real benefits.
How are APAC countries approaching AI governance?
The direction across APAC is clear, even though regions move at different paces. Some jurisdictions are moving from voluntary principles to binding rules, especially in high-impact AI applications and critical industries.
Asia-Pacific data center capacity to grow to 57 GW by 2030 – Seraya Partners
Asia-Pacific data center capacity is projected to grow from approximately 32 GW in 2025 to 57 GW by 2030, with artificial intelligence (AI) workloads expected to drive the majority of incremental demand, a whitepaper showed Monday.
Asia’s rise as a new benchmark in AI ethics and governance
Ultimately, Asia’s rise in AI ethics and governance represents a structural shift in global technology architecture. It is not a rejection of global standards, but an expansion of them into a more pluralistic, scalable, and context-aware model designed for large-scale human systems.
When AI agents start acting on our behalf, security gets more complicated
Southeast Asia’s businesses are moving quickly from AI experimentation to AI delegation. The next challenge is making sure autonomous systems do not become the weakest link in enterprise security.
AI drives 84 percent of breaches in Singapore as attackers outpace defenders
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been involved in 84 percent of reported security breaches in Singapore over the past 12 months, enabling attackers to operate with greater speed and scale than many organizations can defend against, a survey showed Wednesday.
Malaysia must build its own digital capabilities to ensure economic resilience, says Digital Minister
Malaysia’s future economic resilience will depend on its ability to build sovereign digital capabilities rather than merely host foreign technology infrastructure, its Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said on Thursday.
