Big Data

Data centers have overtaken industrial, manufacturing and distribution as the top-performing construction sector in Southeast Asia, reflecting the surging demand for digital infrastructure from hyperscalers and cloud service providers, alongside growing interest in sustainable, high-performance facilities, Turner & Townsend said Tuesday.

Google Cloud announced Thursday the appointment of Jennifer Ligones as Country Manager of the firm’s business in the Philippines.

BDx Data Centers (BDx), a carrier-neutral data center platform based in China, has launched Southeast Asia’s first hybrid quantum artificial intelligence (AI) testbed in collaboration with Anyon Technologies, a Singapore-based large-scale quantum computing systems firm.

Maybank Investment Bank said Malaysia's data center momentum may stall if the country and Thailand face chip curbs from the United States.

Goodman Group, an Australia-based digital infrastructure firm, has established the Goodman Hong Kong Data Center Partnership (GHKDC) – a new $2.7 billion data center dedicated investment vehicle.

While the new power tariffs may lead to short-term challenges for data center projects in Malaysia, the country's dominant position in emerging Southeast Asia is unlikely to be dramatically altered, as demand for cloud computing remains strong, BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said Thursday.

BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said hyperscale opportunities are driving Philippines market convergence while Malaysia maintains regional leadership.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business arm of global technology company Tencent, announced Thursday its commitment to help more South Korea’s web-based enterprises scale and innovate, through artificial intelligence (AI) and media technologies that will usher in more interactive, immersive and sticky user experiences.

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced last Thursday that leading Philippine fiber and technology solutions provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. will use its Data Center Fabric solution – a switching platform composed of both hardware and software - to future-proof its new data centers in the Philippines by using artificial intelligence (AI) and…

EDGNEX Data Centers by DAMAC, a global digital infrastructure company backed by the DAMAC Group, a global conglomerate headquartered in Dubai, announced Tuesday the development of a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data center in Jakarta, Indonesia, its second in the market.