Australian laser maker EOS opens production centre in Singapore
The centre will produce EOS’s 100 kilowatt-class laser weapon system for Dutch and Korean customers Australia’s Electro Optic Systems (EOS) opened a production centre in Singapore…
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No longer a ‘boring’ telco: Singtel’s multibillion-dollar data centre bet with KKR to power its transformation
By teaming up with KKR to take a controlling stake in STT GDC, the telco is moving from the regional league to the global main stage When the market whispers about a S$13.8 billion deal,…
South-east Asia seeks data centre investments – but must reckon with their thirst
With rapid data centre growth straining the region’s water supply, the race is on for alternative water sources and cooling technologies. Soaring AI demand has brought hefty data centre…
Singapore-based Digital Edge to build US$4.5 billion data centre campus in Indonesia
Digital Edge, an Asian digital infrastructure firm backed by alternative asset manager Stonepeak Partners, plans to invest US$4.5 billion to build one of Indonesia’s largest data…
SoftBank stops talks to buy data centre firm Switch
O] SoftBank Group has halted talks about an acquisition of US data centre operator Switch, a setback to founder Masayoshi Son’s ambition to roll out Stargate AI…
Data centre player Equinix funds study on nuclear energy tech for Singapore, including floating plants
It will also assess the feasibility of small modular reactors; aims to provide “data-driven” insights Data centre operator Equinix is funding a new study by a Singapore-based think-tank on…
London retains top spot in own global financial centre survey for sixth year
London remains the world’s top financial centre ahead of New York, the City of London Corporation’s annual survey based on public data showed on Thursday (Jan 22), while Singapore…
AI data centre boom risks roiling global carmaker supply chains
A data centre-driven memory chip shortage is forcing some suppliers to accept price hikes of over 100% The auto sector is bracing for yet another potential supply chain disturbance, this…
Keppel bags 720 MW power bank for AI data centre campus near Melbourne
The group is in ‘active discussions with hyperscalers and neoclouds’ on the site’s future capacity Asset manager Keppel on Thursday (Jan 15) announced that it has secured a 720 megawatt…
United Hampshire US Reit acquires Wallingford Fair Shopping Centre for US$21.4 million
The price of the freehold property is 8.2% lower than an independent valuation of US$23.3 million The manager of United Hampshire US Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has acquired…
London player Colt targets data centre migration to expand Singapore market share
It views global connectivity as its competitive advantage, and identifies opportunities in SGX data centre migration Data centre migrations are an opportunity for global challengers to…
Keppel Data Centre Campus gets conditional approval for 10-year lease extension
This is part of the sale of two hyperscale data centres in the campus to Keppel DC Reit Authorities have granted a conditional 10-year lease extension (to Jul 15, 2050) for Keppel Data…
Data centre race: Singapore betting on quality over scale, say observers
As the AI race heats up, the city-state is pursuing a ‘sustainable’ data centre strategy – but what stands in the way of its ambitions? As South-east Asia and the world bet on artificial…
China’s power reforms, global data centre buildout usher in battery boom
A revamp of China’s electricity market is boosting the economics of storing power just as international demand surges, sparking a boom for the Chinese energy storage manufacturers that…
Oracle data centre plan hit as Blue Owl walks from US$10 billion deal: source
Blue Owl’s discussions with lenders and Oracle for an OpenAI-linked Michigan data centre stall after failed negotiations Oracle’s largest data centre partner, Blue Owl Capital, will not…
Oracle denies report on OpenAI data centre delays
Oracle denied on Friday (Dec 12) a media report that it was delaying OpenAI-related data centres, following investor worries over its debt-fuelled artificial intelligence (AI)…
SoftBank eyes data centre group switch as Son hunts for AI
SOFTBANK Group is studying potential acquisitions including data centre operator Switch Inc., as billionaire founder Masayoshi Son ramps up the search for deals that can help it ride the…
Axa warns on data centre ‘gambles’ as private credit risks rise
French insurer Axa is exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector, amid growing awareness of emerging risks in private…
A guide to the Nvidia chips at the centre of US-China AI rivalry
As China races to catch up with the US in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the state of relations between the countries can be gauged by looking at which of the chips made by…
Microsoft “aggressively” looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom
The tech giant will also “take a very close look” at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres Microsoft is looking into cross-border clean energy projects in South-east Asia to…
SC Capital begins construction of 100MW data centre in Nanko island, Osaka
Singapore-based institutional real estate investment management firm SC Capital Partners Group on Friday (Dec 5) began construction of a data centre in Osaka, which has been allocated 100…
CLI-backed SC Capital starts work on US$600 million first phase of Osaka data centre
The 100MW facility in a prime location will have direct access to robust power infrastructure and major network routes Singapore-based institutional real estate investment management firm…
Reits are emerging as ‘powerful tools’ to fund rocketing data centre costs – Singapore benefits
Data centres are projected to need a US$6.7 trillion investment globally to keep up with compute power demand by 2030 Data centres are expensive to construct and operate, as they are also…
TikTok to invest more than 200 billion reais in Brazil data centre
ByteDance’s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais (S$49 billion) to build a data centre in Brazil, marking its first project in Latin America. TikTok will partner with data centre…