Data centres
‘No other sector like it’: KKR sees no let-up in AI-driven infrastructure boom after STT GDC deal
Deep pools of private capital are chasing data centres, one of Asia’s most capital-intensive asset classes
China’s top chipmaker SMIC warns rushed AI capacity could sit idle
AI-related infrastructure investment is projected to exceed US$3 trillion over the next five years
US plans Big Tech carve-out from next chip tariffs, FT reports
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump‘s administration plans to spare firms such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft from upcoming tariffs on chips as they build AI data centres, the Financial Times reported on Monda...
Singtel’s regional data centre arm Nxera opens largest facility in Tuas
Nxera’s operational and pipeline capacity is expected to more than double to over 400 megawatts in the mid-term
Ho Chi Minh City unveils twin US$1 billion digital-asset, AI data-centre pacts
The authorities also pledge to provide support for large-scale data centres tied to a creativity-innovation-technology complex
Abu Dhabi’s G42 leads US$1 billion data centre project in Vietnam
The company is the primary developer of OpenAI’s Stargate infrastructure project in the UAE
Malaysia draws first data centre protest over pollution, water
The Gelang Patah project is unusually close to a residential area
AI race sends Big Tech’s capital spending to stratospheric high
Each tech giant has laid out a slightly different route to recouping their investments
Amazon says it will spend US$200 billion this year on AI build-out
Microsoft and Alphabet also spent more heavily than anticipated
Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth
Alphabet’s potentially to double its capital expenditures in 2026 – to between US$175 billion and US$185 billion
