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Australia’s multi-billion dollar energy link to Asia will focus on local data centres for now
The development is one of the most ambitious global efforts to supply power-hungry Asian economies that lack the land to generate enough…
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Keppel DC Reit acquires remaining stake in 2 data centres from sponsor Keppel for S$8.4 million
The manager of Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has acquired the 51 per cent remaining interest in two artificial…
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Amazon to invest NZ$7.5 billion in New Zealand data centres
Amazon has formally launched cloud services in New Zealand and dusted off a plan first announced in 2021 to invest more than NZ$7.5…
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Google to invest additional US$9 billion in Virginia data centres
Alphabet’s Google is investing an additional US$9 billion in Virginia till 2026 to enhance cloud and artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Microsoft, Rolls-Royce Power Systems push treated vegetable oils to green Singapore’s data centres
Microsoft and Rolls-Royce Power Systems are pushing for the adoption of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a sustainable backup fuel for…
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GIC in talks to invest in Goodman’s data centres: report
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is considering a proposal to invest in data centre assets owned by Australian property firm Goodman…
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South-east Asia’s reality check: What’s hindering data centres’ green transition?
Powered by large-scale data centres, South-east-Asia’s digital economy is expanding at breakneck speed – but the region’s clean energy…
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Taiwan’s Foxconn, Teco Electric to build AI data centres
Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, will form a strategic partnership with industrial motor maker Teco…
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Genius: Sienna Miller's Summer Capsule Wardrobe Centres Around 6 Timeless Staples
If anyone has mastered the art of summer dressing, it’s Sienna Miller. Long known for her bohemian-leaning style, she’s the kind of…
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From two centres to IPO: offshore wind recruiter Sheffield Green plots training spinoff
Getting its training centres off the ground took time and resources, but Sheffield Green is going all in on what it calls a “new product…
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Temasek’s Mapletree Investments eyes expansion in data centres, logistics and student housing
Temasek’s Mapletree Investments said it will look at opportunities to expand and diversify its footprint in data centres, logistics and…
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Oracle, OpenAI expand Stargate deal for more US data centres
OpenAI has agreed to rent a massive amount of computing power from Oracle data centres as part of its Stargate initiative, underscoring…
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Alibaba Cloud launches global AI innovation hub in Singapore, two data centres in Malaysia, Philippines
Alibaba’s cloud computing arm on Wednesday (Jul 2) launched a global artificial intelligence (AI) innovation hub in Singapore, which will…
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Meta seeks US$29 billion from private capital firms for AI data centres, FT reports
Meta Platforms is seeking to raise US$29 billion from private capital firms to build artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in the US,…
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Urgent mental health centres to open across England
Specialist mental health crisis centres will be opened across England over the next decade in a bid to reduce crowding in accident and…
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UOB says data centres are ‘sheltered’ from Trump tariffs, names Reits to buy
UOB Kay Hian (UOBKH) predicts continued growth in demand for data centres over the next five years – even amid a challenging environment…
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Airtrunk seeks S$2.2 billion loan to build Singapore data centres
Blackstone-owned data centre firm AirTrunk is seeking a S$2.2 billion green loan for a new greenfield project in Singapore, according to…
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Half of job centres reducing support over shortages, watchdog says
More than half of job centres are reducing support for people claiming Universal Credit due to a shortage of work coaches, according to a…
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AI boom turns Asian data centres into magnets for loan deals
Artificial intelligence advances are fuelling a funding frenzy for data centres in Asia, spawning a series of record-breaking loans and…
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Data centres a possibility for Stoneweg European Reit under new sponsor
SWI Group “fully supports” the Reit’s strategy to rebalance its portfolio to focus more on industrial properties and high-quality offices…
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Microsoft Malaysia to launch three data centres in Q2 2025
Microsoft will launch its first cloud region in Malaysia with three data centres by mid-year, the tech company said on Thursday (Mar 20),…
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Australia’s Goodman raises A$4 billion for data centres to tap AI boom
AUSTRALIA’S Goodman Group plans to raise A$4 billion (S$3.4 billion) via a share placement to develop a global network of data centres, as…
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Microsoft unveils quantum computing chip for future data centres
MICROSOFT announced its first quantum computing chip, a major step in the company’s effort to produce devices that might someday solve…
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Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
Jonathan Head South East Asia Correspondent More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in…