Vena Global to build data centers powered by its renewable projects; in talks with 10 firms
Vena Global Group Pte Ltd, Singapore-based green energy solutions provider, yesterday announced the launch of Vena Nexus Group Pte Ltd to develop green AI-ready data centres co-located with its renewable energy sites across Asia Pacific, the group said in a press release. The latter is reportedly in talks with 10 technology firms from the US […]
Microsoft’s first cloud region in Indonesia available now
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the opening of its first cloud region in Indonesia, Indonesia Central which is an AI-ready hyperscale cloud infrastructure that offers in-country data residency, high levels of security, and lower latency. The announcement was made during Microsoft’s AI Tour Jakarta, where over 800 decision-makers from leading organizations gathered. With a planned investment of US$ […]
Microsoft’s first Malaysian cloud region now available in Kuala Lumpur
Microsoft yesterday announced the general availability of Malaysia West, its first cloud region in the country, which will be an AI-ready hyperscale cloud infrastructure with three availability zone, the company said in a press release. Located in Greater Kuala Lumpur, it will offer Malaysian organizations access to scalable, available, and resilient cloud services coupled with […]
Measuring AI’s power appetite ‘bottom-up’
AI’s Energy Footprint By 2025, AI could be drawing as much electricity as some mid-sized European nations, and the numbers are only accelerating. As a result, significant media attention has focused on the increasing power demand of AI applications as a whole. And yet, despite this growing attention to AI’s energy footprint, the actual evolution […]