3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxAustralia moves to tighten grid rules for data centresAustralia’s energy rule-maker has proposed new grid connection standards for large data centres, warning that rapidly growing AI and cloud…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongZDATA tops green ranking, a first for data center in MalaysiaBeijing-based data center operator ZDATA Technologies’s US$2 billion GP3 hyperscale data center in Johor has recently earned the distinction of…
3 months agoEMEA | Deborah GreyUPDATE | Bank data center targetted in Iran; concerns rise over retaliation against banks and tech infrastructureIn yet another attack on digital infrastructure amidst the war in the Middle East, the data center of an Iranian…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongVietnam’s US$2 billion AI data center to start construction in AprilVietnam’s first AI data center, a US$ 2 billion project is expected to commence construction on 30th April, according to…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongBridge Data Centres, A*STAR IHPC, HY ink pact to explore nuclear power for data centersSingapore-based operator of hyperscale data infrastructure, Bridge Data Centres (BDC) has recently signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with A*STAR…
3 months agoAPAC | Deborah GreyMumbai continues to dominate India’s DC scene: Cushman & Wakefield reportAccording to a recent report by Cushman & Wakefield, Mumbai is still the largest data center market in India, accounting…
3 months agoEMEA | Conor McNevinEurope launches EURO-3C, a pan-continental digital infrastructure projectThe European Commission, together with a consortium led by Telefónica, S.A., and over 70 European entities, has launched EURO-3C, a…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxDatagrid secures approval for New Zealand’s first AI factory in SouthlandDatagrid New Zealand has received full resource consent to develop what it describes as the country’s first “AI factory,” a…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxNSW approves Stockland data centre for Sydney innovation precinctThe New South Wales government has approved plans for a new hyperscale data centre development at Stockland’s MPark precinct in…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongPDG secures USD 350 million funding; targets USD 5 billion debt financing in 2026Singapore-based data center operator, Princeton Digital Group (PDG), has closed a USD 350 million debt financing, as part of its plan…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxVAST, NVIDIA and Cisco unveil integrated AI stackAt VAST Forward 2026 in Singapore, VAST Data used the stage alongside NVIDIA and Cisco to position itself at the…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongVietnam’s new AI law comes into forceVietnam’s Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) (“AI Law”) came into force yesterday, serving as a comprehensive legal framework for regulating…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxFirmus secures “multi-billion-dollar” AI contract for MelbourneAustralia’s Firmus Technologies has signed a long-term, multi-billion-dollar contract with a leading global technology platform for dedicated AI infrastructure capacity…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxDCA calls for “grounded” policy response to data centre public interest principlesData Centres Australia (DCA) has responded to a new joint statement calling for “public interest principles” to govern the rapid…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongOPINION | To ban, or not to ban, that is the question for MalaysiaMalaysia doesn’t fail to come up with surprises lately where data centers (DCs) are concerned. The country that will surpass…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxNEXTDC’s Craig Scroggie will chair Data Centres Australia’s inaugural boardA new industry body, Data Centres Australia (DCA), has appointed its inaugural board as it seeks to position Australia as…
3 months agoAPAC | Simon DuxCDC opens Melbourne campus as Victoria positions for 800 MWCDC Data Centres has formally opened its first Melbourne data centre campus in Brooklyn, marking what it describes as a…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongMalaysia restricts non-AI data centers: Anwar In a surprise response in Parliament yesterday, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the country has restricted all…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongIndonesia partners Arm to train 15,000 engineers in chip designIndonesia has signed a framework agreement to partner with British chip designer Arm Limited to cooperate on chip design capabilities…
3 months agoAPAC | Jan YongSingapore to impose PUE requirements on all data centers in upcoming Digital Infrastructure ActSingapore will impose Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) requirements on all data centres – new and existing – in the proposed…