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The US AI developer will anchor the 1.44-gigawatt Western Downs Digital Park backed by Singapore’s Zerra DC and Macquarie Capital.

Chief of Wholesale Adel Alaskah outlined the carrier’s subsea cable and terrestrial infrastructure at Submarine Networks World in Singapore.

The ChatGPT maker expects cumulative spending on computing capacity to reach $856 billion by 2030 as it seeks fresh funding at a $1.2 trillion valuation.

Managing director Harsha Konduri said Google will focus on platforms equipped with security, governance, and cost management features.

Tokyo plans JPY 2.4 trillion in public and private spending through 2040 as aging vessels at NTT and KDDI threaten connectivity for cloud and AI networks.

The 600,000-kilometer fiber network now serves over 600 major customers and enables 24-hour activation across global routes.

The preliminary agreement establishes a commercial testing pipeline through U Mobile’s Enterprise Innovation Platform to target Malaysian businesses.

Former OpenAI executive Dale Finlay will lead expansion in the city-state, which ranks second globally in Claude usage.

India generates about 20 per cent of the world’s data but accounts for only 4 per cent of global data center capacity.

The California-based company will present behind-the-meter analytics to help ASEAN utilities eliminate non-technical losses and optimise grid capacity.

Intra-Asian undersea cable links will increase from 14 to 19 by 2035 as regional hubs diversify traffic routes away from contested maritime corridors.

The 20-fiber-pair transpacific system will land in Washington state and an undisclosed terminal in Japan to expand hyperscale cloud capacity.

Individual investors placed 5.98 trillion yuan in orders for the AI chipmaker as it raised 6.12 billion yuan on Shanghai’s STAR Market.

The search giant will expand its research and development footprint in Taiwan by 60 per cent to support a faster custom silicon release cadence.

The administration plans to back 10 national AI projects next year while building local computing capacity of 10,000 GPUs through private investment.

PT Infra Fiber Teknologi rolls out an open-access digital highway designed to link Indonesian data centers, 5G towers, and enterprise computing platforms.
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