Sarah ChenFinance
Thailand Investment Applications Rose 28% to over 1.7 Trillion Baht
Foreign direct investment jumped 62 per cent to 1.55 trillion baht across 1,309 projects.
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Aiko TanakaReal Estate
Princeton Digital Group to Boost Asian Data Centre Capacity by 200 Percent
The Warburg Pincus- and Stonepeak-backed operator plans to raise up to $5 billion in debt this year to fund its hyperscale expansion.
Aiko TanakaFinance
US Dollar Drops Across Asia as AI Debt Jitters Shake Currency Markets
The greenback slipped 0.45 per cent this week as mounting debt concerns across artificial intelligence infrastructure prompted investors to rethink interest rate paths.
Wei ZhangFinance
Thailand Plans Foreign Investment Push to Lift Economic Growth to 3%
Bangkok will host the IMF and World Bank annual meetings next week as the government targets data centres and electric vehicles to reverse sluggish expansion.
Rajiv MenonTelecom
Google Defends US$15 Billion Indian AI Data Hub Against Community Scrutiny
Google switched its planned gigawatt-scale hub in Andhra Pradesh to air cooling to ease local water strains as activists push for an infrastructure moratorium.
Sarah ChenTelecom
Microsoft Secures Approval for $902M Western Sydney Data Centre
The New South Wales government granted consent for the 96-megawatt Huntingwood facility, adding critical capacity as hyperscale operators face tighter community scrutiny in Sydney.
Wei ZhangReal Estate
CloudHQ Plans to Shrink Tokyo Shopping Mall for Data Centres
CloudHQ is pitching a plan to cut retail space at Inzai’s BigHop Garden Mall to 13,345 square metres and use data centre revenues to fund the rebuild.
Aiko TanakaResearch
Global AI Data Centre Spending to Hit Thirty Trillion Dollars by 2050
Capital flows into artificial intelligence infrastructure now outpace the historical peaks of both the railroad and dotcom investment booms.
Rajiv MenonGeneral
Thailand Targets 25,000 Megawatts of Clean Power for Industrial and Data Demands
Grid upgrades and renewable expansion aim to lift green power generation to 80 percent by 2050 while supplying energy-heavy digital infrastructure.
Aiko TanakaElectronics
Samsung Pledges $1B to KKR AI Infrastructure Vehicle Helix
Samsung Electronics and five affiliates inject $1 billion into KKR’s digital platform, lifting total capital past $11 billion.
Minjun ParkReal Estate
Shorea Capital Buys Sheung Wan Tower as Amazon Adds Fanling Sites
Singapore investment firm Shorea Capital will convert The Pemberton into residential units, while Amazon Data Services adds two Fanling sites.
Wei ZhangTelecom
Goodman Group Raises $455 Million for Hong Kong Data Centre Partnership
Proceeds will primarily fund mechanical and electrical works at the 50-megawatt HKG10 facility in Tsuen Wan, scheduled to enter service in early 2028.
Minjun ParkGeneral
Anthropic Leases First Stage of $10.4 Billion Queensland Data Centre
The US AI developer will anchor the 1.44-gigawatt Western Downs Digital Park backed by Singapore’s Zerra DC and Macquarie Capital.
Aiko TanakaStartups
OpenAI Projects $278 Billion Cash Burn Through 2030 on Infrastructure Push
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.
Sarah ChenTelecom
Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Seeks S$2 Billion Loan for Singapore Reit IPO
The package includes debt tranches of three to seven years in Singapore dollars and yen to acquire assets and refinance existing debt.
Minjun ParkElectronics
Google to Roll Out Two AI Chips a Year and Expand Taiwan Hub
The search giant will expand its research and development footprint in Taiwan by 60 per cent to support a faster custom silicon release cadence.
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