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SoftBank eyes data centre group Switch as Son hunts for AI
Acquiring Switch would allow SoftBank to own a large portfolio of data centres outright SOFTBANK Group is studying potential acquisitions…
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Axa warns on data centre ‘gambles’ as private credit risks rise
French insurer Axa is exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector, amid…
Culture
Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach
Coupang chief executive officer Park Dae-jun resigned over his failure to prevent South Korea’s largest-ever data breach, which set off a…
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South Korea police raid e-commerce giant Coupang over data leak
Personal information of 33.7 million customers had been leaked – almost two-thirds of the population South Korean police raided the Seoul…
Culture
Microsoft “aggressively” looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom
The tech giant will also “take a very close look” at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres Microsoft is looking into…
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US: Wall St closes with slight gains as data keeps Fed cut expectations on track
US stocks closed out the trading week with slight gains on Friday (Dec 5) as the latest flurry of economic data kept elevated expectations…
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CLI-backed SC Capital starts work on US$600 million first phase of Osaka data centre
The 100MW facility in a prime location will have direct access to robust power infrastructure and major network routes Singapore-based…
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Asian markets mixed ahead of US data, expected Fed rate cut
Focus is now on the release later Friday of the personal consumption expenditures index Asian markets struggled into the weekend on Friday…
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Gold steady as rising yields offset dollar weakness; PCE data eyed
Gold prices held steady on Friday (Dec 5), as rising US Treasury yields offset support from a weaker US dollar, while markets awaited US…
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Humanoid robots have a data problem. China’s ‘training centres’ hope to fix it
The humans controlling the droids have them repeat each task over and over, as a computer system logs their every move Home economics…
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DayOne Data Centers seeks US$2 billion in upsized funding deal: sources
The data-centre operator may reach a valuation of about US$10 billion after the potential fundraising Singapore-based DayOne Data Centers…
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Data centres are expensive. Reits are ‘powerful tools’ to raise capital - and Singapore benefits
Data centres are expensive - to construct and to operate, as they are also power-guzzling. Amid the AI boom, as demand from hyperscalers…
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Data centres are expensive. Reits are ‘powerful tools’ to raise capital – and Singapore is benefiting
Data centres are projected to need US$6.7 trillion in global investments to keep up with computing power demand by 2030 Data centres are…
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Gold holds steady after weak US jobs data reinforce rate-cut bets
Gold prices held steady above the US$4,200 mark on Thursday (Dec 4), buoyed by weak private payrolls data that reinforced expectations of…
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TikTok to invest more than 200 billion reais in Brazil data centre
ByteDance’s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais (S$49 billion) to build a data centre in Brazil, marking its first project in…
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Wall Street opens lower as investors assess data, Microsoft falls
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Dec 3), as investors assessed data pointing to a weak jobs market, while Microsoft…
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Most Asian markets rise as traders await key US data
Money markets have put the chances of a Dec 10 cut at around 90%, with another three forecast by the end of next year Markets mostly rose…
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Justice Department expands legal action against states that have refused its demands for voter data
The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and other election…
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Wall Street opens lower ahead of Powell speech, manufacturing data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Dec 1) as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of fresh economic data and a closely…
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Asian markets mixed as traders eye US data ahead of Fed decision
Among the reports due for release are private jobs creation, services activity and personal consumption expenditure Asian equities were…
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South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang hit by massive data leak
South Korea's largest online retailer, Coupang, has apologised for a massive data breach potentially involving nearly 34 million local…
Business
China’s Private Home-Sale Data Vanishes After Vanke Turmoil
(Bloomberg) -- Two of China’s private data agencies skipped releasing monthly home sales figures without explanation, clouding the outlook…
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India’s Adani seeks up to US$5 billion investment in Google data centre to join AI boom
Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have also unveiled investments in building data centre capacity India’s Adani Group…