The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure
A curated Asian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Infrastructure.
What to know about AI Infrastructure
AI Infrastructure explores the hardware, software, and systems that make modern artificial intelligence possible. This tag covers everything from compute and storage architectures to networking, data pipelines, and observability stacks that keep AI workloads reliable and efficient.
Stories here dig into practical questions: how to design scalable training and inference clusters, choose between GPUs and emerging accelerators, manage feature stores, and orchestrate distributed workloads. You’ll find discussions of MLOps practices, cost optimization, performance tuning, and the trade-offs behind different infrastructure patterns.
Whether you’re building a new AI platform or evolving an existing stack, this tag helps you understand the components, constraints, and design decisions that sit underneath AI products. Reading these pieces will give you concrete examples, architectural patterns, and lessons learned that you can apply to your own systems.
Asian AI Infrastructure News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Jakarta property market strengthens across sectors
Stronger leasing and higher occupancy in Jakarta's offices, malls and warehouses signal a broad property recovery despite cautious pricing.
Singapore unveils first biological data centre prototype
A 20-unit system in Singapore is testing whether living neurons can ease data centre power strain while aiding AI and drug discovery.
Indonesia launches first university-based AI centre
The new hub aims to give researchers and students access to high-end computing for health, farming and disaster response projects.
Lam Research to add 200 jobs in Singapore this year
The hiring push will deepen Singapore's semiconductor skills base as demand for AI-related chipmaking and advanced packaging accelerates.
OSL launches AgentPay for AI agent stablecoin payments
AI developers can now hook autonomous software into stablecoin rails, as OSL aims to solve settlement for machine-to-machine payments.
GFF AI launches in Singapore with enterprise intelligence
The launch targets regulated industries seeking tighter control over data, governance and AI spend as firms shift from pilots to core operations.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure
F5 expands AI Gateway to curb costs & secure agents
Hitachi Vantara posts 12% revenue growth on AI demand
Data centre power market set to hit USD $70.94bn by 2034
Tencent rolls out Hy3 internationally for enterprise AI
Ethyca launches Astralis to govern enterprise AI data
Featured News
CrowdStrike report: AI is rewriting rules of cybersecurity
Organisations now have just 48 hours to patch most flaws, as AI helps attackers weaponise vulnerabilities far faster than before.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Expert Columns
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Infrastructure News
eToro adds 50 ETFs targeting Singapore investor demand
Singapore retail investors get broader access to Asian and thematic funds as demand shifts towards technology and diversification.
Willis urges data centre buyers to trim excess cover
Rising AI-driven data centre build-outs are prompting owners to rethink costly insurance towers and focus on actual exposure instead.
NVIDIA & KAIST launch Seoul AI lab amid Korea push
The new Seoul lab deepens South Korea's push to build AI talent and infrastructure as global demand for compute and chips surges.
TSMC adds USD $100 billion Arizona spend on AI demand
The chipmaker is boosting US investment as AI demand strains advanced capacity and pushes full-year spending higher.
Sber says AI shift is moving towards autonomous agents
AI projects that remain stuck in pilot stages may miss the shift to agentic systems able to manage tasks with limited human oversight.
Samsung brings first Yongin chip fab launch forward to 2029
Rising AI memory demand is prompting Samsung to speed up its first Yongin semiconductor plant, with output now slated to start in 2029.
Vertiv opens Johor plant to meet AI demand in Asia
The new site will create up to 500 jobs as the firm expands capacity for AI and high-density data centre gear across Asia-Pacific.
A10 Networks buys TrojAI to boost AI security tools
The deal gives customers red teaming and runtime protection for AI systems as enterprises rush to secure models and autonomous agents.
AT Tokyo & Zadara launch Japan cloud region for AI
Japanese firms seeking local AI capacity will gain new GPU-backed cloud resources as the service keeps data inside AT TOKYO's data centres.
Digital Realty expands Malaysia footprint with Cyberjaya hub
Malaysia gains a new global operator as Digital Realty begins building capacity for cloud and AI demand in Cyberjaya.
Visionbay chooses Netris for Taiwan's largest GPU cluster
Hardware-enforced tenant separation will help Visionbay scale Taiwan's largest GPU cluster without risking customer data leakage or network outages.
Taiwan market value tops USD $5 trillion on AI demand
Foreign investors are helping drive Taiwan's stock market to record size as chip and AI shares account for more than four-fifths of value.
Firmus wins award for energy-efficient AI data centre
Singapore's Firmus Technologies has won the Asia Pacific Data Centre Project of the Year for its energy-efficient AI Factory, leading in sustainable AI innovation.
Singtel & SK Telecom join forces for next-gen telecom networks
Singtel and SK Telecom have signed an MoU to advance next-gen telecom networks, focusing on AI, virtualisation, and preparing for 6G over the next two years.
Cloudera adds GPU acceleration to Apache Spark 4.1 pipelines
The new feature could cut Spark job runtimes by up to 4x, easing cloud bills for firms running data-heavy AI and analytics workloads.
Cloudera launches hybrid cloud platform for AI workloads
The platform is aimed at firms struggling to move AI into production while keeping sensitive data in place across mixed environments.
Stripe to acquire OpenRouter in AI model gateway deal
The deal could help businesses curb AI spending as model choice, speed and reliability become harder to manage across dozens of providers.
AI buildout drives USD $120 billion data centre surge
Delivery bottlenecks, rather than demand, are now the main risk as AI-fuelled data centre expansion pushes revenue to USD $120 billion by 2030.
Dell'Oro lifts data centre capex forecast on AI demand
AI infrastructure spending is now expected to push worldwide data centre capital expenditure above USD $3 trillion by 2030.
Semtech sets 200G LPO targets for data centre links
Energy savings in dense AI clusters are driving stricter limits on 200G linear pluggable optics, as Semtech targets 10W modules and a 500-metre reach.