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AI-generated editorial illustration of a Chennai data-centre campus and Nvidia server racks representing L&T's planned 10,000-GPU deployment for Together AI.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

L&T secures Together AI order for 10,000-GPU Chennai cluster

The order launches L&T's AI Factory business at its Chennai campus, where the 10,000-GPU deployment must now move through integration and commissioning.

Aug 22, 2026
Representative aerial editorial view of four equal unfinished data-centre construction parcels in a tropical industrial park, with foundations, steel frames and utility corridors but no operating facilities

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Singapore Has Assigned 200MW of Data-Centre Capacity, Not 200MW of Live Compute

Singapore has provisionally divided 200MW of new data-centre capacity among Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres. The award is a valuable entry in a constrained market, but land, low-carbon energy, construction, customers and…

Aug 22, 2026
A narrow amber intrusion path reaches a customer identity lattice under cyan containment rings while a separate cloud and data-centre service plane remains visually isolated

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Sakura widens intrusion review to 1.36 million possible accounts

Sakura Internet says an investigation that began with 583 Rental Server accounts has reached a separate sales-management system holding member and contract records. Up to 1,360,563 accounts may sit inside the review perimeter, but the Japanese cloud operator has not confirmed…

Aug 22, 2026
Representative editorial view of an unfinished Southland data-centre campus, a high-voltage substation and distant wind turbines under overcast skies

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Mercury Buys Into Datagrid Before the 140MW Power Option Becomes Load

Mercury has paid NZ$53 million for a 12.7% stake and a board seat in Datagrid NZ after signing a 140MW power purchase option. The structure gives the generator an early position beside a possible anchor customer, but it does not turn consent, earthworks or an option into an…

Aug 22, 2026
Many independent cyan paths cross translucent gateways while a limited amber subset meets an abstract correction inside an open observation ring

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Cloudflare applied an Asia-Pacific network fix in eight minutes, but recovery stayed unmeasured

Cloudflare moved a broadly labelled Asia-Pacific network-performance incident from investigation to monitoring in 8 minutes 36 seconds. The record remained open more than 86 minutes later and named no location, product, symptom or customer denominator, so the fix timestamp cannot…

Aug 21, 2026
An intact submarine cable runs past an amber repeater fault while a thinner backup route keeps island connectivity active

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Niue's Manatua backup restored reachability, not primary capacity

The national telecom operator Telecom Niue switched international traffic to a lower-capacity backup after a known fault in the Manatua cable system developed further on 4 August. Connectivity returned, but permanent restoration moved onto a different clock controlled by cable…

Aug 20, 2026
Active interconnection fibre beside GPU racks in staged deployment

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Megaport’s network gains put the harder test on GPU deployment

Megaport closed FY26 with more recurring network revenue, services and connected data centres. Its next test is different: turning a much larger set of strategic GPU contracts into accepted, operating capacity without obscuring the economics of the interconnection platform…

Aug 20, 2026
Editorial illustration of one overloaded stateful computing node amid otherwise active edge-network paths

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Cloudflare's Hong Kong incident exposed a gap between location and state health

Cloudflare restored “Durable Objects” in Hong Kong in about 21 minutes. The sharper lesson sits in the status record: the stateful product was degraded while the Hong Kong location and the named Realtime components remained green.

Aug 19, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a NSW data centre with wind, solar and battery storage representing the state's new fast-track planning requirements.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

NSW sets 40% wind threshold for data-centre fast track

Projects meeting the new NSW guidelines can seek a 75-day state assessment while committing to additional renewables, storage and flexible electricity demand.

Aug 19, 2026
A conceptual Hong Kong edge site glows amber during maintenance as blue network paths continue toward a separate site across the water.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Cloudflare's HKG maintenance will test two meanings of rerouting

Cloudflare plans a 19-hour maintenance window at its Hong Kong edge site. Anycast may send ordinary requests elsewhere, but private interconnect customers still have to prove that another interface, route and pool of capacity can actually carry their traffic.

Aug 19, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of Philippine roadworks with shared underground fibre conduits, representing Globe Telecom's proposed national conduit framework.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Globe seeks Philippine underground fibre-conduit policy

Globe wants national standards for shared underground conduits as the Philippines develops rules to coordinate telecom ducts with road and infrastructure works.

Aug 18, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a GDS data-centre campus with 2026 bookings, reservations, backlog, billable power and capital-expenditure figures.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

GDS raises 2026 bookings target to 1GW

GDS's record first-half bookings expand its delivery pipeline, while 600MW of reservations could add further capacity if converted into contracts.

Aug 18, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration showing the Optus D3 satellite life-extension mission, including a robotic servicing vehicle, propulsion pod and satellite in geostationary orbit.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

Optus launches mission to extend D3 satellite life

Optus has sent the hardware for extending D3's life into orbit, but the propulsion pod still has to reach and attach to the satellite.

Aug 14, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a large Envision-branded data-centre campus in Inner Mongolia surrounded by wind turbines and solar generation.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Envision commissions Ulanqab AI campus

The Galaxy Campus is designed to scale beyond 2GW, but Envision has not disclosed how much IT capacity is currently operating.

Aug 14, 2026
Conceptual AI-generated editorial illustration showing two damaged subsea cables off a coastal city, representing reported cable faults near Perth.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Two Perth cable faults prompt call for AFP investigation

Two faults inside Perth’s protected cable corridor have raised questions about their cause and whether the incidents were connected.

Aug 12, 2026
Conceptual Australian data centre beside battery storage, solar generation and electricity-grid infrastructure.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Australia prepares binding power rules for large data centres

Australia is preparing binding power rules for large data centres as 5.4GW of proposed demand moves through the transmission connection process.

Aug 12, 2026
A generic AI-generated network operations workspace with abstract non-legible monitoring displays and softly focused server racks

Asia-Pacific Regional ISP Trends

PXNET’s two ASNs need two evidence lines

PXNET’s two ASNs need two evidence lines intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may follow. The Asia-Pacific Regional ISP…

Aug 12, 2026
A generic AI-generated network operations workspace with abstract non-legible monitoring displays and softly focused server racks

Asia-Pacific Regional ISP Trends

PXNET and the Records Behind Network Operations

PXNET appears in public records through more than one network identifier and through several evidence systems that answer different operational questions. Read carefully, those records show how registry entries, operator-maintained directories, observed routing and origin…

Aug 12, 2026
A registry records desk separated from independently operated network rooms.

Asia-Pacific Regional ISP

Two active ASNs can show different routing states

Two active ASNs can show different routing states intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may follow. The Asia-Pacific…

Aug 12, 2026
A technician inspecting an electric vehicle battery enclosure, charging interface and blank diagnostic terminal.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Founder admiration should survive an institutional audit

A compelling founder story can explain why customers and employees care. Durable value appears in products, governance and succession that work without personal mythology.

Aug 11, 2026