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AI-generated editorial illustration of a Canberra data-centre campus with closed-loop cooling infrastructure representing CDC’s proposed Beard 2 expansion

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

CDC submits A$200m Beard 2 data-centre plan

The Canberra proposal brings CDC's closed-loop cooling into a new planning application, where Beard 2's own water demand will matter.

Sep 10, 2026
China Energy Engineering says electricity costs account for about 45% of revenue at its Qingyang data-centre project.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Qingyang data-centre power costs equal 45% of revenue

China Energy Engineering says electricity costs equal about 45% of Qingyang data-centre revenue, separating power economics from its efficiency claims.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of a proposed AI data-centre campus in Telangana with treated-greywater infrastructure for cooling

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Fortune plans Telangana AI park with greywater cooling

The proposed 1.2–1.6GW campus would use treated greywater for cooling, putting water infrastructure into the delivery plan for new computing capacity.

Sep 10, 2026
An abstract process panel and iridescent wafer-like disc sit beside a closed graphite folio in a softly lit clean manufacturing setting

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

MPS brings its own process to GlobalFoundries’ Singapore fab

The manufacturing agreement offers another route for AI power components. Making that route useful involves reproducing a customer’s process, not simply adding a location to the supply map.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of an AWC engineer overlooking a data-centre construction site representing engineering and facilities-management work

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

AWC data-centre engineering order book hits RM100m

AWC has built a record data-centre engineering backlog while a separate RM99.1 million TM contract gives the group work after facilities enter operation.

Sep 10, 2026
A concrete data-hall model retains its utility spine while graphite compute cassettes rest on separate trays beside disconnected cooling interfaces

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

NVIDIA’s Australian build-out brings the next fit-out into view

A factory designed for successive generations of computing is selling more than its first installation. The value of the next one depends on what survives—and who pays to change the rest.

Sep 10, 2026
AI-generated illustration of a container data centre with GPU racks, liquid-cooling pipes and engineers inspecting the equipment.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Fixstars, NTTPC, and Getworks launch container AI service

Fixstars, NTTPC,, and Getworks are selling AI infrastructure as a single package, leaving customers to build the site around it.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of AirNav Indonesia's national aviation communications network connecting aviation systems across Indonesia

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

AirNav completes migration to national aviation network

JARKOMPENAS separates AirNav's internal network from connections with outside aviation organisations, giving future information services a clearer integration boundary.

Sep 10, 2026
Two miniature telecom towers and a focused lens sit inside a limited foreground frame, apart from a larger network behind.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

RADCOM's VNPT win starts with roaming, not the whole network

The named Vietnamese customer gives an earlier order a clearer identity. It does not turn a roaming assignment into a network-wide award.

Sep 9, 2026
A cutaway home and a remote support desk are connected by a broad teal band in a conceptual miniature scene.

Asia-Pacific Regional ISP Trends

Mobinet puts managed home WiFi inside the monthly bill

Including Plume's tools without a separate monthly charge moves the commercial test behind the bill: can better household service repay the provider's additional work?

Sep 9, 2026
A tabletop planning model shows whole capacity bays, sparse server-like modules and loose equipment awaiting placement.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Quantum Solutions sizes its GPU order to the data-centre block

The case for more servers came partly from the way the site sells space and power. That is a reason to change an installation plan, not proof that customers will fill it.

Sep 9, 2026
A raised grid of teal processor-like tiles connects to branching copper ribbons with unmarked joints above finite architectural supports.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Zankore adds bank finance to its revenue-sharing AI model

The lenders are named and a financing route is signed. The terms that would show how customer revenue is divided between the platform, partners and debt obligations remain undisclosed.

Sep 9, 2026
Illustration showing a fibre-optic connection between Melbourne and Sydney with 1.6Tbps transmission and no intermediate regeneration.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

Telstra tests 1.6Tbps optical transmission over 1,100km

Telstra's 1.6Tbps trial extends optical reach without regeneration between Melbourne and Sydney, but the result remains route-specific.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of two Auckland data centres connected by high-capacity optical network links

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Spark launches fixed-path Auckland data-centre links

Spark's new Auckland interconnect offers 10G to 400G links, but customers needing optical restoration must use a different transport service.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Philippine mobile base station with solar panels, battery storage and weather-linked energy controls

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

DOCOMO, PLDT test weather-linked battery control

A two-site Philippine trial raised reported solar utilisation from 38% to 61% by changing how battery capacity is divided between daily use and backup.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Chinese data centre and engineers beside a display showing a PUE target below 1.2 by 2030

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

China targets PUE below 1.2 for new data centres

The 2030 plan applies the efficiency target to new large and hyperscale computing facilities, with measurement details still undisclosed.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of India and the United States cooperating on 6G security and interoperability

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

India joins US-led 6G security initiative

The group will work on common security and interoperability principles before suppliers face detailed 6G specifications or testing requirements.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of Chinese engineers monitoring cloud-native infrastructure, container platforms and distributed systems

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

China cloud-native adoption reaches 48%

CNCF and SlashData say adoption rose from 30% in two years, while production AI adds requirements for traffic management and resilience.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of AI engineers working on a customer deployment alongside future data-centre infrastructure in South Korea

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services

Samsung SDS targets 200 AI field engineers

Samsung SDS plans about 200 customer-facing AI engineers by year-end, ahead of new data-centre capacity due from 2028.

Sep 9, 2026
Three separate specialist tool trays surround an unfinished geometric ceramic mosaic on an ivory work surface.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

BIPROGY adds specialists, not a single cloud promise

The Japanese alliance brings cloud-specific expertise closer to enterprise customers. Turning that access into an accountable managed service is a separate commercial task.

Sep 9, 2026