Connect | APAC // DCD>Debate: Data and AI regulations - Catalysts for growth or barriers to innovation?

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  • Investment & Markets
  • Open Session

Speakers

Jonathan Gonzalez

Tech Policy & AI Governance Specialist, Access Partnership

Ken Miyashita

Managing Director, Thailand, TELEHOUSE

Herson Suindah

President Director and CEO, SM+ Holdings

Soon Chen Kang

Senior Research Analyst, Data Centre Services and Infrastructure, 451 Research, S&P Global

Georgia Butler

Editor - Cloud and Hybrid, DatacenterDynamics

Stricter data localisation laws, evolving AI governance frameworks, and cross-border data restrictions are reshaping the APAC data center market. These regulations aim to enhance data sovereignty and ethical AI but pose significant operational and compliance challenges for enterprises and data center operators alike.

This debate delves into how operators can navigate the region’s complex and fragmented regulatory landscape - examining how businesses must rethink where and how they host workloads, and how infrastructure and services need to adapt to meet evolving client needs. Will these regulations drive growth, or do they risk limiting scalability and competitiveness? How will they reshape the region’s data center landscape, and what strategies should enterprises and operators adopt to stay ahead?

Held under Chatham House Rule, DCD>Debates are open discussions led by a panel of experts, on the biggest issues to face the industry.