DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Asia Pacific
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Vocus to build 4,000km fiber link between Brisbane and Darwin
The route aims to support growing demand from hyperscaler, neocloud, and enterprise customers
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Keppel, StarHub confirm talks over M1 deal in Singapore
Will the talks lead to consolidation in the market?
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Thailand set to finalize new data center regulations by mid-October - report
Expected to classify data centers with a capacity of more than 100MW hyperscale facilities
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Tower Semiconductor to establish large-scale optical chip hub as part of $4bn Japanese investment pledge
CEO provides further details regarding expansion plans announced earlier this year
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Victoria, Australia, proposes rules requiring data centers to secure own renewable energy supply
Alongside several other provisions to prevent cost shifting and excessive water use
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Samsung to fuel Korean robot ambitions as exclusive AI network provider
AI-RAN, 5G SA partnership with KT and SK Telecom to guarantee Korea's 6G and physical AI foothold in the 2030s
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Australian Senate calls for nationalized Triple Zero service following several high-profile outages
Telstra operates the system that connects Australian phone calls to 000
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Nexstrom raises $12m for post-silicon chip wafers
Singapore-based startup has developed a platform for growing 12-inch single-crystal 2D semiconductor materials
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Australia's Optus expands 5G network to Moree, New South Wales
Optus' 5G coverage now reaches 94.5 percent of country's population
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SoftBank presses on with blimp-based base station plans
Laser-tracking tests showcase possibilities for quite literal cloud connectivity
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BDx breaks ground on AI Campus 2 in Jatiluhur, Indonesia
The first 120MW building is set to go live in early 2027
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T-Mobile, Reliance Jio claim world's first 5G Standalone roaming connection
Connection was enabled by Syniverse
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Flag to deploy Ciena's Waveserver platform on Echo subsea cable
This will enable Flag to launch new 400GbE and 800GbE services along the route
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LG launches centrifugal air cooling system for AI data centers
No oil required for magnetic system
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Applied Materials to invest $5bn to bolster chip ambitions in India over coming decade
Investment will include the establishment of a 140-acre research park
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SharonAI buys former printing press outside Albury, Australia
Company hasn't shared details on plans
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Hutchison to exit Macau mobile market later this year
Leaves the market with two main carriers
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Mitsubishi invests in Japanese optical quantum startup OptQC
Size of investment has not been detailed
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Bitdeer AI to lease 65MW data center in Johor, Malaysia
Company to rent second building at Malaysian campus
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AI chip startup Rebellions partners with ai& for Japanese AI infrastructure deployment
ai& looking to purchase up to 100 units of Rebellions’ RebelRack infrastructure
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Goodman raises $455m for its Hong Kong data center partnership
Will fund construction of Hong Kong data center, due to open in 2028
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Telenor under investigation over former Myanmar unit amid suspected sanctions breaches
The carrier says it was left with "no real choice" over its Myanmar exit
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Indian renewable firm Waaree forms new data center subsidiary
Has yet to commence operations
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Japan's NTT Docomo deploys Nokia's latest Open RAN kit
Carrier opens up
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AirTrunk partners with Emergence Quantum to explore cryogenic cooling in data centers
Companies buddy up to integrate cryogenic cooling into data centers
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US trade agency to fund study for Thailand-US subsea cable
THUS cable would be an existing "aging" cable linking the two countries
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IQM sells second quantum computer to Japan’s Toyo
The Spark system is expected to be operational in early 2027
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Google inks one million ton carbon removal deal with Mitti Labs in India
Credits generated by the company's methane-reduction projects in the rice farming sector