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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.

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Recent AI Infrastructure News

Willis urges data centre buyers to trim excess cover
Risk & Compliance

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.

Last month

NVIDIA & KAIST launch Seoul AI lab amid Korea push
Artificial Intelligence

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.

Last month

TSMC adds USD $100 billion Arizona spend on AI demand
Semiconductors

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.

Last month

Sber says AI shift is moving towards autonomous agents
Risk & Compliance

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.

Last month

Samsung brings first Yongin chip fab launch forward to 2029
Semiconductors

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.

Last month

Vertiv opens Johor plant to meet AI demand in Asia
Manufacturing

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.

Last month

A10 Networks buys TrojAI to boost AI security tools
Risk & Compliance

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.

Wed, 24th Jun 2026

AT Tokyo & Zadara launch Japan cloud region for AI
Virtual Private Networks

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.

Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Digital Realty expands Malaysia footprint with Cyberjaya hub
Digital Transformation

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.

Mon, 8th Jun 2026

Visionbay chooses Netris for Taiwan's largest GPU cluster
Cloud marketplace

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.

Thu, 4th Jun 2026

Taiwan market value tops USD $5 trillion on AI demand
Sustainability

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.

Wed, 3rd Jun 2026

Firmus wins award for energy-efficient AI data centre
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres

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.

Sun, 5th Jan 2025

Singtel & SK Telecom join forces for next-gen telecom networks
Breach Prevention

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.

Thu, 11th Jul 2024

MongoDB adds AI retrieval tools for live Atlas data
Legal technology

MongoDB adds AI retrieval tools for live Atlas data

Developers will be able to build AI agents on live production data without separate vector stores or synchronisation overhead.

Last week

OpenAI launches Ultrafast GPT-5.6 Sol for businesses
Productivity

OpenAI launches Ultrafast GPT-5.6 Sol for businesses

Businesses in the preview can use the model for real-time coding, support and trading tasks, with responses up to 14 times faster.

Last week

MongoDB adds AI retrieval tools to Atlas platform
App development

MongoDB adds AI retrieval tools to Atlas platform

Developers can now query live Atlas data from ChatGPT, Claude and coding agents, cutting setup work and reducing stale AI responses.

Last week

Databricks tops USD $7 billion run-rate after funding
IT Industry

Databricks tops USD $7 billion run-rate after funding

Investor demand for private AI software remains strong as Databricks hits a USD $7 billion revenue run-rate and a USD $190 billion valuation.

Last week

Dynatrace buys Arize in USD $915m AI observability deal
Digital Transformation

Dynatrace buys Arize in USD $915m AI observability deal

The tie-up could give enterprises a single way to track AI model quality and system performance as production deployments accelerate.

Last week

Dell'Oro lifts data centre chip forecast on AI demand
Storage

Dell'Oro lifts data centre chip forecast on AI demand

Rising AI infrastructure spending is set to push the global data centre semiconductors market to USD $1.8 trillion by 2030, Dell'Oro says.

Last week

Nvidia & Wall Street launch $500bn AI funding push
Software Updates

Nvidia & Wall Street launch $500bn AI funding push

The tie-up could unlock financing for AI data centres as demand for computing power outstrips the balance sheets of cloud providers.

Last week