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Big Tech Is Making Data Centre Promises. Do They Apply in APAC?
Microsoft, Anthropic and Amazon have each pledged to protect communities near their data centres. Here is where those promises apply, how far they can be checked, and what that means for APAC.
“A promise written for American towns does not by itself govern a feedlot near Dalby or a campus on the outskirts of Hyderabad.”
How to Build a Good Data Centre
Efficient does not just mean low power usage. It means built with consent, disclosed to the public, and governed by rules a community can actually see. Four APAC markets are already doing this. Most of the region is choosing not to.
You Used Fifteen Data Centres Before Breakfast
Every action on every screen is a piece of a physical building running on electricity, water, and silicon. Most readers have never been shown what actually happens. Here is what does.
Who Is Paying for APAC's Data Centre Boom?
Blackstone paid $24 billion for AirTrunk. CPP Investments took 12 per cent. Here's how the deal was underwritten, and how to tell a well-priced bet from the kind that ended up stranded in Dublin.
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