Amid Southeast Asia (SEA)’s expanding computing and data storage needs, the region is quickly emerging as the latest hunting ground for data center investments. As the adoption of particularly compute-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) technologies picks up pace, the demand for data centers across the region is expected to expand at 20% a year for the next five to seven years.
More data centers will mean increased availability and scalability of cloud services, reduced latency, and improved performance for businesses operating in the region which spells good news for SEA as a still nascent digital region bearing immense potential. However, its long-term progress is not…