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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

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.

Last month

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

Google Cloud sets out AI security plan with Gemini & Wiz
Threat intelligence

Google Cloud sets out AI security plan with Gemini & Wiz

Defenders could gain a faster edge against AI-driven attacks as Google Cloud ties Gemini, Wiz, CodeMender and Mandiant into one platform.

Today

Arm expands Arteris security tools across CPU portfolio
Data centers

Arm expands Arteris security tools across CPU portfolio

Security checks will now cover more Arm processors, as the chip designer broadens use of Arteris' Radix tool to spot flaws earlier.

Today

Cast AI launches Kimchi Coding for enterprise developers
IT Department

Cast AI launches Kimchi Coding for enterprise developers

Enterprises can now deploy an autonomous coding agent that Cast AI says cuts token bills and tightens governance for developers.

Yesterday

Macquarie to buy Sydney site for campus & data centre
Sustainability

Macquarie to buy Sydney site for campus & data centre

The Sydney project is set to add roughly 200 megawatts of capacity as demand from cloud and AI customers keeps rising.

Yesterday

Akamai joins WWT AI security model for NVIDIA systems
Digital Transformation

Akamai joins WWT AI security model for NVIDIA systems

The tie-up gives enterprises a layered way to secure AI systems without sacrificing performance, as demand for larger workloads grows.

Yesterday

Virtana adds HPE AI Factory support for observability
Energy efficient

Virtana adds HPE AI Factory support for observability

Rising GPU inefficiency in AI deployments is pushing enterprises to seek tools that can spot bottlenecks, heat and reliability issues earlier.

Yesterday

NVIDIA touts Blackwell's AI efficiency gains in racks
Energy efficient

NVIDIA touts Blackwell's AI efficiency gains in racks

Energy and cooling limits are becoming the real bottleneck for AI operators, as NVIDIA says Blackwell racks can lift output within fixed power budgets.

Yesterday

Cast AI launches Kimchi Coding with production support
Regulatory technology

Cast AI launches Kimchi Coding with production support

Enterprises can now run the coding agent with tighter spending caps, data sovereignty controls and production support to curb AI development costs.

Yesterday

Warburg Pincus backs Oxylabs in USD $130 million deal
Risk & Compliance

Warburg Pincus backs Oxylabs in USD $130 million deal

The deal values the web data infrastructure group at USD $3.6 billion as investors back the systems helping AI agents gather online information.

2 days ago

Google Cloud expands Claude support on Agent Platform
Identity and Access Management

Google Cloud expands Claude support on Agent Platform

The update gives enterprises managed access to Anthropic's models with built-in failover, data residency and compliance controls for production AI use.

2 days ago

Featherless launches fixed-fee GLM 5.2 private cloud
IT Department

Featherless launches fixed-fee GLM 5.2 private cloud

Engineering teams could cut AI coding bills by more than USD $1.46 million a year as Featherless offers GLM 5.2 on fixed-fee private cloud.

3 days ago

DataX Connect widens data centre pay survey to regions
IT Industry

DataX Connect widens data centre pay survey to regions

Regional pay data could help data centre employers tackle shortages as DataX Connect expands its 2026 survey across Europe and the United States.

3 days ago

Beyond opens Manila delivery centre with 200 roles
Outsourcing

Beyond opens Manila delivery centre with 200 roles

The move expands its cloud delivery network in Asia-Pacific as demand for AI and transformation projects drives hiring for engineers.

3 days ago

Nanya sales surge as DRAM prices drive margin gains
Sustainability

Nanya sales surge as DRAM prices drive margin gains

Nanya Technology's second-quarter revenue rose 68.2% as DRAM prices climbed, while gross margin reached 79.5% and net income hit TWD NT$50.2 billion.

4 days ago

Google adds GPU & TPU support to GKE Autopilot
Public Cloud

Google adds GPU & TPU support to GKE Autopilot

Developers can now run accelerator-heavy AI workloads on managed GKE Autopilot without handling node setup or low-level network allocation.

Last week

NVIDIA & LangChain launch open stack for AI agents
Large Language Models

NVIDIA & LangChain launch open stack for AI agents

Businesses can now build AI agents more cheaply, as the open stack matches top closed models on one benchmark while cutting run costs sharply.

Last week

Vection wins Retelit certification for Algho AI platform
Small Business

Vection wins Retelit certification for Algho AI platform

The certification opens Retelit's enterprise and public sector client base to Vection's Algho platform after live testing at an Italian data centre.

Last week