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BW Digital and Squareroot8 plan quantum-secure link

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BW Digital and Squareroot8 plan quantum-secure link between Singapore and Batam, targeting post-quantum protection for data and AI workloads.
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India budget boosts tech, data centres & MSME support

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India’s Union Budget backs tech infrastructure, data centres and MSMEs, signalling policy continuity and long-term digital growth plans.
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CapitaLand India Trust lifts FY 2025 payout on growth

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CapitaLand India Trust lifts FY 2025 payout as income jumps on new developments, acquisitions and higher interest earnings.
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Nations race to sovereign encryption in quantum age

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As quantum computing looms, nations race to build sovereign cyber and post-quantum encryption to safeguard critical digital infrastructure.
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DLA Piper appoints Edward Eisdell-Moore as NZ tech partner

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DLA Piper has promoted Edward Eisdell-Moore to partner in its Auckland technology and data practice, effective 1 January 2026.
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Tata Communications unveils AI-ready multi-cloud suite

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Tata Communications has rolled out an AI-ready multi-cloud suite to help APAC enterprises scale hybrid AI with integrated network, edge and visibility.
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OpenAI launches Australia-wide drive for AI skills & jobs

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OpenAI unveils an Australia-wide AI push, pairing a Sydney supercomputer campus with skills training and new startup support schemes.
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Southeast Asia venture funding rebounds on big deals

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Southeast Asia venture funding surged to USD $3.51 billion in H2 2025 on a handful of large late-stage deals, masking thin overall deal flow.
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AI use surges in Australian public sector amid data siloes

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AI use has surged among Australian public servants, but rising data siloes and fragmented systems threaten to blunt productivity gains.
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IBM unveils Sovereign Core to embed AI data control

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IBM launches Sovereign Core, embedding digital sovereignty into cloud and AI stacks to give enterprises and governments direct control.
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Australia’s digital health trends redefine connected care

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Australia’s GBP £270 billion health system eyes 2026 as the year disciplined, trusted digital engineering turns AI and data into safer care.
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Kinetic IT reshapes leadership with key public hires

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Kinetic IT names Jeremy O'Donohue managing director for state government and critical infrastructure amid wider public sector reshuffle.
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Apprenticeships tackle UK data centre engineering gap

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Apprenticeships are emerging as a key route into UK data centre engineering, easing acute skills shortages and widening access to the sector.
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Ireland unveils strict new rules for data centre power use

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Ireland ends its data centre freeze with strict rules tying new projects to onsite power, renewables and a shift beyond Dublin’s grid limits.
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LFB rebrands data centre cooling arm as Apx in Europe

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LFB Group rebrands its data centre cooling arm as Apx, targeting AI-driven demand, higher rack densities and co-engineered cooling solutions.
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ITSEC Asia chief wins APAC CEO award for AI cyber push

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ITSEC Asia boss Patrick Dannacher wins APAC CEO of the Year for steering an AI-led cyber platform shift and regional security expansion.
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CelcomDigi spotlights 5G with towerrun & track duel

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CelcomDigi launches a 5G short film starring towerrunner Soh Wai Ching and rider Qabil Irfan in a synchronised latency challenge.
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Deloitte forecasts AI, data centres & media shifts by 2026

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Deloitte predicts agentic AI boom, surging data centre and sovereign compute spend, and fast-shifting media habits by 2026.
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Cyber Centre: AI-fuelled ransomware to target more Canadians

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AI-powered ransomware will hit more Canadians by 2027 as cheaper, faster attacks outpace defences, the cyber security agency warns.
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OVHcloud, OpenNebula launch certified sovereign EU cloud

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OVHcloud partners with OpenNebula to launch certified sovereign cloud instances across EU data centres under the IPCEI-CIS framework.