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VIEW IN BROWSER July 5, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #103 Racks Central's 510MW AI data centre campus How I slashed my Fable 5 usage Inside Asus's million-watt GPU server lab and more... Hello Reader, Someone in my family fell seriously ill and was hospitalised this week, so plans went slightly askew. Things are stable now, so all is good. I'll keep things brief today. Anyway, I was in Johor on Monday for a milestone celebration of Racks Central, which is building a 510MW AI data centre...

VIEW IN BROWSER June 28, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #102 How I became a data centre expert Useful AI is here, and the bills prove it Why S'pore, Johor, and Batam each de-risk the others and more... Hello Reader, This week was packed due to SIJORI Week. The events I attended spanned four w.media conferences, two roundtables I moderated, and a networking event. A small irony of these conferences is how I often don't have the luxury of sitting through all the sessions I want to, nor the...

VIEW IN BROWSER June 23, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #101 Can SIJORI become Southeast Asia's data centre engine? STT GDC opens DC in South Korea Why I stopped looking at my LinkedIn ranking and more... Hello Reader, I was away with my family last week, though I managed to write some stories. This week is SIJORI Week. If you are wondering what SIJORI is and why is it a big deal, check out my post on it below. Anyway, I'll be at several w.media conferences and networking events. Here's my...

VIEW IN BROWSER June 14, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #100 US$125 for 30 minutes of AI. Here's why I'd pay it. Digital Realty is in Malaysia. Is Johor next? Asus just launched its best business laptop yet and more... Hello Reader, Today's newsletter is the hundredth issue. It's hard to believe I started this with the simple idea of making sure busy executives don't miss my stories. I hope it continues to be as rewarding for you to read as it is for me to put together. Earlier this week, I...

VIEW IN BROWSER June 07, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #99 What Vera Rubin means for data centre design AI is coming to your desk What 'replacing lower-value human capital' actually means and more... Hello Reader, Hope you had a great week. I was at Computex in Taipei earlier this week. This time I had the opportunity to visit Nvidia's GTC, where I had a close-up look at various Vera Rubin systems and spoke with various executives about the road ahead for AI and data centres. If there's one...

VIEW IN BROWSER JUNE 01, 2026 Tech Stories A QUICK NOTE Hello Reader, Hope you have had a great week so far. It's a long weekend in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesian and Laos I believe. But over in Taiwan, arrivals are peaking as visitors from all over the world land at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport for this year's Computex. Build is the world's second-largest consumer electronics show after CES. Key players such as Nvidia and other tech giants are expected to unveil or...

VIEW IN BROWSER MAY 24, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #98 What 'replacing lower-value human capital' actually means DayOne signs a 450MW PPA in Batam Why a fire that didn't touch the data halls still took it offline and more... Hello Reader, Hope you had a great week. I just landed back from a trip to Denver, where I attended Zendesk Relate 2026. There were several major conferences in the US this week, but I was really glad I attended Zendesk's. I'll share why in a while. This week, you...

VIEW IN BROWSER MAY 10, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #97 Empyrion Digital breaks ground on Thailand data centre 3 takeaways from AWS Summit Run AI models from your desk with the Asus Ascent GX10 and more... Hello Reader, Hope you had a great week. I wrote more stories this week. Hope you enjoy reading them! ps: I'll be at Computex 2026 in June. Would love to catch up if you are in Taipei. ps 2: I have one more slot for content collaboration that week. Please ping me if you are interested....

VIEW IN BROWSER MAY 03, 2026 Tech Stories In this issue #96 To fight AI, cyber defenders will need to use AI AirTrunk goes for 700MW in Johor Why water will remain a stubborn data centre problem and more... Hello Reader, It's a long May Day weekend in many parts of the world. I hope you are having a restful time with your family and loved ones. And as it happens, today is my birthday. So thank you, sincerely, for choosing to spend a few minutes of it with me. This week, I share my thoughts...