Beyond big money: Real test behind Ho Chi Minh City’s data center expansion
In-Depth 14:30 16/01/2026In a short span of time, Ho Chi Minh City has seen a flurry of large-scale data center projects emerge, but the real challenge lies not in attracting capital, rather in whether power supply, infrastructure planning, and ecosystem readiness can keep pace with the scale of investment.
Ho Chi Minh City forms task force to spur $2bn AI data center development
Ho Chi Minh City 14:15 30/12/2025Ho Chi Minh City is pressing ahead with the development of a US$2 billion AI data center at Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park, forming a dedicated cross-agency task force to clear procedural hurdles and accelerate implementation of the project.
Desert storm: Can data centres slake their insatiable thirst for water?
World 10:51 18/12/2025Surging use of AI has led to a frenzy of construction activity to build new data centres, particularly in the U.S. Estimates put the total number of these facilities in operation worldwide this year at 6,111, with upwards of 2,000 more set to come online by 2030.
Google to invest $6.4 billion in cloud infrastructure in Germany
World 09:23 12/11/2025BERLIN -- Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) will invest 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany in the coming years in a push to expand its infrastructure and data center capacity in Europe's largest economy, company and government officials said on Tuesday.
Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers
World 14:20 06/11/2025Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.
Data centers in space? Jeff Bezos says it's possible
World 17:28 04/10/2025TURIN -- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday gigawatt-scale data centers will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth.
Vietnam launches national data center in Hanoi, among SE Asia’s largest
Vietnam News 15:52 19/08/2025The Ministry of Public Security has officially inaugurated National Data Center No. 1 in Hanoi, marking a major milestone in Vietnam’s digital transformation.
Military-run telecom group Viettel to break ground on 2 hi-tech centers worth over $1bn in Hanoi
Economy 13:08 19/08/2025Military-run telecom group Viettel announced on Monday that it would officially begin construction of the An Khanh data center and the Viettel research & development center, with a total investment of over US$1 billion, on Tuesday.
Ho Chi Minh City to have $250mn data center
Ho Chi Minh City 11:15 14/07/2025CMC Corporation said on Sunday it received approval from Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon High-Tech Park management board to invest over US$250 million in a large-scale data center project at the park.
Viettel begins work on new tech hub in Da Nang, plans major cable, data center projects
Economy 11:40 02/07/2025Viettel Group, Vietnam’s military-run telecommunications company, has broken ground on a new technology complex in Da Nang and announced plans to build a subsea cable landing station and a large data center in the central coastal city.
Amazon to invest $13 billion in Australia's data center infrastructure over five years
World 13:16 15/06/2025Amazon will invest A$20 billion ($12.97 billion) from 2025 to 2029 to expand, operate and maintain its data center infrastructure in Australia, bolstering the nation's artificial intelligence capabilities, it said in a blog post on Saturday.
