Three major players in the Asian market have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to execute collaborative AI data centre (AIDC) deployment initiatives across Southeast Asia.
The partnership, between technology infrastructure company SB Telecom Singapore, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank, SC Zeus Data Centres, which is building advanced data centres across Asia, and Robust HPC Group, an IT managed service provider, focuses on two primary pillars: GPU infrastructure supply, build and operation, alongside dedicated AIDC construction and development within the region.
The partners say this collaboration combines the unique strengths of all three organisations to address the surging regional demand for high-density artificial intelligence computing workloads.
Under the agreement, SC Zeus will serve as the preferred partner to source land, design, build and operate the core data centre infrastructure. Robust HPC Group will spearhead the procurement, setup and management of high-performance GPU clusters, utilising advanced hardware.
SB Telecom Singapore meanwhile, will drive the data hall fit-out, ICT infrastructure integration, localised deployment support, and critical connectivity solutions. Together, the parties say they will develop innovative ‘AI factory’ solutions and explore diverse commercial models, including GPU-as-a-service platforms and AI token factory, a production system that transforms raw GPU compute and electricity into monetisable, governed units of intelligence known as tokens.
The initial deployment initiatives will focus heavily on Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam with subsequent plans to expand to the wider Southeast Asia region and neighbouring markets.
Hisao Inoue, Managing Director of SB Telecom Singapore says: “By unifying our robust ICT connectivity with SC Zeus’s specialised infrastructure capabilities and Robust HPC’s advanced supercomputing expertise, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the massively scalable, real-time computing environments essential for the future of AI.”
The envisioned facilities will feature advanced capabilities like liquid cooling infrastructure, 800 VDC architecture and low-latency networking, ensuring the region is fully equipped for next-generation AI workloads.