AI Compute Migration in ASEAN: Shift to AI Infrastructure and the Rise of Sovereign Data Strategies

This transcript examines AI-driven data center growth in ASEAN, where demand is increasingly redirected from China into Singapore and Malaysia, with over 70-80% of new capacity focused on AI workloads. Power availability has emerged as the primary constraint, shaping project scale and location decisions. Singapore offers reliability but at significantly higher costs, while Malaysia provides cost advantages with execution risks. AI data centers command higher returns due to premium pricing and longer tenancies, though infrastructure complexity, cooling requirements, and regulatory factors create significant barriers to scaling.