The rise of AI, cloud computing, e-commerce, and other technologies and businesses that require large amounts of processing power and data storage is fuelling demand for data centres, and Southeast Asia looks well-positioned to benefit significantly. In Singapore, there are over 70 data centres, serving as one of the biggest hubs in the world. But what will it take for Singapore to continued to keep pace with global digitalisation and stay ahead in the data centre race? Ashton Soh, Director of Acquisitions, at real estate investment trust Digital Realty and Chair of SGTech’s Data Centre Chapter, shares his insights on the data centre industry and the outlook for Singapore.