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Vection Technologies showcases AI and VR tools for defence, healthcare and property as CEO Gianmarco Biagi targets wider international growth.

SLR deepens its digital climate analytics offer with the acquisitions of Planetrics and ClimSystems, targeting asset-level risk modelling.

Signify sets 2030 sustainability targets and expands Interact with four connected lighting products for buildings and outdoor networks.

Japan and Singapore drive Asia Pacific data centre build costs higher as AI demand, power constraints and labour shortages widen regional gaps.

Agoda opens Bangkok technology hub to unite nearly 4,000 staff in a seven-floor office at One Bangkok, boosting regional operations and collaboration.

AI shopping is set to deepen the divide between Australia's strongest retail centres and routine-focused malls, JLL says, as AUD $14 billion in deals draws investors.

Johor, Mumbai and Bangkok drive Asia Pacific's surge as the region's data centre pipeline reaches a record 19.4GW, Cushman & Wakefield says.

Power On backs heat networks as the practical low-carbon answer for tower blocks, saying they can cut grid demand and save developers money.

Storeganise unveils an AI Connector linking self-storage systems to tools like ChatGPT, letting operators query live data in plain English.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT to buy Singapore and Osaka assets for SGD $1.4 billion, boosting logistics, business space and data centres.

Spoofed AI agents are hammering major websites with billions of hidden requests, driving up costs and outpacing current security defences.

Amazon leads the concentrated global hyperscale data centre market, as the top 10 providers captured 46% of 2024 revenue.

Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.

Malaysia pitches itself as a regional AI hub, but new research shows workplace adoption lags far behind the technology's potential.

Data centre boom drives new financing structures across Asia Pacific loan markets, APLMA whitepaper finds, reshaping risk and investor mix.

Colter Bay launches Australian private credit fund with AUD $100m facility to plug an estimated AUD $25bn lower mid-market funding gap.

iProov passes one million daily biometric checks as deepfake-driven fraud soars, forcing banks and governments to harden identity defences.

European authorities and tech firms have disrupted Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts.

Siemens unveils an autonomous building portfolio at Frankfurt's Light + Building fair, promising smarter energy, maintenance and comfort.

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