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Friday 28 August 2026
Pioneering sustainable water solutions in Asia-Pacific data centers
At the Sustainability Environment Asia Conference 2026, Gunalan Kaniasan, principal for water resources in Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJC) at AWS, outlined strategies for water sustainability...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Driving measurable sustainability: CIDB Malaysia's blueprint for carbon accountability
At Sustainability Environment Asia Conference 2026, Suhaimi Mansor, deputy chief executive of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia, delivered a clear mandate...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Indian states begins to tighten screws on data centers even as the build-out accelerates
India's data center story has split in two. The pipeline forecasts keep getting bigger, but the money actually landing has thinned sharply since June — and the reason is no longer...
Tuesday 18 August 2026
South Korea's Gwangju chip hub faces looming water crunch as experts push underground storage and AI management
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to invest in four memory fabs in southwestern South Korea, but alongside power infrastructure, the semiconductor industry's uninterrupted...
Monday 17 August 2026
India roundup: India's electronics push gains momentum as water, China ties, chip incentives collide

India's electronics and AI infrastructure ambitions are accelerating, but mounting environmental...

Friday 14 August 2026
SK Hynix advances Yongin fab construction for 2027 cleanroom launch
SK hynix has pushed construction of its semiconductor campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, to 87% completion as it targets February 2027 for the start of operations at...
Thursday 13 August 2026
South Korea widens chip strategy beyond Samsung and SK Hynix with KRW5 trillion ecosystem fund
As market momentum spirals into an intensifying race over AI infrastructure buildouts, the global landscape has entered a more aggressive round of AI-centered investment, with national-scale...
Tuesday 11 August 2026
Google's US$15B India AI data center faces environmental backlash

Google's planned AI data center in Andhra Pradesh, India, has drawn its first major opposition, with environmental groups protesting...

Friday 31 July 2026
SPIL AI packaging investment boosts CTSP Erlin Park as first standard factory opens in 2H26
The Central Taiwan Science Park's (CTSP) Erlin Park is set to reach a long-awaited milestone when its first standard factory building begins operations in the second half of 2026,...
Friday 24 July 2026
Arizona lures chip boom with three key advantages
As TSMC expands its investment in Arizona to US$265 billion, the global semiconductor supply chain is accelerating its move into the state, transforming the long-known "Sunshine State"...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Power and water constraints cast doubt on South Korea's Honam memory cluster, experts say
South Korea's plan to develop a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region (Jeolla Province) is facing mounting scrutiny over whether the area can support the enormous energy and infrastructure...
Thursday 16 July 2026
Samsung, SK hynix race to make Gwangju memory hub operational within four years
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are set to anchor a KRW800 trillion (US$532.4 billion) semiconductor cluster at the former Gwangju military airport site in South Korea. Industry experts...
Monday 13 July 2026
Samsung targets 2029 Yongin fab opening as infrastructure timetable tightens
Samsung Electronics plans to begin operations at its first Yongin fab in 2029, one to two years ahead of the original schedule, increasing pressure on South Korea to accelerate the...
Friday 3 July 2026
South Korea bets on southwest semiconductor cluster, but key hurdles remain
South Korea on June 29 unveiled a large-scale investment plan for the country's Honam region in the southwest, which mainly covers the city of Gwangju and North and South Jeolla provinces,...
Friday 3 July 2026
Seoul seeks Kumamoto's chip playbook, but Japan's model isn't easy to copy

As South Korea moves to accelerate a new semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest, ruling-party officials have returned to...