Where AI lives: Southeast Asia's data centre boom

As demand for artificial intelligence heats up, technology giants are racing to invest billions of dollars in the region, attracted by a growing plugged-in user base. New data centres -- warehouse-like facilities that store online files and power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are mushrooming worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia. AFP was recently granted rare access to a Microsoft data centre in Indonesia that is part of the new boom. No company logo was...