AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoData Centres: Singapore-based DayOne secured S$5 billion in financing to expand its hyperscale data-centre capacity in Johor, extending a major regional infrastructure push. Cybersecurity: Singapore’s new national strategy will use AI to strengthen cyber defence, focusing on evaluating and securely adapting leading models rather than building its own. AI and Jobs: President Tharman warned that AI is already weakening demand for entry-level roles, putting fresh graduates’ first jobs at risk. Battery Recycling: A Singapore startup has opened a plant to recover lithium from EV batteries and raised US$7.6 million to advance the work. Quantum-Safe Networks: Toshiba, Singapore’s SpeQtral and HPE validated a system to strengthen existing secure connections against future quantum-computing threats. Chip Stocks: A global selloff in AI-related shares hit Singapore chip-equipment maker AEM, whose stock fell as investors reassessed competition and the returns on AI spending.
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