Microsoft announces vast AI investment in India

Indus Towers, regularly in the news in recent months, has now hit the headlines with a major tower purchase in India.

Underlining the continuing effect of the AI boom on Asia, Thailand has reportedly approved an estimated US$2.7 billion of investments in data centres and cloud services from both local and foreign firms.

The growing appeal of Vietnam as an investment destination for many companies – notably those in the telecoms and IT sectors – has been underlined by announcements from Meta and Ericcson this week.