As AI spreads rapidly across daily life and business, the need for energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable AI data centres is growing. IDC forecasts 22 percent annual growth in the Asia-Pacific data centre market excluding Japan from 2024 to 2029, driven by surging AI, cloud and digital services demand. Vertiv’s latest report highlights five trends: advanced power infrastructure, more distributed AI, faster energy strategies including on-site generation, wider use of digital twins and evolving adaptive liquid cooling.

NCSoft on March 26 changed its name to NC and reaffirmed three medium- to long-term growth strategies at its annual shareholders meeting. Shareholders pressed the company over a lower dividend, higher executive compensation and the possibility of disposing of treasury shares. All six agenda items were approved as proposed, including amendments to the articles of incorporation and plans related to treasury shares. Management outlined strategies spanning legacy IP, new global IP and mobile casual expansion, and addressed questions on user metrics and payment ratios.