Singapore, Sept 20, 2026 (AFP) - Data centre command hub keeps AI up and running

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A steady nerve is crucial when keeping watch over hundreds of data centres worldwide, facilities essential to the frictionless online banking, messaging and AI services that society relies on. Analysts sit surrounded by digital maps and dashboards at the Singapore command centre of US firm Digital Realty, a major global operator of the warehouse-like sites filled with whirring servers. The goal is not simply to react when something breaks, but to......

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