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Global investors plow into Asia data centers on AI boom

[ad_1] Asia is becoming the latest hunting ground for global investors in data centers, as companies from KKR & Co. to Bain Capital bet on the region’s growing computing and data storage needs following an artificial intelligence boom.Like in the U.S., Asia is seeing a surge in demand for data centers as giants like Amazon and Alphabet’s Google boost cloud services, the recent generative AI wave fuels data and capacity […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Japan

Fukushima educational project aims to nurture gifted children

[ad_1] A new educational center will be launched in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, to respond to the learning ambitions and intellectual curiosity of "uniquely gifted children.”Local volunteers who are knowledgeable in mathematics, literature, art, information technology and other fields will serve as instructors, free of charge, as part of an aim to have the entire community work together to develop children's special abilities.The name of the new center, called the "Omega […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Japan

Tokyo police mark 150th anniversary of founding

[ad_1] Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) pledged continued efforts to maintain security in the Japanese capital in a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of its founding on Monday. "We pledge to work together and demonstrate our comprehensive strength to maintain security in the capital city of Tokyo," MPD Superintendent General Hiroshi Kojima said in the ceremony attended by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, along with around 150 MPD officials. Emperor […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Africa

Algeria 1-1 Angola: Former champions held to opening Afcon draw after Mabululu penalty

[ad_1] Baghdad Bounedjah (number nine), who plays his club football in Qatar with Al Sadd, celebrates opening the scoringAlgeria became the latest 2024 Africa Cup of Nations contenders to make a slow start to the tournament after being held to a draw by Angola.Baghdad Bounedjah put the Algerians ahead in the first half, but they were pegged back on the hour by Mabululu's penalty.They follow Egypt, Ghana and Cameroon in […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Japan

China steps up Taiwan isolation after election, peeling off ally Nauru

[ad_1] One of Taiwan’s last diplomatic allies severed relations with the island and switched its alliance to China, after the global chip hub elected a new leader Beijing views as "separatist.”The government of Nauru, a tiny Pacific Island of 13,000 people, announced it will cut "diplomatic relations with Taiwan as of this day,” in a statement posted to its official Facebook page on Monday. It also vowed to stop developing […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Japan

Nikkei hits 34-year peak above 36,000 as shippers rally

[ad_1] The 225-issue Nikkei average crossed the 36,000 mark for the first time in 34 years on Monday, powered by shippers and financials, with a retreat in U.S. bond yields and a stabilization in the yen exchange rate buoying sentiment.The Nikkei finished the day nearly 1% higher at 35,901.73, after touching the highest since February 1990 at 36,008.23.Value shares outperformed after lagging growth stocks last week when the Nikkei index […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Cameroon 1-1 Guinea – Indomitable Lions held by 10-man underdogs

[ad_1] Mohamed Bayo has scored five goals in 19 caps for GuineaFive-time champions Cameroon were held to a draw by 10-man Guinea as the early stages of the Africa Cup of Nations continued to produce surprise results.Guinea, ranked 80th in the world, had threatened a real shock when Mohamed Bayo fired them into an early lead.But they had to play the entire second half a man light after skipper Francois […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

Japan

Japan tightens land use rules near six U.S. military facilities

[ad_1] With national security in mind, the government on Monday added six U.S. military and other key facilities to its list of locations where the acquisition and use of land in nearby areas is subject to tighter regulations. For the first time, U.S. military bases have been added to the list of sites, which now totals 399 under the land use regulation law enacted in 2021. The six sites, including […]

todayJanuary 16, 2024

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