Solving Asia’s datacentre dichotomy: Interview with AIMS CEO

When addressing the challenges and opportunities for the datacentre industry in Asia, industry pundits regularly point to the sector’s role in paving the digital transformation road. Industry leaders have since discussed this dichotomy in the digital revolution: between fear and willingness to unlock the positive disruption to business and society that digital transformation heralds. AIMS has interlinked datacentres in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore to provide international businesses with local access to end customers in Southeast Asia. Datacentre dichotomyPondering the question of challenges for Southeast Asia’s datacentre industry, Chiew first quickly enumerated the region’s strengths. Sourcing required skills and talents and skills is an ongoing challenge, exacerbated by the datacentre industry’s need for specialised skillsets (e.g.