{
  "id": 14317353,
  "title": "AI is moving faster than the infrastructure powering it, panellists say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ai-is-moving-faster-than-the-infrastructure-powering-it-panellists-say",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/ai-moving-faster-infrastructure-powering-it-panellists-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at an unprecedented pace, with energy systems required to power this growth lagging behind by decades. This mismatch is creating one of the biggest constraints on the global AI boom, according to executives from Microsoft and Keppel. Wong Wai Meng, CEO of data centres at Keppel, explained that the energy system evolves much slower than AI, which is innovating by the second. However, AI's speed of development outpaces the physical infrastructure supporting it, including energy, water, network connectivity, land, and financing. The infrastructure supporting AI should be considered as an interconnected system, stretching from energy and water through to data centres, chips, applications, and the tokens generated by AI models. Currently, each piece operates in its own silo, which is a challenge for regulators who are increasingly asking data centre operators and AI companies to bring their own power. Policymakers need to think ahead about how energy infrastructure develops alongside data centre demand. Microsoft's Mark Souza emphasized that consumers should not bear the additional energy costs created by new data centres. Instead, companies building data centres should ensure that the communities hosting them benefit through jobs, education, and investment. The surge in AI-related power demand could become part of the solution, as new energy systems require large and reliable customers to support investment. AI production could itself be the commercial off-taker needed for new energy infrastructure development.",
  "summary": "Microsoft, Keppel executives say the AI boom is forcing new approaches to power and data centre investment",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}