Singapore’s Singtel partners with Nvidia to build a research lab for companies that care about data sovereignty

Singtel, Singapore’s largest telecoms company, is continuing its push to become more than just a mobile network provider with a new “center of excellence,” established with U.S. chip giant Nvidia.

Targeted for launch in June, the center will help firms who care about data sovereignty, such as banks, hospitals and government enterprises. These organizations may prefer to process this data locally, rather than housing it in servers based outside the country.

“AI is becoming more embedded in decision-making, and government entities and enterprises… need assurance that their data is protected,” Bill Chang, CEO of Singtel Infraco, the firm’s business unit which manages its data centers, said during a press briefing on Feb. 24.

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