Digital Realty has announced it is targeting nearly S$7 billion in total investment in Singapore, the largest commitment yet by the world’s biggest cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre platform to position the city-state as a regional anchor for AI infrastructure.

The investment target includes more than S$4.3 billion in new data centre developments and ongoing investments. The company also plans to grow its local workforce from over 300 to 400 employees by 2030, with nearly 90 per cent of its current Singapore team comprising Singapore nationals.

AI Inference Drives Singapore Strategy

Digital Realty said the commitment reflects growing enterprise demand for low-latency infrastructure as organisations shift from AI experimentation to production-scale deployment. Unlike AI training workloads, which can be geographically dispersed, inference workloads require proximity to users, networks, and data — making Singapore’s connectivity and data governance environment increasingly strategic.

“Singapore is emerging as a critical hub for AI inference in Asia Pacific,” said Serene Nah, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific, Digital Realty. “As organisations deploy AI in real-world environments, they need secure, highly connected infrastructure close to where data is created and consumed. This S$7 billion investment target demonstrates our confidence in Singapore’s role as the region’s AI infrastructure anchor.”

Innovation Lab and Global Command Center

Beyond workforce expansion, Digital Realty is strengthening its operational and innovation footprint in Singapore. The company operates a Global Command Center in the city-state — a 24/7 monitoring and response hub — and expects to launch a Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) at its Loyang facility in the second half of 2026. The lab is intended to give customers a supported environment to develop, test, and validate AI and hybrid cloud solutions before wider deployment.

Digital Realty relocated and expanded its Asia Pacific regional office to IOI Central Boulevard in July 2025, with further expansion expected in 2026. The company is also collaborating with partners on early-stage quantum data centre initiatives to prepare for the next frontier of compute.

Singapore’s Role in Asia Pacific AI

Digital Realty said Singapore’s trusted operating environment, robust connectivity, and established data governance frameworks make it well-suited to support high-value, latency-sensitive AI applications across the region. The company’s global data centre platform spans more than 300 facilities across 55-plus metros in over 30 countries.