
This photo taken on September 2, 2026 shows the tower cooling system on the roof of the Digital Realty data centre in Singapore. A steady nerve is crucial when keeping watch over hundreds of data centres worldwide, facilities essential to the frictionless online banking, messaging and AI services that society relies on. Analysts sit surrounded by digital maps and dashboards at the Singapore command centre of US firm Digital Realty, a major global operator of the warehouse-like sites filled with whirring servers. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'SINGAPORE-TECHNOLOGY-INFRASTRUCTURE-AI,FOCUS' by Martin ABBUGAO


