South Asia: Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia

Singapore's Singtel and the Bridge Alliance are set to launch a GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering in Southeast Asia. In February 2024 when the company first announched the launch, it mentioned that Singtel’s GPUaaS will be powered by Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU-powered clusters that are operated in existing upgraded data centers in Singapore. In addition, Singtel - like everyone else - will be “among the world's first “to deploy GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips. 

Bill Chang, CEO of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit, said: “We are very heartened to see such a strong interest from AIS, Maxis, and Telkomsel to partner with us in our GPUaaS offerings. Our collaboration with Bridge Alliance and telcos in the region will help democratize and accelerate the use of AI by enterprises across all industries, giving them the tools to achieve greater productivity and business value with our next-generation digital infrastructure and solutions. This reinforces our goal of being a catalyst for innovation and supporting the digital transformation of Southeast Asia’s digital economies.”

Dr. Ong Geok Chwee, CEO of Bridge Alliance, said: “As a leading mobile alliance that pools the collective capabilities of our BMOs together to deliver regional initiatives, we’re delighted to bring the benefits of GPUaaS and AI computing to enterprise customers in the markets where our BMOs operate."