Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 60 | Page 9

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Huawei Digital Power and Peak Energy for alliance to accelerate renewable energy solutions across APAC

Huawei Digital Power and Peak Energy, a leading Singapore-based IPP, have formed a powerful alliance to fast-track the rollout of renewable energy solutions across the APAC C & I sector.

The related MoU targets a significant 700MWp project pipeline across APAC countries.
This collaboration signals a major step forward in the region’ s clean energy ambitions, combining Huawei’ s digital power leadership with Peak Energy’ s deep market presence.
With corporate decarbonization commitments rising and policy frameworks increasingly favorable, the MoU is pitched as paving the way for meaningful carbon reduction and long-term energy resilience in APACs fast-evolving economies.
Peak Energy has established regional commercial and technical teams to support local project execution across key APAC markets – including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand.
Huawei Digital Power will provide its nextgeneration Smart PV solutions, integrating advanced power electronics and energy storage capabilities to maximize energy yield, operational reliability and lifecycle cost savings.
“ This partnership is a key milestone in our efforts to become the leading energy partner for corporates looking to reduce costs and carbon emissions in Asia” said Gavin Adda, CEO, Peak Energy.
“ Our collaboration with Peak Energy demonstrates Huawei’ s commitment to driving

Mastercard onboards APAC customers up to four times faster with Cloud Edge

“ With Cloud Edge, Mastercard brings pioneering innovations in cloud and payments to Asia Pacific banks, financial institutions and cloud-native organizations – meeting forwardthinking customers where they want to be,” said Sandeep Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Core Payments, Asia Pacific, Mastercard.
Asia-Pacific’ s clean energy transformation. By integrating cutting-edge digital power technologies with trusted execution across local markets, we aim to help corporate clients achieve their decarbonization goals while strengthening regional energy resilience,” said Nate Luo, Vice President, Huawei Digital Power Singapore.

Mastercard has announced APAC Pacific banks and fintechs can onboard to its network up to four times faster and streamline the launch of payment tools via Mastercard Cloud Edge, its cloud-based connectivity solution, offered in collaboration with cloud providers – including AWS.

Fintechs worldwide are expected to grow approximately three times faster than the overall banking industry through 2028, powered largely by emerging markets growth in APAC, where cloud computing, integral for fintech growth, and is set to drive the market to a projected value of nearly $ 311 billion by 2029 ].
As an additional onboarding option, Mastercard Cloud Edge provides customers, including issuers, acquirers, network enablement partners and payment processors, with private connectivity to Mastercard, lower capital expenditure and maintenance costs by avoiding physical data center overheads and direct access to modern payment technology.
“ The AWS Regions across Asia Pacific offer Mastercard extensive connectivity and secure cloud services. Together with Mastercard’ s global footprint, this provides organizations in the region with payment network access at low latency, ensuring seamless operations as well as compliance with regional data residency regulations,” said Scott Mullins, Managing Director, Financial Services, AWS.
Mastercard Cloud Edge is available in APAC markets including India, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.
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