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Southeast Asia’ s digital health revolution accelerates with HIMSS25 APAC launch
Southeast Asia is emerging as a global epicenter for digital health innovation, driven by significant investments in real-time clinical informatics, AI augmentation, and cloud-native health platforms. The trend was a central theme at HIMSS25 APAC in Kuala Lumpur.
Black Book Research’ s new market intelligence reveals the Asia- Pacific digital health market, currently valued at US $ 60 billion, is projected to reach $ 150 billion by 2030, propelled by value-based care, predictive analytics, and advanced interoperability standards.
Governments in the region are actively harnessing next-gen digital infrastructures and precision medicine solutions. Examples include Singapore’ s Synapxe-led National Electronic Health Record( NEHR) program, which leverages FHIR and blockchain for seamless patient data integration, and Thailand’ s collaboration with PwC Southeast Asia Consulting to scale digital equity via cloud-backed telemedicine.
The CIOs and IT leaders in healthcare are focusing on AI-based triage, IoT-enabled remote monitoring, and Health platforms to advance universal healthcare access and reduce disparities. The comprehensive digital transformation aims to optimize patient outcomes and operational efficiency across the diverse healthcare landscape of Southeast Asia.
“ We are witnessing a paradigm shift in Southeast Asian healthcare, propelled by robust investments in real-time clinical informatics, artificial intelligence augmentation, and cloud-native health platforms,” said Doug Brown, Founder of Black Book Research.“ Governments here are harnessing next-gen digital infrastructures and precision medicine solutions, creating unprecedented value opportunities for the global health ecosystem.”
NTT DC REIT launches IPO to fuel APAC data centre expansion
NTT DC REIT, backed by NTT Ltd., has launched an Initial Public
Offering( IPO) seeking to raise approximately US $ 773 million. The Singapore-based data center real estate investment trust aims to scale its presence amidst the booming digital infrastructure market across the Asia-Pacific region. The IPO is set to significantly boost NTT’ s data centre activities.
“ If this is a one time trial to squeeze money, maybe we don’ t take this IPO at this moment,” said Yutaka Torigoe, CEO of NTT DC REIT Manager, in the Monday briefing.“ But this IPO is a continuous, sustainable development of our capital recycling system. This is a very long-term project for NTT Group, so we dare to start this project now.” p
The portfolio for the IPO includes six carrier-neutral, Tier III or Tier III-equivalent assets across the US, Europe and notably, Singapore and Indonesia in APAC. These facilities boast a design infrastructure technology load of 90.7 megawatts( MW). This strategic move by NTT underlines the increasing global demand for data centre capacity, with APAC being a key investment target due to its rapid digital transformation.
The raised capital will support various initiatives, including implementing improved cooling methods and upgrading mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to enhance operational efficiency. This investment by a major global player like NTT signifies confidence in APAC’ s burgeoning digital economy and its critical need for robust, scalable data centre infrastructure to support growing cloud adoption, AI workloads, and overall digitization.
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