With contributions from e-wallet giant GCash serving as a steady earnings driver, Globe Telecom Inc. is eyeing another strategic asset to power its long-term growth trajectory: data centers. Asked if the company sees another asset following the initial public offering (IPO) route, Globe Chief...
NEW CLARK CITY — State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has dispelled assumptions that hyperscale data centers, whose energy requirements are enough to power as many as 100,000 households, would be constructed under the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI)...
The Philippines risks overtaxing its fragile power grid unless regulators move swiftly to manage energy demand from the rapidly expanding data center sector, according to an industry group representing energy efficiency market stakeholders. The Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) urged the...
In a bid to step up efforts to trace money behind the illegal drug trade, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) formalized an agreement that allows both agencies to exchange information for law enforcement and intelligence operations. The Data...
By: Atty. Edsel F. Tupaz & Atty. Calista V. Guevarra As the global discourse on Artificial Intelligence (AI) shifts from principles and frameworks to increasingly granular governance controls, the Philippines is positioning itself as more than merely a consumerist state in AI. In response to...
The Philippines is rightly trying to attract data centers, cloud platforms, and artificial intelligence investments. These projects can create jobs, deepen the country’s digital capabilities, and position us more strongly in the regional technology economy. But a data center cannot be built...
On a stretch of land the size of roughly 1,620 hectares north of Manila, the Philippine government and its allies are racing to build what officials are billing as the country 's gateway into the global artificial intelligence economy. But for thousands of farmers and residents who call that...
President Marcos has ordered the update of the government 's decades-old data classification framework to strengthen data sovereignty, enhance cybersecurity, and support secure digital transformation. Marcos made the order through Executive Order (EO) No. 119, which was in response to the need...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is calling on Filipinos nationwide to take part in programs and activities lined up for the celebration of Philippine Space Week 2026 from Aug. 8 to 14. The celebration this year will carry the theme “Navigating Tomorrow” and will highlight the country’s...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed Executive Order No. 119, retiring a 1964 policy on government data classification and replacing it with a modern, risk-based framework built for cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The new order supersedes Memorandum Circular No. 78, a decades-old...
NEW YORK (AP) — No large data centers can be built in New York for up to a year as the state creates rules to protect the environment and its energy grid from the power-hungry facilities fueling artificial intelligence. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the country...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations. While urging action in an address at London Climate Action Week,...
