Singapore leads Asia in AI maturity but scaling gaps remain

Source: Singapore Business Review
Published on: 2026-04-16 04:57

About 40% of Singapore firms reach integration stage, while only 3% achieve AI leadership. Singapore stands out in Asia's AI readiness landscape, with 40% of organisations reaching the "Integrator" stage of AI maturity, however, only 3% have achieved "Leader" status, according to a study by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC). The findings come from "Mind the Gap: Bridging the AI Infrastructure Readiness Divide," a regional survey of more than 600 enterprise and digital-native leaders across nine Asian markets, including Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. In Singapore, the study found that the constraints have shifted from adoption to scaling, with limited infrastructure headroom, shortages in specialised operational expertise and continued investment discipline identified as key barriers to expansion of AI workload...

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