How does AI scale when it collides with physical constraints in Asia?

Singapore, February 12, 2026, Antares Ventures and the CleanAI Initiative convened a closed-door dialogue to examine how capital allocation, frontier technologies, and infrastructure deployment are navigating the challenges and opportunities arising from the AI & clean economy transition.

Across the region, AI is no longer confined to the digital layer. It is reshaping electricity demand, cooling loads, land and water-use decisions, and industrial integration, embedding advanced computing directly into energy, water, and manufacturing systems. A full house and strong demand for the event signaled that they are firmly on the agenda of capital and industry.

In his keynote, our founder, Michael Gryseels, highlighted that Asia’s growth markets surface these pressures early. High demand and dense infrastructure mean that energy and computing now operate as one system, where performance under real operating conditions determines whether scale is viable.

We thank Enterprise Singapore (Emily Liew), Google (Spencer Low), Temasek (Daniel Tay), Dell Technologies (Deepak Waghmare), Fasal (Shailendra Tiwari), Hydroleap (Mohammad Sherafatmand), Firmus Technologies (Tim Rosenfield), Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Laurel West), Eco-Business (Jessica Cheam), and CleanAI Initiative (Nicholas Parker) for anchoring a thoughtful and substantive exchange, as well as the investors, corporate leaders, and founders who contributed candid perspectives.

Grateful for the partnership with CleanAI Initiative in advancing this dialogue, and for the support from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Singapore Global Network (SGN).

During the event, we also launched our Beyond Carbon & Silicon report, which outlines our framework for the convergence of energy and compute across Asia’s growth markets.

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