# Singapore Hub Battles Typhoon Alerts

> Singapore data center team fights typhoon warnings, overheating servers and false alarms to keep AI alive.
- Title: Singapore Hub Battles Typhoon Alerts · Malay Mail | Shortify
- Summary: Singapore data center team fights typhoon warnings, overheating servers and false alarms to keep AI alive. Digital Realty's Singapore command center monitors…
- Keywords: digital realty, singapore, data centers, typhoon alerts, overheating servers, false alarms, command center, news, world, Hub, Battles, Typhoon
- Source: Malay Mail — https://malaymail.com/news/singapore/2026/09/21/singapore-hub-battles-typhoon-alerts-overheating-servers-and-false-alarms-to-keep-ai-alive/235873
- Published: 2026-09-21T07:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: digital realty, singapore, data centers, ai, typhoon alerts, overheating servers, false alarms, command center, news, world
## Singapore command center
Analysts sit surrounded by digital maps and dashboards at the Singapore command center of US firm Digital Realty.
## Global data center oversight
The command centre and its two sister hubs provide round-the-clock oversight of more than 300 data centres across six continents.
## Daily monitoring challenges
Daniel Naing and his colleagues handle thousands of system alerts flagging signs of trouble each week.
## Team's mental state
If I panic, my team members will panic. So even though inside I may be nervous, I cannot show it.

> If I panic, my team members will panic. So even though inside I may be nervous, I cannot show it
## False positives risk
AI or automation can give false positives, requiring human intervention to verify genuine outages.

> We still need human intervention to really look at whether or not those are genuine outages, genuine alerts and alarms, because sometimes AI or automation can give you false positives
## Data center operations
Digital Realty rents server space to around 6,000 companies with power disruptions and equipment failure as most common issues.
## Typhoon preparedness
An approaching storm thousands of kilometres away can put the team on standby for typhoon alerts.
## AI demand growth
Tech giants race to build their own data centers to train and run AI models costing trillions globally.
## Data center impact
Data centers are essential infrastructure, a matter almost like national security for digital services.

> Data centres are essential infrastructure, a matter "almost like national security"
## Key takeaway

Digital Realty's Singapore command center monitors 300+ global data centers to prevent disruptions from typhoons, overheating servers and AI false alarms.