Digital Realty has expanded its Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) into Singapore and Japan, marking the first expansion of the company's global DRIL network into the Asia Pacific.
"Sustaining rapidly expanding digital economies requires innovation ecosystems built on infrastructure that is not only AI-ready, but also efficient, resilient, and trusted," said Serene Nah, managing director and head of Asia Pacific, Digital Realty.
Digital Realty Innovation Lab
The new DRIL locations aim to offer fully supported, real-world testing environments for customers and partners to bring their own workloads or use pre-configured infrastructure to validate AI and hybrid cloud deployments before scaling live.
"Since launching the DRIL in the US, we've seen strong demand from customers and partners across the Asia Pacific seeking dedicated environments to validate AI and hybrid cloud architectures before deploying at scale. Bringing this capability to Singapore and Japan reflects the digital maturity of these markets and their critical role in shaping the region's long-term digital competitiveness," Nah said.
She added: "By creating spaces where enterprises can test, optimiseoptimise, and de-risk their AI infrastructure, we're accelerating responsible deployment and strengthening Asia Pacific's position as a hub for trusted digital innovation."
Key features
Key features of the DRILs will include:
- High-density AI and HPC testing
- Energy and cooling-aware testing
- AI infrastructure optimisation
- Hybrid cloud validation
- AI workload orchestration
- Latency testing across locations
The inaugural DRIL was successfully launched in Northern Virginia in September 2025, receiving over 120 visits from our enterprise customers. The global DRIL network already supports a growing ecosystem of customers and partners, including AMD, Cisco, and Lenovo, focused on scaling AI and hybrid cloud architectures.
