Delhi cut its grid's electricity losses from about 50% to 5% over 25 years, IEEE Spectrum reports. For countries still losing a tenth or more of their power, the case shows that cutting losses can meet part of rising demand, though it takes decades.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives30
- Confidence55
The Singapore office opens in October as Anthropic's fifth in Asia-Pacific, led by a go-to-market executive who spent six months at OpenAI. The one demand figure in public is a usage ranking Anthropic compiled itself.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption35
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives78
- Confidence55
Hong Kong's widened carried-interest relief runs from the 2025/26 tax year. Singapore's counter landed on August 19, with the working detail deferred to the 2027 budget.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives58
- Confidence33
Hong Kong is legislating tax breaks for fund and private equity managers while Singapore markets access to US and Chinese AI models. According to AIMA, both are selling the same product: certainty.
Reality
- Evidence29
- Adoption33
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives74
- Confidence34
Johor holds roughly 89% of the approved value, and from February 2026 Kuala Lumpur will ration permits and power in favour of AI workloads. Approvals are not concrete.
Reality
- Evidence20
- Adoption42
- Hype gap+38
- Incentives55
- Confidence22