> despite a moratorium on data centers Singapore placed a moratorium on new data center construction from 2019 to early 2022. It was not a "15-year moratorium"

> despite a moratorium on data centers Singapore placed a moratorium on new data center construction from 2019 to early 2022. It was not a "15-year moratorium" as Patel claimed, so he was pulling numbers out of his behind. Since 2022 Singapore has been expanding DC capacity quite aggressively as well: https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/business-insights/insights/singapore-to-expand-data-centre-capacity-by-at-least-one-third-pushes-for-green-energy-use.html https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/business-insights/insights/singapo... The fact that Patel didn't bother to verify something so easily Googleable speaks volumes about his credibility. And here's a statement by NVIDIA: "The revenue associated with Singapore does not indicate diversion to China," a statement by Nvidia reads. "Our public filings report 'bill to' not 'ship to' locations of our customers. Many of our customers have business entities in Singapore and use those entities for products destined for the U.S. and the West. We insist that our partners comply with all applicable laws, and if we receive any information to the contrary, act accordingly." (Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/u-s-investigates-whether-deepseek-smuggled-nvidia-ai-gpus-via-singapore https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...) Honestly many of the things Patel said in that podcast (not just about Singapore, but in general) belonged on r/ConfidentlyIncorrect.