Simon Sharwood
Simon Sharwood connects Asia-Pacific technology news with the infrastructure, software and policy decisions that matter to hands-on IT professionals, with a particular focus on data centers, cloud platforms and enterprise software.
Asia-Pacific infrastructure and cloud platforms
Sharwood is Asia-Pacific editor at The Register, covering regional technology developments alongside virtualization, data center infrastructure, software and cloud platforms. He consistently follows large infrastructure programs and vendor roadmaps in the region, such as Alibaba Cloud’s multi-year plan to build data center capacity measured in tens of gigawatts and the custom chips that underpin that expansion. His coverage of these projects explains the scale, timelines and technical underpinnings, translating ambitious corporate and engineering plans into concrete implications for organizations that operate or depend on large-scale infrastructure.
He has written guidance on his own coverage priorities, describing how he and his regional team focus on news from Asia, including markets from India to Japan, and on the technologies and suppliers that professionals rely on to deliver IT services. In that guidance he emphasizes emerging enterprise technologies and tech policy decisions that shape how governments influence the industry, reinforcing that his infrastructure reporting is framed by operational and regulatory context rather than product promotion.
He also notes that coverage of areas like cryptocurrencies is driven by their impact on enterprise technology, not by the field in isolation, which aligns with his habit of anchoring infrastructure stories in practical use cases and risk.
Enterprise software, AI and security
Alongside infrastructure, Sharwood reports extensively on enterprise software and artificial intelligence, often highlighting where new tools introduce operational friction or security concerns. His coverage of AI-powered bug-hunting tools in the Linux ecosystem, including Linus Torvalds’ observation that automated submissions have made a key security mailing list almost unmanageable, shows his interest in the intersection of open source governance, automation and real-world maintainability. In other work he examines AI systems deployed for content moderation, detailing how improvements still leave significant gaps and what that means for platforms that depend on automated enforcement.
Sharwood frequently covers specialized silicon and large-scale hardware investments as they relate to AI workloads and cloud services, such as reports on Alibaba’s production of hundreds of thousands of AI chips and the company’s admission that these devices remain inferior to leading alternatives. These stories unpack performance claims, strategic positioning and the long-term viability of homegrown hardware efforts, giving enterprise readers a clear view of the risks and constraints behind headline-grabbing AI infrastructure announcements. More broadly, he treats AI as part of the enterprise software stack rather than a standalone trend, tying algorithmic advances back to governance, reliability and the day-to-day work of securing and operating systems.
On Call incidents and tech culture
Sharwood also contributes to The Register’s narrative and column-style coverage, especially pieces that capture the texture of day-to-day IT operations and the culture around technology. In his On Call work he recounts incidents where improvised technical fixes collide with organizational rules, including a case in which a security team’s stance on USB devices derailed a carefully constructed workaround. These stories surface the human and procedural side of IT, illustrating how policies, fear and habit can be as decisive as technical capability when systems fail or improvise.
Beyond incidents, he writes about consumer and personal technology with an eye to strategy and history, such as analysis of how Samsung turned a period of apparent inactivity into a highly attention-grabbing smartphone launch. On the same front he revisits foundational projects and milestones, including anniversaries of efforts like the BBC’s Domesday digital mapping project, linking past experiments to current debates about data, interfaces and public access.
He has also addressed popular game phenomena, for example covering the acquisition of the word puzzle Wordle in a way that situates a seemingly light topic within broader trends in digital media and software business models.
Beat focus and audience
Across these strands, Sharwood writes for readers who build, operate and secure IT systems, rather than for a general consumer audience. His author profile and professional guidance describe a beat centered on enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, cloud platforms and software, enriched by coverage of regional policy and supplier strategy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Whether he is breaking down satellite-backed data center plans, new AI moderation tools or the consequences of an overzealous security policy, the consistent thread is a focus on how technology decisions affect the work of practitioners responsible for keeping systems running and secure.
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