Bright Data Sees Explosive Growth in Asia-Pacific AI Market as Demand for Web Data Infrastructure Accelerates

SINGAPORE, June 11, 2026 – The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across Asia-Pacific is creating a new generation of infrastructure providers powering everything from large language models and AI agents to enterprise AI deployments, and Bright Data believes the region is only at the beginning of its growth journey.

At SuperAI Singapore 2026, web data infrastructure company Bright Data announced significant growth across its Asia-Pacific AI business, highlighting the region’s emergence as one of the company’s fastest-growing global markets for AI-related services.

The company said its APAC AI customer base has consistently doubled year-on-year over the past two years and is expected to exceed that growth rate in 2026 as enterprises, research institutions and AI developers increasingly seek access to real-time, high-quality web data.

According to Bright Data, AI customers from Asia-Pacific now account for nearly one-third of its global AI customer base, while AI-related revenue from the region has grown to represent more than 20 per cent of the company’s global AI spending within just two years.

The announcement comes amid growing demand for infrastructure capable of supporting the next generation of AI applications, particularly large language models (LLMs), multimodal AI systems and autonomous AI agents that require access to dynamic, real-world information.

AI Infrastructure Becomes a Strategic Priority

As AI moves from experimentation to large-scale deployment, organisations are increasingly recognising that access to reliable data is as important as computing power and model architecture.

Bright Data currently supports AI customers across China, India, Japan, Singapore and more than ten additional Asia-Pacific markets. Its customer base spans the entire AI lifecycle, including LLM development, AI research, enterprise AI implementation, model evaluation, data enrichment, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and AI agent deployment.

The company revealed that two of China’s top three large language model developers are among its customers, highlighting the increasing sophistication of AI ecosystems emerging across Asia.

China and India together account for approximately 60 per cent of Bright Data’s APAC AI customer base, reflecting the scale of AI innovation taking place in both countries.

At the same time, Singapore has emerged as one of the company’s highest-value growth markets. Or Lenchner, Chief Executive Officer of Bright Data, said Singapore’s AI ecosystem presents a particularly compelling opportunity. “Singapore stands out as one of Bright Data’s highest-conviction growth opportunities in the region,” said Lenchner.

“With a robust large-customer pipeline primed for expansion, Singapore’s AI customer base now encompasses enterprise, SME and SMB customers that collectively reflect the full depth and dynamism of Singapore’s thriving AI ecosystem.”

The growth reflects Singapore’s broader ambitions to establish itself as a leading AI hub in Asia, supported by strong digital infrastructure, research capabilities, government initiatives and a vibrant startup ecosystem.

From LLM Training to Autonomous AI Agents

The increasing complexity of AI systems is driving demand for specialised data infrastructure. Unlike traditional software applications, modern AI models require vast amounts of current and contextually relevant information to train, evaluate and operate effectively.

Bright Data’s platform enables organisations to access compliant, LLM-ready datasets sourced from publicly available web information. The company also supports large-scale video and media extraction for multimodal AI training, an increasingly important area as AI models expand beyond text into images, audio and video.

For AI inference and deployment, the platform provides web search, data extraction and remote browser technologies that allow AI agents to autonomously navigate websites, gather information and perform actions on behalf of users.

Industry observers increasingly view web-connected AI agents as one of the next major frontiers in artificial intelligence, enabling systems to move beyond static knowledge bases and interact dynamically with digital environments.

The growing adoption of AI agents is also creating demand for stronger governance, security and compliance frameworks. Bright Data said its infrastructure incorporates governance controls, flexible delivery models and compliance-aligned processes designed to support secure and auditable AI operations.

To support regional growth, the company has expanded investments across Asia-Pacific, including dedicated sales and marketing teams, enhanced customer support capabilities and a stronger go-to-market presence in Singapore, China, India, Japan and other high-growth markets.

As AI adoption accelerates across industries ranging from financial services and healthcare to manufacturing, retail and logistics, demand for real-time web data infrastructure is expected to grow alongside advances in large language models, multimodal AI systems and autonomous agents.

The latest figures from Bright Data suggest that Asia-Pacific is rapidly becoming one of the most important battlegrounds in the global AI race, not only for model development but also for the data infrastructure required to power the next generation of intelligent applications.