Vietnam is urging Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics to expand investment in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and R&D, aiming to become a regional innovation hub. Senior officials met with execu…
The Trump administration is considering new tariffs on semiconductors and products made with them, despite warnings from U.S. tech companies that such a move could hamper American hopes of leading the…
Taiwan is on track for its first year of double-digit GDP growth since 2010, driven by AI hardware exports, while Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, mainland China, and South Korea all reported over 20% expo…
Bitdeer Technologies announced a five-year offtake agreement worth approximately $400 million in contracted revenue for AI cloud services, covering about 50% of the capacity at its new 9.5 MW liquid-c…
Bitdeer Technologies secured approximately $400 million in contracted revenue through a five-year offtake agreement covering about half the capacity of its new 9.5 MW liquid-cooled AI cloud data cente…
Tencent Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, announced plans to establish its first cloud region in Malaysia's Johor state, with three availability zones in the initi…
Hong Kong infrastructure and AI firms are pursuing business opportunities in Malaysia, driven by the country's New Industrial Master Plan 2030 and the recent opening of Hong Kong's Economic and Trade …
Malaysia has approved roughly RM184.7 billion ($42 billion) in data center investments since 2021, making it a key AI infrastructure hub, with Johor leading Southeast Asia in data center growth. Googl…
Malaysia has emerged as a key artificial intelligence hub in Southeast Asia, with a data centre boom boosting its economy, according to the Financial Times. The country is attracting significant inves…
Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez warned on Monday that Manila risks losing the Pax Silica hi-tech hub to regional rivals Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia if it 'drops the ball', e…
Malaysia is seeking to deepen economic ties with South Korea in semiconductors, AI, electric vehicles, renewable energy, and the halal sector, according to Malaysian Investment Development Authority (…
Malaysia is positioning itself as Korea's long-term strategic partner in high-value industries including semiconductors, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, renewable energy, and the halal eco…
Malaysia is working with state governments to protect farmland from industrial and real estate expansion as data centre and chip manufacturing booms intensify competition for land, with about 25,000 h…
China's AI advantage lies in affordability and accessibility rather than peak performance, with Chinese models processing 18 trillion tokens weekly on OpenRouter by June, triple the U.S. total, accord…
The US Department of Commerce closed a loophole on May 31 that allowed Chinese entities to buy advanced Nvidia chips through third-country subsidiaries, requiring export licenses for sales to entities…
Balaji Srinivasan's Network School had its business license revoked by Malaysian authorities on July 21, 2026, forcing operations to cease the following day. Within 24 hours, the former Coinbase CTO s…
Countries must navigate the AI revolution by inserting themselves into the five layers of the 'AI cake' described by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: energy, chips, infrastructure and datacenters, software, a…
Jepang memperluas kemitraan kecerdasan buatan dengan India, Prancis, dan Malaysia, serta menyiapkan dialog serupa dengan Inggris dan Brasil, untuk mengurangi ketergantungan pada perusahaan AI besar Am…
Japan is establishing artificial intelligence dialogue frameworks with India, Malaysia, and other like-minded countries to reduce reliance on top US and Chinese AI firms and promote domestic companies…
Southeast Asia-based criminal networks are using integrated technology, including artificial intelligence, to build a rapidly growing global illicit economy, with scams alone causing estimated combine…