Gamuda, IJM and Sunway top contenders for US$ 2.35 billion data center jobs
Maybank Investment Bank Bhd has estimated RM10 billion (US$ 2.35 billion) worth of data centre (DC) jobs with a combined capacity of around 500 megawatts (MW) to be awarded soon, despite the United States potentially restricting artificial intelligence (AI) chip shipments to Malaysia, according to Bernama, Malaysia’s national news agency. In a note today, Maybank IB said the […]
Vietnam’s CMC Corp to build US$ 250 million hyperscale data center
Vietnam’s tech firm CMC Corp. has received approval from Management Board of the Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) to build a US$ 250 million hyperscale data centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The data centre will have an initial capacity of 30 megawatts, which could be expanded to 120 MW later, the company said in a […]
Indonesia on track to achieve sovereign AI goals with Nvidia, Cisco and Indosat
Indonesian telecommunications leader Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, aka Indosat or IOH, has partnered with Cisco and NVIDIA to support the establishment of Indonesia’s AI Center of Excellence (CoE). Led by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs, called Komdigi, the CoE aims to advance secure technologies, cultivate local talent and foster innovation through collaboration with startups, […]
Singtel-led consortium ink deal with NEC to build Asian submarine cable
Singtel and a group of leading telecommunications and tech companies yesterday announced the signing of a contract with NEC Corporation to build the Asia United Gateway East (AUG East) submarine cable system connecting Singapore and Japan, with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan. Targeted for completion by the third quarter of 2029, […]
Malaysia’s chip restrictions still stay despite lifting of ban on sales of Nvidia’s AI chips to China
Amid news of the lifting of a ban on sales of Nvidia H20 AI chips to China, Malaysia-based data centers and related industries should rejoice hoping that the recent restrictions on exports of AI chips from Malaysia would also be lifted. But, according to legal firm Wong & Partners, this is not the case. “Regardless […]