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Singapore’s STT GDC secures $1.37B green financing for Johor data center campus
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green financing facility of up to $1.37 billion to fund the development of STT Johor, its data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.
Singapore’s Graas raises $17 million Series B, acquires product-data startup Trustana
Graas, a Singapore-based retail commerce AI company, has raised $17 million in a Series B round and acquired Trustana, a Singapore-based product-data platform.
U Mobile partners with OpenAI in OpenAI’s first Malaysia telco collaboration
Malaysian mobile operator U Mobile has entered a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across its operations, also OpenAI's first collaboration with a telecommunications provider in Malaysia.
Singapore-based Manus AI to leave Meta as China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition
Manus, a Singapore-headquartered AI agent startup founded in China, will return to operating as an independent company and delete some user data, months after Chinese regulators blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup.
Singapore’s biotechnology firm K2 Therapeutics raises $50M in seed financing from MPM BioImpact
K2 Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biotechnology company, has raised $50 million in seed financing from MPM BioImpact, the U.S. investment firm that founded the company in 2024.
Vietnam, Australia sign 5-year digital economy pact covering AI, semiconductors, data flows
Vietnam and Australia will further collaborate in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, cross-border data flows, and undersea cable connectivity.
China’s Ant Group upgrades physician platform into AI workstation “AQ for Doctor” with 300,000 verified doctors
China's Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, has upgraded its physician platform "Haodf for Doctor" into "AQ for Doctor," an AI-powered workstation for physicians covering online consultations, patient management, clinical decision support, and medical research.
Singapore’s Sea Ltd Q2/2026 revenue jumps 48.1% to $7.8B
Singapore's Sea Ltd, known for operating Shopee as the biggest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, reported a revenue of $7.8 billion for the second quarter of 2026, up 48.1 percent year-on-year.
Singapore greenlights 900MW of solar imports from Malaysia’s Johor in two conditional approvals
Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has granted conditional approvals to two companies to import a combined 900 MW of electricity from Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore, generated from solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Malaysia's Johor.
Singapore okays Texas Instruments’ $7.5B acquisition of Silicon Labs, amid fragmented global market
Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission (CCS) has given its nods to Texas Instruments' proposed $7.5 billion acquisition of fellow US chipmaker Silicon Laboratories, finding that the deal poses no substantial lessening of competition in Singapore or globally.
