TechNode Global Staff
Vietnam’s Bien Hoa Consumer secures funding from UOBVM for clean and green product expansion
Bien Hoa Consumer Joint Stock Company (BHC), a core subsidiary of TTC AgriS, has officially announced the successful completion of a strategic fundraising round from UOB Venture Management Pte Ltd (UOBVM) managed funds.
May 13, 2025
Partners Group to acquire Singapore-based data center platform Digital Halo as it plans $400M pan-Asian expansion
Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, acting on behalf of its clients, has agreed to acquire Digital Halo Pte. Ltd. from its existing shareholders, including ARCH Capital.
May 13, 2025
News,Vietnam,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
Vietnam’s VinFast collaborates with four Philippine partners for service network expansion
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) carmaker VinFast announced Tuesday the official signing of collaboration agreements with four partners in the Philippines: Goodyear Philippines, Tire King and Rubber Products, Power Tread Services, and Marcjan Cavite.
May 13, 2025
News,Vietnam,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
VinFast signs new dealer agreements in France and Germany to expand network in Europe
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast announced last Thursday the signing of a dealership agreement with ASTRADA SIMVA, its first official dealer partner in France, and Schachtschneider Automobile GmbH & Co KG, its second dealer in Germany.
May 12, 2025
News,FinTech,Singapore,eCommerce
Sea opens new digital financial services headquarters in Singapore; rebrands SeaMoney to Monee
Singapore-based tech conglomerate Sea Limited announced last Thursday the opening of its new global headquarters for its digital financial services business in Singapore, alongside its rebranding from SeaMoney to Monee.
May 12, 2025
GIP–BlackRock explores $5B data centers investment in Thailand
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)–BlackRock is exploring a strategic partnership with “CP–True IDC” to strengthen Thailand’s digital infrastructure and build a regional giga data center hub with up to $5 billion investment.
May 12, 2025
Gentari inks deal to power TM’s key operations with solar energy
Malaysian clean energy solutions provider Gentari, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd, has signed landmark Solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with telecommunications company Telekom Malaysia (TM) to power six key TM facilities with solar energy.
May 12, 2025
Toyota acquires 40 percent stake in Astra’s used car unit for $120M
Indonesia-based conglomerate Astra and Japan-based automotive firm Toyota are strengthening their strategic partnership and expanding collaboration in the used car business in Indonesia through a partnership in PT Astra Digital Mobil (ADMO).
May 9, 2025
News,Vietnam,Indonesia,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
V-GREEN partners four firms to deploy over 60,000 VinFast EV charging ports in Indonesia with projected investment of $300M
Vingroup's electric vehicle (EV) charging station developer V-GREEN has announced the signing of memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four strategic partners to deploy approximately 63,000 charging ports in total exclusively for VinFast electric vehicles in Indonesia by the end of 2025, more than double the previously announced target.
May 9, 2025
IDTechEx: AI chips for data center and cloud to exceed $400B by 2030
By 2030, IDTechEx forecasts that the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, commercialization of AI, and the increasing performance requirements from large AI models will perpetuate the already soaring market size of AI chips to over $400 billion.
May 9, 2025