Yimie Yong

Discover Vietnam Tech is a new series where we dive deep into the vibrant and rapidly growing tech and innovation ecosystem of Vietnam. In this collection of interviews and editorials, we will spotlight key players—entrepreneurs, innovators, and thought leaders—who are driving the country’s emergence as a global tech hub.

With this round of financing, Truely plans to release B2B2C services designed for major travel operators, Airlines, Airports, OTA’s and service providers, as well as release additional products and services.

Under the terms of the agreement, CPP Investments and GIC will each control a 37.5 percent equity interest in the joint venture, and Equinix will own a 25 percent equity interest. Each party has made equity commitments, and the joint venture also expects to take on debt to raise the total pool of investable capital to more than $15 billion over time.

The company is addressing issues faced by utilities companies in markets such as Singapore, where approximately seven in 10 employers in the ‘Energy & Utilities’ sector have reported difficulties finding and hiring skilled talent.

The surge in electricity demand is outrunning the available power supply in many parts of the world, leading to growing concerns of outages and price increases for the most data center dense regions, Bloomberg reported.

Malaysia offers vast land areas which are affordable, plenty of power and water resources, as well as greater connectivity for data center operation.

Vietnam’s government said last year that SpaceX was interested in providing the country with its low-Earth orbit satellite service.

Alipay+ will be accepted at more than 25,000 local merchants, allowing travellers from 10 countries and regions to enjoy a convenient and cashless experience as they travel across Nepal simply by scanning the MOCO Unified QR Code.

In addition to the need for more data centers, the AI-driven surge in demand for graphics processing units (GPUs) could increase total demand for certain upstream components by 30 percent or more by 2026, Bain predicted.

A key focus of the collaboration is the launch of Dira, GoTo’s AI-based voice assistant that leverages Google Cloud gen AI technologies, on the GoPay app.