Malaysia

Malaysia’s renewable energy sector is poised for a renewed growth cycle despite near-term weakness in solar pricing, supported by upcoming large-scale projects and evolving policy frameworks, according to analysts.

Cradle announced Tuesday the launch of Cradle Elevate, a new MYR10 million ($2.53 million) funding program and the Cradle Startup Accelerator Program 2026.

Rising geopolitical tensions and energy market volatility are beginning to reshape global data center (DC) investment patterns, with Southeast Asia including Malaysia emerging as a key beneficiary of a potential shift away from higher-risk regions, RHB Investment Bank said Tuesday.

SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform based in Singapore, announced Tuesday that it has been granted a license by the Malaysian Central Bank, marking a key milestone in the company’s continued expansion.

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) said Monday it will continue strengthening its artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G push through ecosystem collaboration and a joint innovation-to-commercialization pipeline built around real-world challenge statements, sandbox environments, cloud resources, access to devices and internet of things (IoT) tools,…

The Penang State Government has on last Friday officially launched the Penang Automation, Test and Equipment (ATE) Campus, a strategic initiative aimed at positioning the ATE sector as the next engine for Malaysia’s industrial transformation.

While Malaysia's technology sector is structurally exposed to energy cost volatility, its earnings impact is partially mitigated by cost pass-through mechanisms, Kenanga Research said in its recent report.

Malaysia’s Ministry of Digital and Microsoft have on Friday announced the launch of Microsoft Elevate, an expanded national artificial intelligence (AI) capacity building initiative to strengthen Malaysia’s AI readiness, aligned with the country’s AI Nation 2030 ambitions.

Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) said Thursday it processed 8.44 billion digital payment transactions in 2025, reflecting how digital payments are increasingly the preferred payment method across Malaysia, driven by continued adoption across banks, non-banks participants, businesses and consumers.

Malaysia-based Cape EMS Berhad has on Tuesday announced the establishment of GrandCape (M) Sdn Bhd through a joint venture with New Grand Tech (HK) Limited, to expand into advanced interconnect engineering for electric vehicle (EV) mobility, artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, energy systems.