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Data center boom ushers in a new era of infrastructure risks and opportunities for insurers – Allianz

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving one of the largest infrastructure investment cycles in decades, but the rapid global build-out of data centers is also creating a new era of construction, operational, climate and insurance risks, according to the latest Allianz Commercial The data center construction boom: risks and claims trends report revealed on…

ESR, INA expand partnership on new logistics developments in Indonesia

Singapore-based real asset manager ESR, Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), and other capital partners are jointly investing in the development of two institutional-grade logistics facilities in Cikarang, Greater Jakarta, expanding their partnership and supporting Indonesia’s long-term logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain development.

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 Limited posts $7.8B Q2/2026 revenue, e-commerce Shopee account for 72%

Singapore's Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), known for operating Shopee as the biggest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, reported a revenue of $7.8 billion per GAAP calculation 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.

GIC, Anthropic, Macquarie team up to develop data center infrastructure in US

Singapore investment firm GIC, Anthropic, Macquarie Asset Management have on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership to establish Theseus Infrastructure, a new platform to develop, operate and lease data center infrastructure at scale to Anthropic under long-term agreements.