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Equinix, a data center operator based in the United States, has signed its fourth renewable energy power purchase agreement in Singapore since 2024, an agreement with Flo Energy Singapore for at least 11.5 MWp of solar power.

Chinese payments and digital-services company Alipay launched China's first full-stack agentic commerce platform, giving merchants tools to move from digital operations to services run by AI agents, at a partner conference in Hangzhou.

The share of Singapore enterprises using agentic AI tools more than doubled to 51 percent in 2026 from 22 percent a year earlier, according to an annual survey by the United States-based workflow software firm ServiceNow.

The White House's "The Great Transshipment Scam" report on illegal transshipment, released in August 2026, names nine of the ten ASEAN member states among the roughly 40 jurisdictions it identifies as part of a global "Shadow Transshipment Network."

Nuclear energy is gaining traction across Southeast Asia as governments seek to meet rising electricity demand, strengthen energy security and secure reliable low-carbon power, creating potential opportunities for Malaysia to participate in the emerging regional nuclear supply chain, CGS International said on last Friday.

Malaysia’s Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) is stepping up efforts to turn climate commitments into practical action, with priorities including accelerating the energy transition, strengthening flood resilience and improving climate-related reporting and financing, it said after its 17th meeting.

Partners Group, a global private markets investor, has closed a new $1 billion private credit mandate with a major institutional investor in Asia.

Southeast Asia’s financial services merger and acquisition (M&A) deal volume remained stable in the first half despite lower deal value, EY said on last Thursday.

Hyundai Thanh Cong, a Vietnam-Korea joint venture that assembles Hyundai vehicles in Vietnam, held a ceremony last Friday to mark the first shipments of Vietnam-made Hyundai cars to Mexico and Australia, part of a plan to export 15,280 units in 2026.

Vietnamese technology company PILA and Singapore-listed TOTM Technologies will jointly develop cross-border digital trust infrastructure for ASEAN, starting with a system to verify letters of credit between banks in the two countries.