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Southeast Asia’s data center companies have raised about $11.5 billion in disclosed equity funding across 19 rounds and roughly 85 percent of that capital has arrived since the start of 2024, the period in which artificial intelligence (AI) demand reshaped the region’s infrastructure requirements, Tracxn said on Friday.

OSK Ventures International Berhad (OSKVI) and Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad have on Thursday announced the launch of Pothos Fund I via Pothos GP Sdn Bhd, marking the introduction of their first venture debt fund for investors.

Axiata said underlying first-half profit more than doubled to RM717.2 million, while constant-currency revenue and EBITDA increased across its regional portfolio.

Solace and SIOS Technology have partnered to help Japanese enterprises build real-time, AI-ready data platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

International Workplace Group signed a record 728 new locations globally in the first half of 2026, including 164 across Asia Pacific.

The United States-based Apple will open its Apple Education Hub, its first Vietnam education center, to train employees of its supplier companies, with courses starting this autumn through a partnership with Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

South Korea has selected SK Telecom, Kakao and KT to develop free national AI services backed by domestic models and government-provided computing capacity.

JFrog has launched Traffic Controller, a network-layer enforcement system that routes software package requests from developers and AI agents through governed repositories and security checks.

Emirates will deploy its Airbus A350 on daily Dubai-Kuala Lumpur flights from September 1, expanding Premium Economy capacity on the Malaysia route.

The Philippine government and U.S.-based Meta Platforms, known for its social media platform Facebook, agreed to deepen cooperation on protecting children online and countering disinformation, harmful content, and threats of violence.