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Johnson Controls joins NUS tropical data center testbed for AI infrastructure
Johnson Controls has joined NUS' Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed 2.0 to study AI-ready infrastructure under real-world tropical conditions.
Skyro secures Malaysia moneylending licence, plans cash-loan launch
Skyro has obtained a Malaysian moneylending licence and plans to launch cash loans, making Malaysia its second Southeast Asian market after the Philippines.
Zeekr enters East Malaysia with first retail presence in Kuching
Zeekr has opened its first retail presence in East Malaysia with a Kuching pop-up store and plans permanent sales and service facilities in 2027.
Ant Group’s Robbyant, AFDE to localize embodied AI for Middle East markets
Ant Group's Robbyant and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy have agreed to localize and deploy embodied-AI and robotics systems across Middle Eastern markets.
Aircall expands into Southeast Asia, targets AI voice-agent partnerships
Aircall is expanding into Southeast Asia with a partner-led strategy focused on localized AI voice agents, communications workflows and regional integrations.
CtrlS taps Ciena for 100 Tb/s India data center network
CtrlS Datacenters is deploying Ciena optical networking across five Indian metro networks linking nine data centers with up to 100 Tb/s of capacity.
Antom reshuffles Southeast Asia leadership across product, Philippines and Indonesia
Antom appointed new Southeast Asia product and country heads, linking regional operations more closely with payments brands 2C2P and DOKU.
NUS, Applied Materials and Micron join forces to grow Singapore’s next-generation semiconductor talent
NUS is partnering with industry leaders Applied Materials and Micron to strengthen the pipeline of industry-ready talent for Singapore’s semiconductor sector.
EV maker VinFast’s Vietnam arm to reabsorb spun-off R&D firm, lifting charter capital to $8B
VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup, will merge back in Tuong Lai, an affiliated firm it spun off a year ago, lifting its registered capital to about VND214 trillion ($8.2 billion).
Moody’s Ratings affirms Baidu’s A3 ratings; revises outlook to negative
Moody’s Ratings has on last Thursday revised the outlook on Chinese technology company Baidu Inc.’s A3 issuer and senior unsecured ratings to negative from stable.
