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Zankore secures up to $3.1B financing for Southeast Asia AI infrastructure buildout

Zankore has signed a senior term loan facility of up to $3.1 billion and is building an initial 100 MW of NVIDIA AI infrastructure in Indonesia.

Hong Kong’s Reap launches ledger for spending bitcoin and other virtual assets by card

Hong Kong-based Reap has launched a Virtual Asset Ledger that lets card-issuing clients make bitcoin and other virtual-asset balances spendable at the point of sale.

Malaysia targets $5B in GDP gains from AI annually: Communications Minister

Malaysia is targeting as much as MYR20 billion ($4.7 billion) a year in additional economic output from artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 and wants to shift from building data centres to applying AI across its economy.

Singapore data center annual investment to reach $19.2 billion in 2050 – PwC

PwC has forecasted annual data center investment in Singapore to reach $19.2 billion in 2050, in real 2025 prices, up from approximately $7 billion in 2026.

Vietnam seeks to halt rare earth export

Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade suggested that rare earth minerals stay off the list of minerals permitted for export in the current period, without details of the length of the "current period."

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Meta launches Muse personal AI agent in the US

Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent that can work across connected apps, continue tasks in the background and seek approval for sensitive actions. It is rolling out first in the United States through a dedicated app and WhatsApp.

Oracle plans global HPE Juniper rollout for AI data centers

Oracle plans to expand HPE Juniper routing, switching and telemetry across its global AI data center network, though commercial terms remain undisclosed.

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Australia proposes social media algorithm opt-out

Australia has proposed requiring social media platforms to offer users a choice between personalized recommendations and a feed limited to accounts they follow, alongside a broader digital duty of care for online services.

Zeekr Malaysia, SkyPark to utilize luxury EV for VIP airport transfers in Subang

Zeekr Malaysia, the local arm of China's Zeekr, and SkyPark FBO Malaysia will use the Zeekr 009 luxury electric van for airside passenger transfers at a business-aviation center in Subang, near Kuala Lumpur.

Hong Kong-based events firm BUUU to buy 60% of data-center maker Brightray, move to Singapore

Nasdaq-listed BUUU Group, a Hong Kong-based events and stage-production company, will buy a 60 percent stake in Brightray Science, a maker of prefabricated modular data centers, and will relocate its headquarters to Singapore.