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Energy developer DDSP closes $283M green financing for AI-ready data center in Malaysia

Digital Decarbonization Solutions Platform (DDSP), a developer of hyperscale digital and decarbonized energy infrastructure across Asia-Pacific, has completed a $283 million green financing for a hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia, incorporating AI-ready liquid cooling technology.

Coda Payments licensed by Singapore monetary authority for cross-border money transfer

Coda Payments Pte. Ltd., the Singapore entity of digital content monetization and distribution company Coda, was licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to conduct cross-border money transfers, following receipt of a Major Payment Institution license.

Malaysia’s Catcha Digital slips into the red despite higher revenue

Malaysia-based Catcha Media has slipped into the red in the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, despite higher revenue.

Vietnam’s private capital surges to $4.5B as PE hits record-high, IPO remains shut for technology

After two years of correction that saw deal volumes shrink and investor caution set in, Vietnam's private capital market rebounded to $4.5 billion in 2025, according to the Vietnam Innovation & Private Capital Report.

Animoca Brands co-invests $1M in AI trading protocol Superior.Trade

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has made a $1 million co-investment in Superior.Trade, a protocol layer for AI-driven trading, marking the first investment under the company's recently launched Minds Investment Programme.

GIC, Temasek anchor Singapore’s investment in Anthropic’s $65B Series H round

Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds, GIC and Temasek, have joined a landmark $65 billion Series H funding round for Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude family of models, valuing the firm at $965 billion post-money.

Singapore data center sector draws strong mix of local, regional and US operators – Credit Sights

Singapore, data center operators are anchored by domestic, regional, and US players with demand underpinned by both western hyperscalers and regional fintech and enterprises, Credit Sights said Tuesday.

Singapore captures 99 percent of SEA’s $1.2B AI infrastructure funding – Tracxn

Southeast Asia's artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure has drawn $1.2 billion funding from 2019 to 2026, with Singapore captured for about 99 percent of all the disclosed funding, Tracxn said Thursday.

China’s YADEA, Vietnam’s Selex to jointly develop battery-swapping network for electric motorcycles

Chinese electric motorbike manufacturer YADEA and Vietnam's green energy firm Vietnam Green Energy Infrastructure (VGX) will jointly develop a shared battery-swapping infrastructure for electric motorcycles in the Southeast Asian country.

Malaysia’s regulator introduces targeted enhancements to primary market framework

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has on Thursday released its revised Equity Guidelines and Response Paper, introducing targeted enhancements to the primary market framework.