Malaysia

MBSB maintains positive stance on Malaysia’s renewable energy on structural policy tailwinds

MBSB Research has on Wednesday maintained its positive stance on the renewable energy subsector, underpinned by the structural policy tailwinds for a deep decarbonization trajectory in line with the targets under National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR).

Malaysia’s chip sector faces uneven AI gains, supply risks – HSBC

Malaysia’s semiconductor sector is benefiting from the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but gains remain uneven across the industry, while supply risks and the challenge of moving further up the value chain continue to weigh on its longer-term outlook, HSBC said on Thursday.

Malaysia’s ZUS Coffee said to explore IPO to raise at least $245M — report

Malaysia's tech-enabled coffee chain ZUS Coffee is considering an initial public offering (IPO) of its Malaysia business to raise at least RM1 billion ($245 million).

Malaysia’s FatHopes Energy and Vietnam’s PVOIL team up for sustainable aviation fuel production

FatHopes Energy, a Malaysian waste-based feedstock solutions for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOIL) to establish Vietnam’s first nationwide used cooking oil (UCO) collection ecosystem for sustainable aviation fuel production.

Malaysian government-backed VentureTECH invests $7M into three high-growth firms

VentureTECH Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian government-backed impact investment company, announced Wednesday its strategic investments amounting to MYR 28 million ($7 million) into three Bumiputeraled high-growth, high-value (HGHV) companies.

Dutch chipmaker NXP breaks ground on Malaysia factory, expanding site to 900,000 sq ft

NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch chipmaker, broke ground on a new assembly and test factory expansion in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, expecting to more than double the facility's output once fully operational.

Singapore’s STT GDC secures $1.37B green financing for Johor data center campus

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green financing facility of up to $1.37 billion to fund the development of STT Johor, its data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.

U Mobile partners with OpenAI in OpenAI’s first Malaysia telco collaboration

Malaysian mobile operator U Mobile has entered a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across its operations, also OpenAI's first collaboration with a telecommunications provider in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s newly launched NEEAP 2.0 opens $2B efficiency investment opportunities – MBSB

Malaysia’s National Energy Efficiency Policy and Action Plan 2026-2035 (NEEAP 2.0) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (EECA) could unlock an estimated MYR 9.1 billion ($2.23 billion) in private-sector investment in industrial and commercial energy-efficiency measures, although much of the projected MYR 36.6 billion spending remains dependent on…

Singapore greenlights 900MW of solar imports from Malaysia’s Johor in two conditional approvals

Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has granted conditional approvals to two companies to import a combined 900 MW of electricity from Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore, generated from solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Malaysia's Johor.