Malaysia

Singapore and Malaysia have renewed an energy cooperation agreement to strengthen technical collaboration on solar power, energy storage systems, renewable energy certificates and cross-border electricity trading, supporting regional power grid integration and the transition to cleaner energy, the duo said on Monday. 

Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has granted conditional approval to Sembcorp Utilities as the designated importer for the 1.3-GW Vietnam-Malaysia-Singapore renewable electricity initiative.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he had a videoconference with Son last Tuesday, during which the Japanese tech investor said he had picked regions in the country for projects including data centers.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have joined its BLOOM initiative as policymaker members.

“Claims that Waze collects sensitive government information or allows any entity to exploit personal user data are completely false,” the company said in a response to TNGlobal. “Waze operates under strict privacy policies that protect user data and comply with global legal data protection standards,” Waze wrote in an email.

Bus Cap Berhad, Malaysia’s first pure-play bus builder listed on Bursa Malaysia, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a two-year memorandum of strategic collaboration (MOC) with Starcharge Energy Sdn. Bhd., an indirect subsidiary of StarCharge Digital Energy, to pursue joint opportunities in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and related…

Gentari Sdn Bhd, a clean energy solutions company wholly-owned by Petronas, and BYD Malaysia Sdn Bhd (BYD Malaysia), the Malaysian arm of global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD, have on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the development and deployment of high-power EV charging infrastructure in Malaysia.

UEM Edgenta Berhad, a Malaysian asset management and infrastructure solutions company owned by UEM Group, has launched its first Young Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) for six young business owners in its vendor network.

Sunway is exploring trials involving WeRide autonomous buses, Neolix delivery vehicles and AutoFlight electric aircraft, subject to approvals.

Aolani, a Singapore-founded neocloud artificial intelligence (AI) firm, announced Monday it has signed Letters of Intent to take up 500 megawatt (MW) of AI data center capacity in Malaysia.