Singapore
News,Malaysia,Singapore,Energy
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.
August 11, 2026
News,Singapore,Mergers and Acquisitions,Consumer Electronics
Singapore okays Texas Instruments’ $7.5B acquisition of Silicon Labs, amid fragmented global market
Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission (CCS) has given its nods to Texas Instruments' proposed $7.5 billion acquisition of fellow US chipmaker Silicon Laboratories, finding that the deal poses no substantial lessening of competition in Singapore or globally.
August 11, 2026
GIC, Anthropic, Macquarie team up to develop data center infrastructure in US
Singapore investment firm GIC, Anthropic, Macquarie Asset Management have on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership to establish Theseus Infrastructure, a new platform to develop, operate and lease data center infrastructure at scale to Anthropic under long-term agreements.
August 11, 2026
Singapore AI-using firms see revenue, employment gains – government study
Singapore firms adopting artificial intelligence (AI) are seeing increases in revenue and employment, although the technology has yet to deliver statistically significant gains in productivity or profits within four years of adoption, a new study found on Tuesday.
August 11, 2026
National University of Singapore, OpenAI expand AI collaboration, to give all students, staff access to ChatGPT, Codex
The National University of Singapore (NUS) and OpenAI will expand their strategic collaboration to give every NUS student, faculty member, and staff access to ChatGPT Edu and Codex, including enterprise-level security and controls.
August 11, 2026
News,Singapore,Biotech / MedTech
Merck expands biosafety testing laboratory in Singapore to strengthen services across Asia Pacific
Merck, a global science and technology company, is expanding its Singapore lab to further strengthen analytical and biosafety testing services for customers across the Asia Pacific region.
August 11, 2026
News,Investments,Singapore,Deep Tech
Taiwan’s Powertech invests $400M in Singapore AI chip packaging venture, AMD as first client for 2027 shipment
Taiwan’s semiconductor firm Powertech Technology will invest $400 million to secure a 30 percent equity stake in a joint venture with US semiconductor company Broadcom.
August 10, 2026
News,Singapore,Vietnam,Digital Transformation
Vietnam’s science ministry, Singapore’s NUS Enterprise to collaborate in AI, semiconductor, startup
Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology and NUS Enterprise, under National University of Singapore (NUS), will collaborate in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, technology transfer, startup development, and technology workforce training.
August 7, 2026
Southeast Asia’s AI startups raise $9.3B with Singapore emerges as the largest hub – Tracxn
Southeast Asia's Native AI ecosystem has raised approximately $9.3 billion across 261 disclosed equity rounds as of July 2026, with Singapore emerges as the largest hub, Tracxn said Wednesday.
August 6, 2026
News,FinTech,Singapore,Malaysia
Maybank collaborates with MAS to advance programmable cross-border settlement
Maybank Singapore announced Thursday its participation in the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) BLOOM initiative, reinforcing its commitment to advancing next-generation, best-in-class cross-border payments and transaction banking infrastructure.
August 6, 2026












