AI

TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance Ltd, is reportedly assembling significant computing power outside China using top Nvidia chips, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday.

Vietnam is capable of becoming a global unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturing hub, thanks to its strengths in workforce, supply chain, affordable cost, and high domestic demand, said Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung.

AI risk is no longer confined to cybersecurity teams. As geopolitical conflict disrupts both physical and digital systems, businesses are being pushed to treat AI exposure as part of continuity planning.

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in enterprise systems, cybersecurity is starting to look less like a separate layer of defense and more like part of the infrastructure story itself. In Southeast Asia, that shift could shape how securely and sustainably the next phase of AI growth unfolds.

Sovereign AI cloud platform RE:AI of Singapore-headquartered Singtel Digital InfraCo has partnered with California-based Cohesity to develop a service that enables enterprises to convert backup archives into searchable data sources for artificial intelligence applications.

Singapore-based hyperscale operator Bridge Data Centers plans to invest between S$3 billion ($2.35 billion) and S$5 billion ($3.92 billion) alongside global partners to strengthen Singapore’s role as a leading artificial intelligence (AI) hub in the Asia-Pacific region, as demand for computing capacity accelerates.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to reshape corporate business models, but Fitch Ratings warned that credit risks linked to AI adoption remain concentrated in specific sectors, particularly technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT).

Thunes, the Singapore-based fintech firm, has on Thursday announced two strategic appointments to its executive leadership team: Guy Duncan joins as Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO), and Parvinder Bhatia joins as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Hong Kong-based Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC) will jointly build a $2.1 billion AI data center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's biggest city, according to the municipal authorities.

Southeast Asia’s AI momentum is no longer defined by experimentation alone. As adoption moves toward scale, the region’s next phase will depend on the infrastructure beneath AI, from compute and cloud to power, connectivity, and deployment readiness.