Big Data

South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia, as the world's largest net exporters of AI-related hardware, were the standout performers of the current global technology cycle, driven by advances in and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in the July 2026 edition of its World Economic Outlook (WEO).

Thailand has approved nine major investment projects worth a combined $1.99 billion across artificial intelligence (AI), advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy, and food, as global manufacturers reposition supply chains across Southeast Asia.

CCHH, a Nasdaq-listed company primarily operating Chicken Claypot and restaurant franchises, has signed a three-year, $50 million agreement to provide maintenance services for data center infrastructure projects in Malaysia.

As many as 78 percent of Singapore IT leaders say a lack of real-time data infrastructure is stalling their efforts to scale AI, even as 75 percent are already deploying or piloting agentic AI solutions.

Malaysia’s rapid emergence as a regional data center hub amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is creating new strains on power, water and talent resources, raising questions about how sustainable the sector’s growth will be over the longer term, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said Tuesday.

Nasdaq-listed Polibeli Group Ltd, an Indonesia-headquartered digital supply chain company, plans to establish a preliminary framework for evaluating a potential artificial intelligence (AI) computing center in Thailand.

Singapore-based Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, and India-based Tata Communications will jointly build a new submarine cable system connecting India, Malaysia, and Singapore, with consortium partners targeting completion in the fourth quarter of 2029.

The United States-based Wesco International has completed the acquisition of Newark Engineering Group, a Singapore-based provider of engineered cooling solutions and lifecycle services for data centers, for S$175 million ($136 million).

Vietnam's G-Group Technology Corporation will build its G-Campus Hoa Lac, a high-tech center and Tier III data center complex specializing in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, with total investment of VND7,600 billion ($300 million).

India's Tata Communications will make an strategic $152 million investment in subsea cable infrastructure to expand the India-Singapore digital corridor with an additional 98 terabits per second of AI-ready capacity,