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Singapore and Brazil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish the Singapore-Brazil Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Friday.

Malaysia's approved investments grew 11.7 percent year on year to MYR 218.5 billion ($54.27 billion), underpinned by data center and cloud projects, official data showed on Friday.

Groundup.ai, the Singapore-based industrial machine intelligence company, has been awarded a tender by Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore's National Water Agency, to implement and maintain a Predictive Maintenance and Reliability System for the water utility's critical assets.

Kioxia and Sandisk plan to invest more than $31 billion in Japan through 2032 to expand flash-memory technology and production capacity.

South Korea plans a fund backed by semiconductor tax gains to finance AI, chip clusters and talent while buffering public finances from industry cycles.

Thailand says electronics investment has exceeded $30.5 billion since 2023, including $10.1 billion across 224 PCB and component projects.

Vietnam and Singapore will deepen cooperation in technological areas, including semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum technology, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and the data economy.

Temasek Trust’s Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H) has led British grid-battery firm Certain Energy's £10 million ($13.62 million) Series A round.

Chinese industrial robotics company Mech-Mind is seeking up to HK$2.7 billion in a Hong Kong IPO to fund R&D and international expansion.

STMicroelectronics, an European chipmaker, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) launched a research lab to develop energy-efficient semiconductors for edge AI, the processing of AI tasks on or near a device rather than in the cloud.