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Malaysia’s AI surge creates demand for land and office space – Juwai IQI

The growth in Malaysia’s artificial intelligence (AI) economy is transforming its property market, according to data released on Tuesday by Kashif Ansari, Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Juwai IQI.

RHB, Petronas team up for sustainable vendor financing for energy transition

Malaysian lender RHB Bank Berhad has partnered with state-owned oil and gas firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) for a sustainable vendor financing program (SVFP), a key pillar under the Petronas Supplier Support Program (PSSP) aimed at strengthening the resilience, competitiveness and sustainability readiness of Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Services and…

VECT ransomware: Why paying won’t get your files back

Organizations with exposure to the recent TeamPCP supply-chain attacks, which targeted widely used developer tools including Trivy, KICS, LiteLLM, and Telnyx, should treat credential rotation as an immediate priority.

Sharpa partners JTC to accelerate AI robot deployment at Punggol Digital District

Sharpa, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) robotics firm, has on Tuesday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with JTC to strengthen the AI and robotics ecosystem in the Punggol Digital District (PDD).

DPS Resources, Xinfengwei to explore $1.1B AGI data center infrastructure projects in Malaysia

Malaysia-based DPS Resources Bhd said Wednesday its wholly owned unit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a China-based firm affiliated with Alibaba Group Holding Limited to explore the development of $1.1 billion artificial general intelligence (AGI) data center infrastructure in Melaka, Malaysia.

Singapore, Philippines ink carbon credits pact under Paris Agreement

Singapore and Philippines have signed a legally binding agreement to collaborate on carbon credit projects under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, marking the Philippines’ first such deal, officials said on Thursday.

Australia’s AirTrunk to invest $3B to develop two new data centers in Malaysia

AirTrunk, the Australia-based hyperscale data center platform, has announced plans to invest MYR 12 billion ($3 billion) to develop two new data centers in Malaysia, to be called JHB3 and JHB4.

Indonesia’s eFishery founder gets nine-year jail term in $300M case – report

An Indonesian court sentenced eFishery founder Gibran Huzaifah to nine years in prison on Wednesday, concluding a high-profile $300 million financial scandal that led to the collapse of one of Southeast Asia’s most celebrated startups.

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Why AI orchestration is reshaping Singapore’s property industry

What ultimately changes the economics of an agent’s business is not incremental improvement within isolated tools, but coordination across them. When lead capture, client profiling, property matching, document extraction, scheduling, and follow-up occur in a single orchestrated flow, the agent’s capacity expands meaningfully: they can double or even triple…

Huawei launches AI Lab and Innovation Center in Malaysia

This center will be an important platform to support the next wave of innovation in Malaysia, where Huawei can combine its technology and global experience to work effectively with its customers and partners on industry solutions and localised AI solutions for Malaysian industries.