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MAS flags risks from potential AI investment pullback
A sharp pullback in artificial intelligence (AI)-related investment and a reassessment of AI asset valuations could weigh on Singapore’s corporate earnings, household incomes and financial stability, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday.
Vietnam’s data center operator CMC, Viettel petition ministry over power pricing after cutoff threat
Two of Vietnam's largest data-center operators, CMC and Viettel, have asked ministries to clarify a dispute over electricity pricing that brought their Ho Chi Minh City facilities close to a power cut-off.
US President Trump rejects ‘globalist’ AI control, clashes with OpenAI, Anthropic
U.S. President Donald Trump rejects international oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) as a "globalist scheme" and said the United States would rename the technology "super intelligence" in official documents.
Global technology, AI trend help boost Southeast Asia’s growth: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its 2026 economic growth forecast for developing Southeast Asia to 4.7 percent, crediting the global technology and artificial-intelligence (AI) investment cycle and resilient electronics exports.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories invests in Pathology Asia and LifeStrands Genomics
Mayo Clinic Laboratories has invested in Singapore-based Pathology Asia Holdings and LifeStrands Genomics to expand advanced diagnostics and precision medicine across Asia Pacific.
Ofiniti to acquire ZeroNorth eBDN business as it expands in Singapore
Ofiniti has agreed to acquire ZeroNorth's electronic bunker delivery note business, including Singapore-based BTS, and move its customers onto Ofiniti's Bunker Operating System.
Alibaba Cloud to open new regions in Europe, expand capacity in Malaysia and Hong Kong
Alibaba Cloud plans first cloud regions in Türkiye, Finland, and the Netherlands, while expanding data-center capacity in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Germany, France, and the UAE.
Reap, Visa expand stablecoin-linked card programs to more than 100 markets
Reap and Visa are expanding stablecoin-linked credit card programs to more than 100 markets, covering funding, repayment, settlement, and cross-border business payments.
Nutanix acquires Ryax to add AI compute orchestration and GPU scheduling
Nutanix has acquired France-based Ryax Technologies and plans to integrate its GPU utilization and smart-scheduling technology into Nutanix Kubernetes Platform and Enterprise AI.
Singapore’s Sea Ltd. becomes first in Southeast Asia to adopt NVIDIA Vera Rubin
Sea Limited, the Singapore-based operator of the Shopee, Garena, and Monee platforms, will adopt NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin computing platform to expand its AI systems.
