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Singapore’s STT GDC secures $1.37B green financing for Johor data center campus

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green financing facility of up to $1.37 billion to fund the development of STT Johor, its data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.

What 1,000 EV chargers reveal about making Singapore’s older condos EV-ready [Q&A]

Singapore’s EV transition is creating a new infrastructure challenge for older condominiums. MNL Solutions co-founders Lai Yuan Weng and Sathiyamoorthy Nagarajan discuss load management, MCST approvals, charger economics, and lessons from more than 1,000 deployments.

Singapore’s Graas raises $17 million Series B, acquires product-data startup Trustana

Graas, a Singapore-based retail commerce AI company, has raised $17 million in a Series B round and acquired Trustana, a Singapore-based product-data platform.

U Mobile partners with OpenAI in OpenAI’s first Malaysia telco collaboration

Malaysian mobile operator U Mobile has entered a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across its operations, also OpenAI's first collaboration with a telecommunications provider in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s newly launched NEEAP 2.0 opens $2B efficiency investment opportunities – MBSB

Malaysia’s National Energy Efficiency Policy and Action Plan 2026-2035 (NEEAP 2.0) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (EECA) could unlock an estimated MYR 9.1 billion ($2.23 billion) in private-sector investment in industrial and commercial energy-efficiency measures, although much of the projected MYR 36.6 billion spending remains dependent on…

Data center boom ushers in a new era of infrastructure risks and opportunities for insurers – Allianz

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving one of the largest infrastructure investment cycles in decades, but the rapid global build-out of data centers is also creating a new era of construction, operational, climate and insurance risks, according to the latest Allianz Commercial The data center construction boom: risks and claims trends report revealed on…

ESR, INA expand partnership on new logistics developments in Indonesia

Singapore-based real asset manager ESR, Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), and other capital partners are jointly investing in the development of two institutional-grade logistics facilities in Cikarang, Greater Jakarta, expanding their partnership and supporting Indonesia’s long-term logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain development.

Singapore-based Manus AI to leave Meta as China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition

Manus, a Singapore-headquartered AI agent startup founded in China, will return to operating as an independent company and delete some user data, months after Chinese regulators blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup.

Singapore’s biotechnology firm K2 Therapeutics raises $50M in seed financing from MPM BioImpact

K2 Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biotechnology company, has raised $50 million in seed financing from MPM BioImpact, the U.S. investment firm that founded the company in 2024.

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Everyone says the AI went rogue; It did as it was told

Recent autonomous AI security incidents raise a less cinematic concern than machines going rogue. Tenable CTO Vlad Korsunsky argues that the immediate risk comes from AI agents faithfully pursuing objectives while holding access and permissions that organizations have not adequately controlled.