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Trois SMT plans US$15m electronics plant at Amata City Ha Long
The 1.9-hectare project adds a named electronics manufacturer and a 17-million-unit annual target, while construction timing and customer commitments remain open.
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Proparco backs EVF with US$20m for climate and women-led businesses
The senior loan splits its intended use equally between climate projects and women-led or women-owned SMEs, while pricing, maturity and recipients remain undisclosed.
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George Kent and Extreme Vision take industrial AI into Malaysia and Singapore
Exclusive distribution rights and a Puchong factory pilot give the partnership a practical test case, while demand, contract value and rollout timing remain undisclosed.
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BCDA advances utilities for New Clark City manufacturing hub
The Philippines is preparing infrastructure for a planned 1,600-hectare Pax Silica zone, while tenants, financing and the timetable for industrial operations remain open.
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MIDA shifts Malaysia’s data-centre focus towards local value
Malaysia has drawn RM385.7 billion of data-centre-related investment since 2021; the next policy test is whether that scale produces local suppliers, skills and resource-efficient operations.
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What Midsummer and Metalogika’s 20MW plan could add in Indonesia
The binding framework puts local thin-film production on a clearer path; its industrial value depends on incorporation, procurement, inputs and a viable first factory.
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ASEAN employers shift from broad hiring to targeted capability bets
A six-market survey puts selective recruitment, operational efficiency and AI investment at the centre of business planning, while showing why regional averages need country-level interpretation.
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Malaysia ties AI capacity to an RM20bn growth ambition
A government target puts economic value, jobs and sustainability ahead of raw computing capacity, sharpening the delivery questions for Malaysia’s expanding digital-infrastructure market.
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Zankore’s US$3.1bn loan moves Indonesia’s AI build-out into financing
The syndicated facility gives the new Indosat-linked platform capital for an initial 100MW of Nvidia-powered capacity, shifting attention from ambition to utilisation, power and delivery.
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VinFast and GSM leadership changes put execution accountability in focus
The change matters because the two companies sit on different parts of an electric-mobility operating chain: vehicle manufacturing and fleet-led service deployment.
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Ant International puts a wallet-to-merchant permission layer into view
The practical question for Southeast Asia is whether a common permission model can make cross-border agent-led payments more understandable before it becomes widely deployed.
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ZTE brings its AI-network pitch to Kuala Lumpur as ASEAN operators face a delivery test
At a summit co-located with GSMA M360 ASEAN, ZTE presented a connectivity-plus-computing strategy against a regional backdrop of heavy network investment, uneven access and rising demands for trust.