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Thursday 12 November 2026
Mitsui Kinzoku bets on AI copper foil with JPY190 billion investment in Malaysia plant
Mitsui Kinzoku will invest about JPY190 billion (approx. US$1.2 billion) to build a copper foil plant near its existing Malaysia site, targeting demand from optical communications...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Former Nvidia customer Megaspeed's liabilities balloon to nearly US$3 billion
Singapore-based cloud provider and former Nvidia customer Megaspeed International saw its assets surge about 90-fold in 2024, but liabilities grew even faster, exceeding total assets...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Anwar's China remarks threaten Taiwan investment in Malaysia
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's comments supporting the one-China principle and the use of force to unify Taiwan continue to weigh on Taiwan-Malaysia ties nearly three months...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Grab, SoftBank deepen Malaysia's push to become SEA's AI infrastructure hub
Grab and SoftBank Group plan to invest a combined US$1.85 billion in two AI infrastructure projects, including data centers, in Malaysia, as they seek to capitalize on growing demand...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Taiwanese engineering company Yankey holds NT$57.1 billion orders, Kumamoto wafer fab project to boost 2027 revenue
Yankey Engineering’s order backlog reached a record NT$57.1 billion (US$1.74 billion) as of the end of September, with its subcontracting project for the second wafer fab in...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Google commits US$15 billion to expand Malaysian data centers in 2027, 2028
Google's plan to invest US$15 billion in Malaysia over 2027 and 2028 deepens its bet on what AFP calls Southeast Asia's fastest-growing data center hub, and ties the expansion to commitments...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Malaysia sets 30% renewable energy rule for data centers as it tightens grid, water access
Malaysia is attaching tougher conditions to its data center boom, pairing a newly approved renewable energy quota with stricter screening of power and water requests and pressure on...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Renesas expands AI data center capacity, targets 33.2% margin in 2026
Japan’s Renesas Electronics expects strong demand for AI data centers, industrial applications, and automotive semiconductors to drive 2026 revenue to JPY1.6668 trillion (US$10.55...
Friday 30 October 2026
Delta Electronics approves Penang manufacturing base to expand global capacity
Delta Electronics approved plans on October 28 to establish a large manufacturing base in Penang, Malaysia, as the power and thermal management company expands overseas production...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
SoftBank eyes US$50B Malaysia AI data-center expansion
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has selected investment sites in Malaysia and plans to invest US$50 billion in technology, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Malaysia conditionally approves first rare-earth export under new rules
Malaysia has approved its first export of unprocessed rare earths under a new regulatory framework, with the shipment intended for research and development, although officials did...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
US firms eye Malaysia to diversify rare earth supply chains
More than a dozen US companies are exploring opportunities to develop Malaysia's rare earth industry, seeking alternatives to China-dominated supply chains as Washington pushes to...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Malaysia says data center investors must fund transmission upgrades
Malaysia wants data center investors to bear the cost of transmission upgrades required by their projects, tying investment decisions more closely to local grid readiness. New applications...
Monday 19 October 2026
Malaysia unveils six locally designed chips, but commercial adoption is the real test
Malaysia's push to move from assembling chips to owning the designs behind them has reached the point where it must find buyers. On October 16, the government unveiled six semiconductor...
Friday 16 October 2026
FICG eyes 4x optical communications capacity by 2027
FICG is aggressively expanding optical communications production in Malaysia and China to meet surging AI-driven demand, which the company estimates is 3-4x current supply capacity...