Addressing an event to launch Data Centre Nexus 2025 on May 8, Liew said that data centres could become the largest off-takers to boost local technologies, helping the country achieve its industrial and energy transition aspirations by adopting a “whole-of-value-chain” investment approach.
Malaysia is making efforts to align with the global trend towards digitalisation, which is driving demand for data centres, cloud computing, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI).
The Philippines newspaper, the Manila Times on December 10 highlighted that the Vietnamese government's agreement with NVIDIA to establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) centre, recognising that it’s “a game-changing development for Vietnam in the era of artificial intelligence.”
The 15th National Assembly (NA) on November 30 afternoon adopted the Law on Data with 451 yes votes from 458 deputies, or 94.15% of the total, as part of the ongoing eighth session.
Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has approved investment support for two large data centre projects in the country worth over 60 billion THB (1.7 billion USD).
Green, clean development and semiconductor chip production are among the sectors in Vietnam that foreign investors are interested in, according to VinaCapital CEO and Founding Partner Don Lam.
Alphabet Inc's Google announced on September 30 that it will invest 1 billion USD in Thailand to build a data centre and cloud region to meet growing cloud demand and support artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Southeast Asia.
The Indonesian government is currently constructing a new national data centre (PDN) in Bekasi and will build another two in Batam and Nusantara capital city (IKN), Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Coordinating Minister Hadi Tjahjanto has stated.
President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) Chau Van Minh and Lao Minister of Technology and Communications Boviengkham Vongdara on August 5 co-chaired the third bilateral meeting between the two agencies to discuss ways to promote their cooperation in the coming time.
Huawei is considering long-term investments in data centers in Vietnam. However, due to the significant costs involved in establishing a data center, stakeholders are seeking innovative solutions to guarantee substantial returns on their investment.
Vietnam's data centre market is attracting foreign investors due to high demand, according to JLL's comprehensive market report on Vietnam’s data centre sector.
The military-run telecom service provider Viettel on April 10 inaugurated its data centre in Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi - one of the largest data centres in Vietnam so far.
Data centres are expected to play a crucial role in supporting Vietnam's digital transformation, so despite the fact that the centre are in the nascent stage, many foreign investors anticipate effective investment-attraction policies soon to meet demand.
Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) officially opened its eighth, and largest internet data centre (IDC) in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi on October 25.
Many businesses and foreign investors are expressing concern about the proposal to include data centre and cloud computing services in the category of telecommunications services.
Vietnam ranked seventh among the top 10 emerging colocation markets globally with a market size estimated to hit 1.5 billion USD by 2026, according to a recent report by KPMG published earlier this month.
