
Malaysia reins in data centre growth, complicating China's AI chip access
Published on: Sept. 12, 2025, 8:21 a.m. | Source: The Economic Times
The Southeast Asian country has drawn in data centre investments from US technology giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet's Google and their Chinese counterparts Tencent, Huawei and Alibaba in recent years, spurred by cheap land and electricity costs and robust local AI demand prospects.