As Singapore and Malaysia expand their AI cloud capacity, the Megaspeed investigation puts cross-border GPU rental under scrutiny. When computing time is resold, who verifies the end user and who bears the loss if access is suspended?
Singapore’s plan to import up to 1.3 GW of electricity via a corridor linking Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore puts the ASEAN Power Grid to a commercial test. Who will sign long-term contracts for power expected from 2035, who will carry the risk of delays and shortfalls, and can other buyers eventually use the same connection?
China is expanding its satellite internet infrastructure through Guowang and Qianfan. Turning deployment into a dependable service requires customers, ground infrastructure and clear operating responsibilities. The first part of Asia’s Orbital Economy examines when industrial scale becomes sustained commercial value.
Samsung and SK hynix are generating extraordinary profits, yet investors are questioning the durability of the AI spending boom. Ahead of their October earnings updates, South Korea’s chipmakers face a harder test: turning industrial indispensability into lasting financial resilience.
Singapore’s photonics ambitions are entering their industrial test. AMF’s integration into GlobalFoundries and a new packaging agreement create routes to scale—but lasting influence will depend on reliable production, customer adoption and the expertise Singapore retains.
AI is pushing semiconductor manufacturing in two directions at once: transistors are shrinking, while the infrastructure needed to produce advanced chips is becoming larger, more complex and increasingly dependent on coordination across Europe and East Asia.
In Kuala Lumpur, shopping malls have evolved beyond retail. Shaped by climate, mobility and urban density, they increasingly function as places where people meet, work and spend time—raising a broader question about how cities organise public life in the twenty-first century.
A new U.S. sanctions proposal could place China’s largest banks under significant pressure, marking a shift from targeting Russia’s economy to targeting the financial networks supporting it. The development raises broader questions about energy, finance and the future architecture of the global financial system.
As nations compete to protect strategic knowledge, a parallel race is accelerating across the world. The future of technological leadership may depend not only on safeguarding research, but on attracting and retaining the scientists who create tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
Samsung reported record profits and investors responded by selling. The reaction may reveal less about semiconductor demand itself and more about a changing market psychology as the AI economy moves from deployment towards productivity.
