The launch of a sovereign AI ecosystem in Malaysia that allegedly uses Huawei GPU chips took another twist on Wednesday when the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) issued a statement clarifying that the initiative is not a government project, and that Malaysia is compliant with export control laws governing chipsets.
Malaysia’s deputy communications minister has reportedly retracted her remarks earlier this week that a new sovereign, full-stack AI ecosystem launched in the country includes GPUs supplied by Huawei.
Malaysia's Communications Ministry launched on Monday what it's billing as a "Strategic Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure" – a sovereign, full-stack AI ecosystem powered by Huawei GPUs that also marks the first national deployment of Chinese large language model (LLM) DeepSeek outside of China.
UAE-based tech group G42 will lead a consortium of US companies to build a new 5GW AI data centre campus in Abu Dhabi as part of an agreement by the US and UAE governments to build and invest in AI infrastructure in the UAE and globally.
Brazilian investment firm Patria Investimentos has announced the launch of Omnia, a hyperscale data centre platform that will invest about US$1 billion in its first project in the next 18 to 24 months.
