
SoftBank Plans $50 Billion Malaysia AI and Data Center Investment, Prime Minister Says
SoftBank plans to invest $50 billion in Malaysia. That’s the number Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim put on it on Saturday, October 24, after a video conference with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son earlier in the week. Anwar said Son had picked out locations for the spending: Kuching, the capital of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, and sites in peninsular Malaysia. The money would go toward artificial intelligence, new technology and data centers, he said, as reported by Bloomberg. ...