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The expansion is set to add more than 37,000 local jobs a year during construction and lift Malaysia's GDP by USD $1.1 billion annually.
Google funds USD $160 million water plant in Negeri Sembilan
The shared scheme is expected to deliver 65 million litres of treated water a day for residents and Google's future data centre in Port Dickson.
Synopsys joins NUS tropical data centre cooling consortium
Cooling could account for up to 40% of energy use in tropical data centres, spurring research on cheaper, more efficient systems for AI workloads.
Synopsys joins Singapore tropical data centre testbed
The partnership aims to curb soaring cooling costs for AI-ready data centres in humid climates, where energy use can reach 40%.
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Equinix opens SG6 data centre in Singapore for AI demand
The new site adds 8 MW of capacity and 1,550 cabinets as Singapore faces tighter limits on land and energy use amid AI-driven demand.
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Building operators could gain conversational AI tools and alarm support as Honeywell expands software across fire, security and energy systems.
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