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Lionel Lim

After ‘historic’ investment in chips and data centers, can Malaysia maintain its optimism in the age of Trump 2.0?

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Malaysia is on a roll. 

The Southeast Asian country, mired in corruption scandals and political instability for much of the past ten years, is now slotting itself into the most vital parts of the global tech sector. The AI boom is driving multi-billion dollar investments from companies like Google in Malaysia-based data centers, while both Western and Chinese chipmakers are moving parts of their supply chains to Malaysia’s more neutral territory. 

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