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SoftBank weighs a $50 billion AI bet on Malaysia, equal to a tenth of the country's GDP

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Malaysia has recorded $94B of data-center investments between 2021 and mid-2026; Softbank’s investment plan would lift that total by more than half.

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  1. 2026-10-26 11:31 · Fortune AI
    SoftBank weighs a $50 billion AI bet on Malaysia, equal to a tenth of the country's GDP

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