KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 (Bernama) – The Data Centre Task Force (DCTF) has received more than 40 applications to establish or expand data-centre operations in Malaysia this year, reflecting continued investment interest in the country’s digital infrastructure industry.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) is strengthening the broader ecosystem around Malaysia’s data centre industry to help local companies build capabilities and participate in areas including engineering, construction, electrical systems, cooling, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and logistics.
ALOR SETAR, Sept 14 (Bernama) -- The Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DPMM) Kedah chapter is strengthening its business networking and exploring new global markets through the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Business Matching 2026 session held in Medan, Indonesia, last week.
From M.Saraswathi
NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for a fairer global financing system, saying no country should be forced to choose between repaying its debts and meeting its obligations to its people.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is developing a new shariah-based framework, known as Sukuk Prisma SDG, to facilitate non-ringgit sukuk issuances that support climate adaptation, resilience and other national sustainable development priorities.
From Saraswathi Muniappan
NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- BRICS has called for the immediate restoration of an accessible, effective and fully functioning two-tier binding World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism, while reaffirming its unwavering support for WTO reform and a rules-based multilateral trading system.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- The principles of Islamic finance can lead the way in sustainable investment as the world seeks to mobilise the vast amounts of capital needed to address the climate crisis, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is committed to strengthening regional cooperation in the field of renewable energy and connectivity as an effort to expand economic opportunities at the sub-regional level of ASEAN, said Minister of Economy Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- Captive insurance is gaining increasing recognition as a strategic risk-financing solution as businesses seek to strengthen resilience, enhance risk-financing control and address emerging risks, according to Labuan IBFC Incorporated Sdn Bhd (Labuan IBFC).
By K. Naveen Prabu
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- Rising healthcare utilisation is emerging as a key contributor to Malaysia’s medical claims inflation, highlighting the need for greater efficiency, transparency and collaboration across the healthcare ecosystem to keep medical protection affordable and sustainable, according to the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM).
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- Budget 2027 should move Malaysia’s artificial intelligence (AI) agenda beyond data centre construction towards enterprise adoption, domestic intellectual property, cybersecurity and workforce productivity.
By Muhammad Fawwaz Thaqif Nor Afandi
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is well positioned to seize a first-mover advantage in ASEAN’s second wave of hyperscale and artificial intelligence (AI) computing infrastructure, driven by its competitive costs, strong connectivity and established semiconductor ecosystem.
