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Cover Story: China Tech Firms Drive AI Data Center Boom in Southeast Asia

Published: Aug. 24, 2026  3:20 p.m.  GMT+8
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Chinese cloud companies and server facility operators are expanding across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
Chinese cloud companies and server facility operators are expanding across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

Inside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on a hot and humid day in July, the Data Center Asia event was packed.

The crowd included Chinese data center operators, colocation providers and suppliers of energy and liquid-cooling systems. But Southeast Asian companies were just as visible. Exhibitors from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia occupied much of the floor.

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