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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son picks Malaysia for $50bn of AI investment, Anwar says
Anwar said Son told him of the plan on a video call on Tuesday. SoftBank has not announced the figure, but signed an AI framework deal in Sarawak this month.
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has picked Malaysia for $50bn of investment in AI, new technology and data centres. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim made the announcement on Saturday.
Anwar said Son told him about the plan during a video call on Tuesday. He spoke in Malacca, at the launch of a national cost of living plan. That is according to the verbatim text his office published in Malay. Bloomberg was first to report the remarks in English.
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