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Asia Pacific regional intelligence explains how companies, people, policy moves, network operations, investment signals, data centre demand, telecom execution, and market constraints shape infrastructure delivery in the same geographic market or governance area. The page connects public articles with evidence, regional actors, operating dependencies, market context, and customer or regulatory exposure that may otherwise sit across separate topic or company pages. Readers can compare who is active, which signals are backed by public evidence, how local execution risk connects to broader internet infrastructure strategy, and what changes may affect customers, partners, regulators, or capital planning. Search users can understand the geography, the relevant infrastructure sectors, the public evidence base, and the practical questions that make the regional page more useful than a short listing of articles.

Cloud Service
Microsoft develops two custom silicon chips to improve AI competitiveness
Microsoft has developed its own customized artificial intelligence chips, the Azure Maia AI Accelerator, and the Azure Cobalt CPU.

Case File
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N electric vehicle coming in March 2024
Hyundai revealed the Ioniq 5 N and announced its market availability in March 2024.

Leaders
Baidu CEO Robin Li warns China’s AI boom risks resource crisis
Baidu CEO warned on China’s AI large language model risk.

Institutional
5 top tech stories this week: November 16, 2023
OpenAI has made some big moves this week, not only hoping to bridge gaps in AI training but also launching the GPT Store for personal AI chatbots without cod…

Case File
Billionaire investor Ron Baron goes long on SpaceX, predicts $500 billion valuation by 2030
Billionaire investor Ron Baron predicts SpaceX could be worth $500 billion by 2030, citing its reusable rocket technology and satellite internet network.

Institutional
World’s largest bank hit by LockBit ransomware gang linked to Boeing, Ion attacks
ICBC, the world’s largest bank, suffers a LockBit ransomware attack exploiting ‘CitrixBleed’, signaling rising cyber threats to global finance and highlighti…

Institutional
Meta’s strategic partnership with Tencent opens new horizons for VR in China
Meta’s agreement with Tencent brings affordable VR tech to China, but regulatory challenges loom in a market they haven’t accessed for 14 years.

Institutional
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan’s Fumio Kishida set for tech cooperation roundtable
The leaders of Japan and South Korea are going to participate in a roundtable.

Case File
NVIDIA sidesteps U.S. export rules, makes new chip series for booming China market
NVIDIA has announced a new chip series for China, getting around U.S. export rules.

Leaders
Flipkart’s billionaire founder hopes to become world’s AI service provider
Bansal aims to harness the vast population of English-speaking youth in India to create a pool of experts in new AI services, in response to the global deman…

Leaders
China AI startup 01.AI valued at $1B in eight months
A new LLM from China called Yi has attracted massive interest and investment after outperforming established models like Meta’s Llama 2.

Case File
Car of the future? Huawei enters smart car industry with dazzling AITO M9
The Huawei AITO M9 took 370 pre-orders on the day it was released, comes in both pure electric and petrol-electric hybrid models, and will release in Decembe…

Institutional
Monster Hunter Now Hits 10 Million Downloads: A New AR Giant Rises on the Gaming Horizon
’Monster Hunter Now‘hits 10M downloads, £14M revenue in its first month, challenging “Pokémon GO” with Niantic’s AR tech and global appeal.

Cloud Service
Kai-Fu Lee’s 01.AI hits $1 billion valuation, leads open-source AI models
While they continue to open source some models, 01.AI’s ultimate objective is to establish a state-of-the-art proprietary model that can serve as a foundatio…

Case File
Hiroshima AI Process: AI ‘code of conduct’ to be ready by end of 2023
A voluntary code of conduct concerning artificial intelligence (AI) is to be agreed between the Group of Seven industrial countries (G7).

Institutional
Apple supplier Foxconn faces tax audit, land use investigation
Mainland tax, natural resource authorities inspect Foxconn companies in several provinces

Leaders
Microsoft invests A$5B to fuel Australian cybersecurity, tech
Microsoft is making an unprecedented A$5 billion (2.6 GBP) investment in Australia, aimed at expanding the nation’s digital infrastructure, boosting cybersec…

Institutional
Metro rail ticket booking in India now possible via Google Maps
Google is making commutes smoother in India by enabling metro ticket bookings via its Maps app. The tech giant has joined forces with India’s Open Network fo…

Case File
IGF 2023: AI plus big data could take over the world – and also save it
The biggest story of the 2023 edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2023)? The power of AI, and how to control it, harness it and ensure the next gen…

Leaders
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reveals acquisition strategy during award ceremony
During the Axel Springer Award ceremony, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared two key focus when deciding acqusition: alignment with Microsoft’s values and fin…
