Many Southeast Asian data centres are equipped with high-end Nvidia products, similar to those used by US Big Tech groups to train LLMs. Many of these data centres are equipped with high-end Nvidia products, similar to those used by US Big Tech groups to train LLMs. It is also working closely with domestic chipmakers led by Huawei, to optimise and develop the next generation of Chinese AI chips, according to those people. The company views its partnership with DeepSeek as a strategic effort to advance its semiconductor and software systems to be adopted for AI training across the country. One constraint is that Chinese tech giants are not allowed to move private data out of the country.

Source: The Irish Times November 27, 2025 13:26 UTC