Malaysia data centre market shaken by Singapore’s chip smuggling probe

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's burgeoning data centre industry has quickly felt the fallout of Singapore's probe into Nvidia chips that were allegedly sent to third countries by fraudulently marking Malaysia as their final destination.

Offtake deals are crucial to obtaining financing for data centre projects as they guarantee revenue and the ability of the data centre owner to pay debts.“Exsim may need to terminate its deal with Aperia.

Late on March 4, his ministry confirmed in a press statement that the government was “taking the necessary actions to establish whether Malaysian laws had been breached in the alleged shipment of US-sanctioned AI chips from Singapore to Malaysia”.

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Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: MalaysiaChinaSingaporeUnited Arab Emirates

Topics: Economy Chips Scandal Probe Nationgate Nvidia /Business/Business News Data centre Smuggling

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Published On: 2025-03-05 @ 11:13:00 (1 days ago)

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