Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n
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SoftBank Group<\/a> plans to make $50 billion of investments in Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, according to a Bloomberg report.<\/p>\n Anwar said Saturday that Son had identified locations in Kuching, Sarawak, and peninsular Malaysia for the planned investments following a video conference between the two earlier in the week, the report said<\/a>.<\/p>\n The country’s prime minister said the planned investments would focus on artificial intelligence, new technologies and data centers, according to the report.<\/p>\n The planned investment comes as Malaysia seeks to become an “AI nation<\/a>” by 2030, with the government launching a national AI action plan earlier this year to strengthen the country’s AI capabilities and infrastructure.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, SoftBank signed<\/a> a framework agreement with Singapore-based Grab and Malaysia’s Petroleum Sarawak Berhad to explore AI and digital infrastructure development in Sarawak, including AI computing services and advanced technologies.<\/p>\n SoftBank is not alone in pursuing technology investments in Malaysia. Google announced<\/a> a $2 billion investment in 2024 to build its first data center and cloud region in the country, while Amazon Web Services said it planned<\/a> to invest $6.2 billion through 2038. Microsoft also announced<\/a> a $2.2 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure and other digital initiatives.<\/p>\n