Deal to accelerate sovereign AI infrastructure across Southeast Asia
Magna AI, Inc., the global integrated‑value‑chain sovereign AI transformation leader, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Global Telecommunications, a Malaysian infrastructure technology company, and Zchwantech Cybersecurity, a Malaysian provider of security assurance and cyber resilience solutions, at Computex 2026 in Taiwan.
The MoU establishes a strategic collaboration framework to explore the development of sovereign-ready AI infrastructure, AI data centers, secure AI platforms, sovereign AI factory capabilities, and AI transformation services across Southeast Asia, with an initial focus on Malaysia and Thailand.
Against this backdrop, the collaboration brings together Magna AI’s end-to-end AI transformation and AI factory capabilities, Global Telecommunications’ infrastructure, connectivity, power and data center development expertise via their affiliate company Global Data Centre which holds more than 1GW secured powered land across Southeast Asia, and Zchwantech’s cybersecurity and cyber resilience capabilities.
Future-ready AI ecosystem
“Together with Global Telecommunications and Zchwantech, we are helping architect the foundations for a trusted, sovereign, and future-ready AI ecosystem across the region,” asserted Dr. Moataz BinAli, Chief Executive Officer, Magna AI.
“Through this collaboration with Magna AI and Zchwantech, we aim to support the development of scalable digital infrastructure that can serve the evolving needs of governments, enterprises and AI ecosystems across Southeast Asia,” remarked Sylvester Wong, Executive Director, Global Telecommunications.
“Our collaboration with Magna AI and Global Telecommunications strengthens our ability to support secure AI operations, cyber resilience and trusted digital transformation across Malaysia and the wider Southeast Asia region,” noted Wayne Wang, Chief Executive Officer, Zchwantech Cybersecurity.
“As a trusted AI service provider, WiAdvance is committed to supporting ecosystem collaborations that enable secure, scalable and sovereign-ready AI infrastructure and services for governments and enterprises across the region,” stated Dr. Michael Hsia, CEO of WiAdvance Technology.
