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The move could complicate Kuala Lumpur’s long-running effort to work with both American and Chinese technology firms, particularly as Washington pushes US AI systems across Southeast Asia.
Bloomberg reported on Monday that Malaysia was seriously evaluating Huawei’s Ascend 910C accelerators as the backbone of its sovereign AI initiative, citing people familiar with the matter.
State-linked Telekom Malaysia was selected as the key operator after a public tender, while officials from Malaysia’s National Security Council are expected to travel to Washington later this month to discuss the issue, the US-based news agency reported.
A separate tender that could give US chipmakers such as Nvidia a more direct opportunity to compete was also under discussion, the report said.
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