US-China tech war fuels Asia boomtowns built on AI, chips


PETALING JAYA (Bloomberg): An accelerating influx of tech investment is transforming local economies in Malaysia and Vietnam.

Caravans of sand-filled trucks and bright red cranes punctuate the skyline of a rapidly expanding industrial complex in northern Vietnam. Further south in Malaysia, quiet villages and palm oil plantations are metamorphosing into heavy-duty technological manufacturing estates.

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