US EditionMalaysia Minister Retracts Remarks on Huawei AI Deal Amid US-China Tech Rivalry: Report
- In May 2025, Malaysia's deputy minister of communications withdrew statements about implementing Huawei Ascend AI chips in a national initiative amid ongoing US-China technology disputes.
- This retraction followed US concerns and guidance warning against use of Huawei's AI chips, amid efforts to block Chinese tech in foreign AI infrastructure.
- Malaysia had announced a Strategic Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure with Huawei's Ascend GPU servers and DeepSeek AI model, marking a first outside China deployment.
- Investment Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz stated the US requested monitoring of all Nvidia chip shipments to Malaysia, highlighting $25 billion in data centre investments by major firms.
- The incident underscores Malaysia's delicate position as the US seeks to limit Chinese AI expansion, while China condemns US actions as unilateral protectionism harming global chip supply chains.
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Malaysia backtracks on Huawei AI deal
Malaysia declared it would build a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence ( AI ) system powered by Huawei Technologies chips, only to distance itself from that statement a day later, underscoring the country’s delicate position in the US-Chinese AI race.
·Bangkok, Thailand
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Malaysia Downplays Huawei Deal As US Aims To Curb China AI Power
Malaysia declared it’ll build a first-of-its-kind AI system powered by Huawei Technologies Co. chips, only to distance itself from that statement a day later, underscoring the Asian nation’s delicate position in the US-Chinese AI race.
·United States
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