Magna AI today announced a strategic collaboration with Global Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian infrastructure technology company, and Zchwantech Cybersecurity Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian provider of cyber resilience and security assurance solutions, at Computex 2026 in Taiwan. The partnership aims to explore the development of sovereign-ready AI infrastructure across Southeast Asia, including AI data centres, sovereign AI factories, secure AI platforms, and AI transformation services, with initial focus markets in Malaysia and Thailand.
Southeast Asia is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic digital infrastructure regions, driven by accelerating AI adoption, cloud expansion, and rising demand for secure, locally governed compute environments. Industry estimates indicate that upcoming data centre capacity in the region is nearly four times current operational levels, with Malaysia alone contributing more than 6 GW in the pipeline and Thailand around 3.5 GW, positioning the region as a key growth hub for hyperscale and AI infrastructure investment.
The collaboration brings together Magna AI’s end-to-end AI transformation and AI factory capabilities, Global Telecommunications’ infrastructure, connectivity, power, and data centre development expertise through its affiliate Global Data Centre, and Zchwantech’s cybersecurity and cyber resilience capabilities. Together, the partners aim to support governments, enterprises, and regulated industries in building the foundational infrastructure required for secure, sovereign, and production-scale AI adoption.
“Southeast Asia is entering a defining phase in its AI transformation journey, where the ability to scale AI securely, responsibly and sovereignly will determine long-term digital competitiveness,” said Dr. Moataz BinAli, CEO of Magna AI. “This collaboration brings together infrastructure, intelligence, and security in a unified model to support national-scale AI adoption and trusted AI ecosystems across the region.”
Under the MoU, the partners will explore planning and development of AI data centres and sovereign AI factory frameworks, including compute, storage, networking, data pipelines, model pipelines, AI operations, secure lifecycle management, and compliant environments aligned with data residency and regulatory requirements.
The collaboration will also evaluate commercial and financing structures, including public-private partnerships, government-backed investment models, ecosystem funding frameworks, and shared AI factory access models for governments, enterprises, startups, and academia.
“AI infrastructure requires more than compute alone,” said Sylvester Wong, Executive Director of Global Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. “It depends on connectivity, power, data centre readiness, and strong local execution to support scalable digital ecosystems across Southeast Asia.”
As AI becomes embedded in critical infrastructure, the threat landscape is evolving rapidly, with AI-driven cyberattacks increasing in scale and sophistication. The collaboration will therefore also focus on secure AI operations, model security, data protection, workload isolation, threat analytics, and AI-driven security capabilities to ensure trusted deployments across public and private sectors.
“Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as an afterthought,” said Wayne Wang, CEO of Zchwantech Cybersecurity Sdn. Bhd. “It must be engineered into the foundation of every AI environment to ensure resilience and trust in digital transformation.”
The MoU builds on prior collaboration between Magna AI and Zchwantech and reflects a broader ambition to advance sovereign AI infrastructure, secure platforms, and regional AI ecosystem development across Southeast Asia.
