Malaysia weighs Huawei Ascend 910C for $494M sovereign AI project despite US warnings
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-07
Bloomberg reports Malaysia is evaluating Huawei's Ascend 910C accelerators for a $494 million sovereign AI project, despite explicit US warnings against the hardware. State-linked Telekom Malaysia has been selected as the project's key operator, with sensitive government and military data at stake.
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