Can the Global South Avoid an Enclave AI Economy?

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Malaysia’s data center boom offers a revealing piece of arithmetic. Between 2021 and June 2025, the government approved 143 projects. Within that total, 25 projects granted Malaysia Digital status represented RM144.4 billion in investment and were expected to create 1,429 jobs, according to the Ministry of Digital. The comparison with manufacturing is difficult to ignore. [...] The post Can the Global South Avoid an Enclave AI Economy? appeared first on Modern Diplomacy .