Sourced records of Chinese AI deployments across the Global South and the Middle East

Established its international headquarters in Singapore in 2015 and operated data centres there, serving regional enterprise customers. In July 2025, marking its tenth anniversary in Singapore, it launched its first AI Global Competency Center (AIGCC), aiming to support 5,000+ enterprises and 100,000 developers, established an AI Innovation Lab, and rolled out 10+ industry-specific AI agents; in May of the same year, it partnered with the IMDA to drive the adoption of AI and cloud among 3,000 local SMEs and digital solution providers.

In September 2020, it announced the establishment of a Southeast Asia regional hub in Singapore (compounded by geopolitical factors including India's and the United States' app bans), hosting international game publishing and cloud business, supplementing its existing offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. On 11 November 2025, it held Tencent Cloud Day Singapore, themed 'AI-Powered Global Opportunities', to promote its suite of AI-native products (the ADP agent development platform, Hunyuan 3D Global, AI Minutes, CodeBuddy, and others), positioning Singapore as an Asia-Pacific hub for AI collaboration and talent development. Tencent Cloud operates 8 technical support centres globally (whether Singapore is included is undisclosed); its 2025 regional infrastructure moves included a third data centre in Jakarta and the planned establishment of an office and data centre in Osaka.

At the Huawei Cloud Singapore Summit on 17 July 2025 (themed 'Accelerate Intelligence, Ignite Smarter Future,' with more than 500 attendees), Huawei Cloud set three goals: helping 10 large enterprises implement multi-cloud strategies, supporting 50+ local enterprises in moving from cloud adoption to intelligent transformation, and partnering with 100+ global partners; Singapore is the only market where Huawei Cloud has deployed 5 local Availability Zones (AZs). On 27 November 2025, at the Huawei Cloud & AI Partner Summit, it formally launched the 'Huawei Cloud Singapore AI Pioneer Partner Ecosystem Alliance,' branded 'In Singapore, For Singapore,' covering sectors including public services, retail, education, fintech, and transportation.