The potential tie-up would include collaborating on cloud infrastructure, and is likely to be anchored at YTL’s data centre complex in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, bordering Singapore, one of the people said.
The partnership would target businesses in Southeast Asia to provide them access to Nvidia’s AI chips via cloud computing, a second person briefed on the matter said.
It was not immediately clear how much the deal would be worth. The sources declined to be identified as discussions are not public.
Nvidia, which dominates the market for AI chips, declined to comment. YTL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
YTL’s telecoms division already has a cloud gaming partnership with Nvidia agreed earlier this year.
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