M'sia more selective in choosing foreign investment for country's greater benefit

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Malaysia is now more selective in choosing foreign direct investments, with a focus on projects that would greatly benefit the country, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and data technology, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  He said the opening of a data centre that used to depend on cheap energy and water to move and cool the operating systems, is now no longer sufficient.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:01Data center is important.

00:03We used to open everything.

00:05I opened the data center.

00:06Now, no.

00:07We are blocked.

00:08Data center is because of cheap energy and water.

00:11Now, if you want a data center, you must have AI.

00:15Like NVIDIA in Johor.

00:18It must be added.

00:20Then, we have benefits.

00:23We are forced.

00:25Universities must be prepared for the needs of engineers,

00:31or AI products that can meet their needs.

00:37So, even though the investment is big,

00:39like what Noah Azlan said,

00:41we are now more selective

00:44in choosing investment that can directly benefit the country.

00:51We call it education.

00:53This is the problem we are facing now.

00:55Education and health.

00:57In my studies, I went to the highest level, education.

01:00Second, health.

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