Friday, 21 August 2026 · SEA Deal Ticker

SEA Deal TickerFri, 21 Aug

The scarce inputs get allocated; SEA buys installed bases, not greenfield.

Twenty proposals, four winners: Singapore parcels 200MW of data-centre capacity onto Jurong Island — TNGlobal · Permalink
The DC-CFA2 round gives Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel and ST Telemedia 50MW each, drawn from more than 20 proposals. Every site must sit on Jurong Island and run at least half on green energy.
Positive-sum angle: Rationed capacity pushes the overflow into Johor, Batam and Ho Chi Minh City, where the same four operators are already building; Singapore's cap reads as its neighbours' order book.
A payments firm bought the salon queue: Korea's NICE takes 93% of Vietnam's EasySalon — DealStreetAsia · Permalink
KOSDAQ-listed NICE Information & Telecommunication bought more than 93% from the founder, terms undisclosed. EasySalon's software serves over 5,000 beauty businesses across 34 Vietnamese provinces.
Positive-sum angle: The company that owns the booking screen also owns the transaction behind it, and 5,000 Vietnamese salons get payment rails they were never going to procure on their own.
Malaysia wants the chip design, not the packaging: Arm opens its cores to five local firms — TNGlobal · Permalink
Oppstar and Alphaswift received offer letters for Arm's Compute Subsystem and Flexible Access programme, two of eight awards to five companies. Arm's OnDemand training has certified 1,530 people against a four-year target of 10,000.
The taxi fleet is buying its way into private hire: Zig orders $7.9M of BYDs — TNGlobal · Permalink
ComfortDelGro's Zig is putting over S$10 million ($7.87 million) into BYD SEAL 6 DM-i and M6 vehicles. Its private-hire driver base grew 28% in 2025, beside a taxi network of 7,600 cars.

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