I am sorry if this news is stale, but I only get the chance to post it here today.


Apple eyes $1b regional data centre in Vietnam

US tech giant Apple Inc is mulling a $1-billion regional data hub in Hanoi, according to the Dien dan doanh nghiep, the official publication of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“Apple is studying the sites for the construction and completing the investment procedures,” the publication said, cited its source.

This will be Apple’s first investment in Vietnam and it will be following in the footsteps of South Korean conglomerates Samsung and LG, and US-headquartered Microsoft, which have been present in the country for years.

However, while the others have invested in manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, Apple will reportedly build a data centre meant for its entire Asian operations.

Reuters reported in November last year that Apple had set up a subsidiary in the Southeast Asian country to import and sell its mobile phones directly in this market.

Samsung is one of the biggest investors in Vietnam with $13 billion direct investment in factories and a research hub in Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen and Ho Chi Minh City. LG Electronics is also building a $1.5-billion producing complex in northern Vietnam. Microsoft has shifted its smartphone production from China, Hungary and Mexico to Vietnam in 2014.

Meanwhile, the iPhone maker has been aggressively investing in R&D with a spend of $8 billion last year. Apple already has R&D facilities in the UK, China, Taiwan, US, Israel and Japan.

“It is unclear when Apple will deploy the Hanoi-based centre, but the size of the project has shown the high potential of the Vietnam market to the US tech major,” the Dien dan doanh nghiep commented.

Samsung, as Apple’s biggest competitor in the Vietnam’s mobile phone market, is also investing in two R&D centres, a $300-million new one in Hanoi and a facility within the $1.4-billion complex in Ho Chi Minh City.

Several other global tech and electronics firms have chosen Vietnam as base for their global back-end and manufacturing activities, including Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic and Nissan Techno.

Vietnam is considered as the next manufacturing powerhouse of Asia, fueled by its growing economy, young and urbanised population and cheap labour cost.

Also, US has been Vietnam’s biggest export market for the last couple of years, accounting for the largest proportion of 20.7 per cent of the total exports, according to a latest update of Trading Economics.


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Earlier, The Star reported that our PM wants Apple to set up a research center here.
The Star


So, the question now is, why would Apple decided to choose Vietnam and not Malaysia.
Has countries like Vietnam finally catch up with Malaysia or do we actually regress backward?


As source of above news is from Vietnam, let's wait for official news from Apple.

cost..its all about cost..

and little that we know about industry safety regulation in vietnam and in malaysia..

Submarine cable problem immediately even Singapore sites also has issues. How to become regional data center with such quality of service? Improve first before try to compete lah.

what is DATA CENTER?
... meant for its entire Asian operations. <<< need high speed internet?

Nothing news, Vietnam is the next China.

vietnam cheaper

Itune server there. All your data and porn photos in your phone now store there.

Vn internet is way better than Msia.
Their gov are really aggressive on promoting gaining knowledge through internet. The only downside is that, the youngster there think they are really smart.

sia-sia Bijan go US jilat Tim Cook

Hahahha

bcoz marehsia everything also got tongkat quota...
hire people also need to give tongkat in quota...

vietnam tak main racist card,

tu pun tak paham

viet amoi also hnngghhh than malaysia typical ah lian lancau,

What the Pho? Still Malaysia >> VN but the question is for how long

Malaysia songlap kuat ... later pay for this and that for 1 mil pull cable only.

line unstable how to build data centre ya

they are not that smart ...? or not all

vietnam is the underdog of asia...not alot knows this

Maybe they were force to put one person as director from MY. Like what MY did to others company ?

So what? If they build in malaysia also u wont get any benefit. U see how many giant companies invested in malaysia previously, but how much benefit rakyat dapat in term of job opportunity & all those taxes they have paid to govt u see ada govt return to rakyat?

Has countries like Vietnam finally catch up with Malaysia or do we actually regress backward?

Both is correct