软银创始人孙正义已选定马来西亚，将在人工智能、新技术和数据中心领域投资500亿美元。总理安瓦尔·易卜拉欣于周六宣布了这一消息。
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has picked Malaysia for $50bn of investment in AI, new technology and data centres. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim made the announcement on Saturday.
安瓦尔表示，孙正义在周二的视频通话中向他透露了该计划。他在马六甲出席国家生活成本计划启动仪式时发表了上述言论。这是根据其办公室发布的马来语逐字稿。《彭博社》最先以英文报道了这些言论。
Anwar said Son told him about the plan during a video call on Tuesday. He spoke in Malacca, at the launch of a national cost of living plan. That is according to the verbatim text his office published in Malay. Bloomberg was first to report the remarks in English.
安瓦尔说：“他说他选择了砂拉越、古晋和半岛来扩大投资，这是该地区最大的投资之一，价值500亿美元。投资哪些领域？人工智能、新技术、数据中心。”这是TNW的翻译。
“He said he had chosen Sarawak, Kuching and the peninsula to expand his investment, among the largest investments in this region, worth $50bn. In what fields? In AI, new technology, data centres,” Anwar said, in TNW’s translation.
软银尚未公布该数字。自10月8日以来，其新闻稿均未提及此事。
SoftBank has not announced the figure. Its press releases since 8 October carry no mention of it.
砂拉越的框架协议 当天，软银在古晋签署了一份框架协议。合作伙伴为网约车集团Grab和砂拉越石油有限公司（PETROS，即该州能源公司）。
A framework deal in Sarawak That day, SoftBank signed a framework agreement in Kuching. Its partners were the ride-hailing group Grab and Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS), the state energy company.
三家公司同意探索在砂拉越建设人工智能和数字基础设施平台。他们将制定分阶段建设路线图，涵盖人工智能算力、机器人技术和本地劳动力发展。该协议未列明金额，也不承诺各方签署最终协议或实施项目。
The three companies agreed to explore an AI and digital infrastructure platform in Sarawak. They will draw up a roadmap to build it in phases, covering AI compute, robotics and local workforce development. The agreement names no amount. It does not commit the companies to sign final deals or carry out the project.
据《日经亚洲》报道，引用自《财富》杂志，软银预计仅为这500亿美元提供部分资金，其余资金将由融资和其他合作伙伴承担。TNW未独立核实该报道。
SoftBank is expected to fund only part of the $50bn. Financing and other partners would cover the rest, Nikkei Asia reported, according to Fortune. TNW has not independently verified that report.
就业与政治稳定 安瓦尔告诉现场听众（其中许多是学生），这项投资将带来新的、更好的就业机会。他将其与政治稳定联系在一起。
Jobs and political stability Anwar told the audience, many of them students, that the investment would bring new and better jobs. He tied it to political stability.
他说：“如果没有投资，如果民众对政府没有信心，如果领导层不断争吵，人们就不会有兴趣前来投资。”
“If there is no investment, if people have no confidence in this government, if the leadership keeps quarrelling, people will not be interested in coming,” he said.
在同一演讲中，安瓦尔表示马六甲的政治气氛正在升温。正如Jay Ganglani为《财富》杂志所指出的，该州将于11月14日举行选举。
In the same speech, Anwar said politics in Malacca was heating up. The state holds elections on 14 November, as Jay Ganglani noted for Fortune.
安瓦尔还呼吁提升人工智能、数字化和芯片领域的技能。他希望马来西亚从后端工作转向前端技术。
Anwar also urged better skills in AI, digitalisation and chips. He wants Malaysia to move from back-end work to front-end technology.
马来西亚投资发展局的数据显示，2021年至2026年年中，马来西亚录得3857亿林吉特的数据中心相关投资。9月，OpenAI成为Firmus在当地一处园区的锚定客户。
Malaysia recorded RM385.7bn of data-centre-related investment from 2021 to mid-2026. That figure comes from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority. In September, OpenAI became the anchor customer for a Firmus site there.
孙正义一直在用一笔600亿美元的新债券以及以其OpenAI持股为担保的贷款，为其人工智能押注提供资金。
Son has been funding his AI bets with a new $60bn bond and loans secured on its OpenAI stake.