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SoftBank Robotics develops humanoid and service robots. SoftBank said the acquisition would broaden its industrial automation capabilities.

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Malaysia logged US$94 billion in data center-related investments from 2021 to mid-2026.

In Japan, SoftBank said it was suspending its emergency mobile alert system for maintenance to address a PHP vulnerability.

The rise came as investors worried about AI funding needs and a possible acquisition of Allied Universal.

SoftBank agreed in October 2025 to buy ABB’s robotics division for about US$5.4 billion.

Grab secured US$1.46 billion from SoftBank’s Vision Fund in 2019.

SoftBank’s cumulative investment in OpenAI now stands at US$64.6 billion, and its ownership interest is about 13%.

Cloud revenue grew 31.7% to 25.1 billion yen (US$159 million), raising cloud’s share of total sales to 33.6% from 28.8%.

The Japanese technology investor said it had raised about US$11.1 billion in bonds to help fund its latest payment to OpenAI.