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Hong Kong’s Data Center Ambitions Face $2.6 Billion Funding Test

Bloomberg Technology Wednesday 16 September 2026, 00:30 UTC By Shawna Kwan, Pearl Liu, Kari Lindberg and Aileen Chuang 1 min read
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Hong Kong’s ambitious plan to become a data center hub got off to a slow start.

Hong Kong’s ambitious plan to become a data center hub got off to a slow start.
Hong Kong’s (LOCATION) Data Center Ambitions Face (LOCATION)
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