{
  "id": 10419540,
  "title": "ADB Raises Southeast Asia Growth Forecast as AI Boom Builds, but Gains Are Uneven",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/adb-raises-southeast-asia-growth-forecast-as-ai-boom-builds-but-gains",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-28T09:32:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRepublic",
    "slug": "techrepublic",
    "url": "https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ai-growth-apac-southeast-asia/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its growth forecast for Southeast Asia as artificial intelligence (AI) linked technology exports expand. However, the economic gains are uneven across the region. The latest forecasts show a modest upgrade to 4.7% for 2026 and 4.9% for 2027, but there remain large differences in digital capacity, skills, costs, and investment conditions among the economies. Vietnam saw the largest upward revision, followed by Malaysia and Thailand, while Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Brunei Darussalam saw their forecasts lowered. Singapore is classified under advanced Asia and the Pacific and is not included in the aggregate. AI infrastructure investment is spreading across the region, with companies like OpenAI and Zankore securing significant funding for Nvidia-powered data centers. However, stronger price pressures from energy costs and climate-related disruptions in Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam are also putting a strain on the region's growth. The forecast still carries substantial downside risks, including further conflict escalation, a stronger El Niño, tighter financial conditions, renewed trade policy uncertainty, and the risk of sharp drops in AI-related equity valuations.",
  "summary": "ADB lifted Southeast Asia’s growth outlook as AI-linked investment expands, but infrastructure, skills, and costs are creating uneven gains. The post ADB Raises Southeast Asia Growth Forecast as AI Boom Builds, but Gains Are Uneven appeared first on TechRepublic .",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}