Entrepreneurship

K2 Strategic, the Kuok Group's digital infrastructure arm led by Robert Kuok's grandson Meng Wei Kuok, presented a €5.3 billion, 300 MW hyperscale data center campus south of Milan to Italy's Minister of Business on June 26, 2026. The project is part of a $10 billion plan to grow from 120 MW to 1,200 MW by 2030, with Italy marking the family conglomerate's first move outside Southeast Asia. The bet lands as Italy has quietly become Europe's most contested AI infrastructure market, attracting ove