Google, Temasek and Bain project Southeast Asia digital economy at $368B GMV in 2026
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Google, Temasek and Bain & Company project that Southeast Asia's digital economy will grow 17% year on year to $368 billion in gross merchandise value in 2026, according to the 11th e-Conomy SEA report.
The report, published October 21, 2026, is a joint publication of the three organizations, and Google's AI blog published its own account of it.
The report says 243 million people in the region already use generative AI. It projects a 60-fold rise in regional AI usage over the next five years, which it attributes to growing confidence in agentic commerce, and calls for about a threefold expansion of data center capacity over the same period.
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AISoutheast Asia's digital economy is projected to grow 17% year-on-year to $368 billion in gross merchandise value in 2026, according to the 11th e-Conomy SEA report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company. The report says 243 million people in the region use generative AI, and it projects a 60-fold rise in regional AI usage over the next five years. It also calls for about a threefold expansion in data center capacity over the same period.
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