AI Weekly Malaysia

Backblaze published its Q2 2026 Drive Stats, covering 359,101 drives monitored between April 1 and June 30, 2026, of which 3,881 boot drives and 705 hard drives were excluded, leaving 354,415 hard drives analyzed. The report says it tracks drives at 20TB and above as a group and will compare CMR HDDs against newer higher-capacity drives. The excerpt cuts off before any annualized failure rate numbers, model-level results, or lifetime fleet figures appear, so no specific reliability figures can be quoted from it.

Why: You cannot act on this yet: the supplied text contains the methodology (354,415 drives analyzed, 3,881 boot drives and 705 HDDs excluded) but none of the failure rates, so there is no model to avoid or buy based on what is here. The one concrete thing is that Backblaze is now segmenting 20TB+ drives as their own group, which is the number to watch if your storage cost planning assumes high-capacity drives behave like the older CMR units you already run. If you want the actual data, the cited webinar is Thursday, October 8 at 12 p.m. PT with Stephanie Doyle and David Johnson, or wait for the full table.

EV Connection (JomCharge) deployed 1.4MW of DC charging capacity at Sepang International Circuit for the F1 weekend (2–4 October 2026), made up of three existing JomChargeX fixed chargers (360kW across six nozzles) plus seven Kelle Energy mobile chargers adding 1,050kW across seven nozzles — 13 DC nozzles in total, reserved exclusively for the event's private fleet and not open to the public. The mobile units are third-generation EPLVS chargers delivering up to 150kW each with an integrated ~200kWh battery storage system, motorised wheels and remote-control repositioning, and they recharge off the fixed JomChargeX units when depleted. This follows a February partnership between Kelle Energy and JomCharge to deploy 100 mobile EV chargers in Malaysia, where the earlier unit shown was a 60kW charger with a 184kWh battery.

Why: The concrete lesson here is a deployment pattern, not an EV story: Kelle's mobile units cap out at 150kW with ~200kWh onboard storage and can be recharged from existing fixed chargers, which means temporary capacity can be added for a 3-day event without a new permanent grid connection. If you're building or advising on any Malaysia-based physical infrastructure — events, logistics, pop-up retail, fleet ops — this is the cheaper-to-reverse option versus fixed installation capex, and it's the same vendor scale-up path (60kW/184kWh in February to 150kW/~200kWh now) worth tracking before you commit to a fixed rollout. Note the source labels the event 'Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia,' which reads like an error in the original, so treat the event branding as unverified.

BiWin has shown a CL 100 Mini SSD measuring just 15 x 17 mm, with capacities up to 2TB, positioned for portable gaming devices. The Tom's Hardware item carries no pricing, no interface spec, no sustained-throughput figures, and no availability date — the published page text is largely paywall and membership boilerplate around the two headline specs.

Why: There is nothing actionable here yet: without an interface standard, sustained write numbers, thermals, or a price, you cannot judge whether this is a viable upgrade path for a handheld or embedded build, and you should not plan a purchase or a product decision around it. If you are sourcing storage for a small-form-factor device, keep your current shortlist until BiWin publishes interface, endurance, and pricing details.