The smell of moto exhaust still hangs thick in the morning air, but people in Phnom Penh are already talking big business. Word is that the country is gearing up to bring in artificial intelligence and the industrial internet to give its manufacturing sector a serious upgrade.
According to local reports, the plan is to use these new tech tools to boost factory productivity. The goal isn't just sticking to the same old contract assembly work, but moving up into higher-value manufacturing and pulling in international partners along the way.
At the end of the day, whether it is AI or the industrial internet, it all comes down to the factory floor and the machines. Whether this actually leads to more high-tech manufacturing here will depend entirely on how well these outside partnerships pan out on the ground.
