[ASUS invests NT$540 million in Taiwanese cloud service provider] Taiwanese computer brand ASUS announced on Thursday (March 24) it will invest NT$540 million (US$18.86 million) in Taiwan Web Service, a local cloud service provider. The move will provide cloud computing services for a range of industries and harness high-efficiency computing power and big data to accelerate the development of the “Artificial Intelligence of Things” (AIoT) and the 5G ecosystem, per a CNA report. The project will continue the evolution of core AI cloud technologies, machine learning, multi-cloud architecture, software-defined data centers, and 5G hybrid cloud platforms. In the future, the…