KUALA LUMPUR: Tencent Holdings Limited of Hong Kong will team up with Patimas Computers Bhd in an equity partnership in a data centre in Malaysia.

Tencent, a leading provider of comprehensive Internet services in China, would seal the deal in a signing ceremony with Patimas on Wednesday, June 12, according to a statement issued by the Hong Kong company.

Tencent was founded in Shenzhen in 1998 and went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004 while public-listed Patimas Computers provides data centre services. -- BERNAMA