MIDA welcomes Microso ’s first datacentre region in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) is proud to pronounce Microso ’s Bersama Malaysia initiative as a gamechanger towards the country’s digital-first agenda, in line with the nation’s MyDIGITAL aspirations.

Microso ’s plan to establish its first datacentre region in Malaysia and its catalytic role in digital infrastructure is set to accelerate the nation’s innovation in cloud technologies, further boosting local and foreign investors’ confidence in Malaysia. Microso ’s commitment to prowess up to 1 million Malaysians by December 2023 will propel the local digital workforce to drive the nation’s digital economic growth.

Mida chief executive officer Arham Abdul Rahman, who was also present at the launch, congratulated Microso on its Bersama Malaysia initiative.

“Malaysia has tremendous opportunity to fortify itself as a preferred location for technology players. Microso ’s investment with its first datacentre region in our country is a strong testament to Malaysia’s pro-business, protrade and business-friendly investment policies.

“Having Microso , a global technology player expanding its footprint in the digital infrastructure in Malaysia, helps form the backbone for a sustainable digital ecosystem.

“Most importantly, Microso ’s commitment through its worldclass digital infrastructure will position us in a higher rank to progress into a digital nation.” said Arham.

“Microso ’s long-term presence for nearly 30 years also reflects their confidence in our local talents in driving the nation’s digital transformation. We will continue to support Microso ’s efforts in Malaysia, particularly in transforming the nation’s digital landscape, infrastructure and its skilled workforce, thus enhancing Malaysia’s competitiveness and a ractiveness as the preferred destination for high technology investments,” he added.

The upcoming Microso datacentre region is expected to benefit local businesses, the Government, and communities across all sectors. The local datacentre region will comprise a set of datacentres located within Greater Kuala Lumpur, deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated low-latency network.

Users are able to gain fast access to Microso ’s leading-edge cloud services as well as the ability to store data and applications in the country.

The datacentre region will also feature Azure Availability Zones, with unique features such as physical locations equipped with independent power; network and cooling support for additional tolerance and withstand datacentre failures.

This ensures data remains available and protected, even when there’s an event impacting the datacentre site such as power failure; without comprising data residency, privacy, security or compliance.

Based on research conducted by IDC¹, Microso ’s investment in Malaysia will assist in generating approximately RM19 billion² in revenues over the next four (4) years within the country’s ecosystem of local partners and cloud-consuming customers.

Moreover, Microso and its partners, together with the cloudusing customers will also assume significant roles in growing the nation’s workforce, contributing more than 19,000 direct and indirect new job opportunities over the same period of time.