Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of its Malaysian cloud region.
“Today, I’m pleased to share the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) region with three availability zones and API name ap-southeast-5,” said Jeff Barr, chief evangelist for AWS.
Plans for the cloud region were first shared in March last year. AWS followed the announcement with a pledge to invest $6 billion in Malaysia by 2037.
The tech giant added that its cloud region is estimated to add approximately $12.1 billion to Malaysia’s GDP and will support an average of 3,500 full-time jobs at external businesses annually through 2038.
The company is known to be developing a facility in Cyberjaya, to the south of Kuala Lumpur.
AWS’ live cloud regions in APAC include Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, Tokyo, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Melbourne, Osaka, and Hong Kong. The company is also developing a new region in Thailand.
Kuala Lumpur, Johor, and Cyberjaya are Malaysia’s three main data center hubs.
Microsoft announced plans for a Malaysian Azure region in Kuala Lumpur in April 2021. This is still yet to open.
Google announced plans for a GCP region in Malaysia in August 2022 and a $2 billion investment earlier this year.
Malaysia has seen significant data center investment over the last few years, taking the spillover from Singapore after the city-state imposed a moratorium in 2019 on data center development.
