Oracle has announced a significant investment of over USD $6.5 billion in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services in Malaysia. This strategic decision will lead to the creation of a new public cloud region, marking Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) twelfth public cloud region in the Asia Pacific.
This development will empower Oracle customers and partners in Malaysia to leverage advanced AI infrastructure and migrate mission-critical workloads to OCI. The investment is aligned with Oracle’s ambition to broaden its cloud footprint and deliver cutting-edge technology solutions to regional businesses.
The new public cloud region aims to modernize applications, enhance data analytics, and drive AI-based innovation. Customers will be able to access OCI Generative AI Agents that utilize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities and the OCI Supercluster, considered the largest AI supercomputer in the cloud. This deployment will include up to 131,072 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and other high-performance components.
A diverse range of over 150 services will be available, such as the Oracle Autonomous Database, MySQL Database Service HeatWave, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, OCI Kubernetes Engine, and the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite. These services aim to offer comprehensive infrastructure, platform, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to Malaysian customers.
YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Malaysia’s Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry, expressed enthusiasm for the investment. He emphasized its role in empowering local businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, with cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies, enhancing their global standing. He highlighted that Oracle’s expansion confirms the strength of Malaysia’s infrastructure and its growing appeal as a digital investment hub in Southeast Asia.
Garrett Ilg, Executive Vice President and General Manager for Japan & Asia Pacific at Oracle, affirmed Oracle’s dedication to strengthening Malaysia as a strategic regional center. “Malaysia offers unique growth opportunities for organisations looking to accelerate their expansion with the latest digital technologies,” he remarked.
Franco Chiam, Vice President of Cloud, Data Centre and Future Digital Infrastructure at IDC, remarked on the rising demand for data centers supporting AI initiatives. He noted Malaysia’s public cloud services market is projected to grow at a 27.2% CAGR from 2022 to 2027, a testament to its potential as a technology innovation hub.
The new cloud region, through its low-latency connections, supports local data handling and application management. This approach meets national requirements for data residency and provides OCI’s sovereign AI capabilities, ensuring customers maintain control over data management and align AI usage with digital sovereignty frameworks.
NVIDIA’s Senior Director for the ASEAN and ANZ region, Dennis Ang, also emphasized the importance of Oracle’s move in Malaysia. “With the new Oracle Cloud Malaysia Region, customers in Malaysia will gain local access to NVIDIA’s accelerated, secure, and scalable platform for end-to-end AI development and deployment on OCI,” Dennis Ang noted.
