- higher funding than the US$ 5 billion that was first announced in 2023
- Put about US$ 12.1 bil to GDP, help 3.5k work at physical companies yearly
It’s making a bigger devotion to Malaysia. Amazon Web services ( AWS ) an Amazon.com, Inc.company first announced the launch of its AWS Asia Pacific ( Malaysia ) Region in March 2023 and estimated the investment to be US$ 5.82 billion ( RM25.5 billion ) through to 2037.
Today however it announced that AWS is planning to invest an estimated US$ 6.2 billion ( RM29.2 billion ) in Malaysia through 2038.
The new AWS Region in Malaysia, led by Prasad Kalyanaraman ( pic ), vice president of infrastructure services at AWS, enables organizations across Asia Pacific to fully exploit the potential of the world’s most extensive and reliable cloud, assisting customers in deploying advanced applications with a wide set of AWS technologies like AI and ML. With today’s release, AWS is happy to support Malaysia’s modern transformation and help promote its function as a local hub for AI”.
AWS Regions are made up of Availability Zones, which place facilities in specific and unique geographic locations. Three Availability Zones are located far enough away from each other to support customers ‘ business continuity, but close enough to offer low overhead for large availability applications that use various Availability Zones.
DNA is ensure that two of its three information centers are in Johor and Cyberjaya, both of which are in the Klang Valley.
According to AWS, starting now, engineers, startups, entrepreneurs, and organizations, as well as state, knowledge, and nonprofit businesses, will have greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from AWS information centers located in Malaysia.
It already has a number of leading level firms as its customers including Bursa Malaysia, CelcomDigi, GX Bank Bhd, PayNet, Petroliam Nasional Bhd and Tenaga Nasional Bhd. The Department of Broadcasting Malaysia is one of the many government agencies that use it.
Amazon has adopted the same model with its AWS Partner Network ( APN), which consists of tens of thousands of independent software vendors ( ISVs ) and systems integrators ( SIs ) around the world, in the same way that enterprise tech vendors like IBM, Microsoft, HP, and Cisco use partners in overseas markets to boost sales. Now two Indonesian companies, Aerodyne and Tapway, are part of the APN.
AWS said that the construction and operation of the new AWS Region is anticipated to contribute approximately US$ 2.1 billion ( RM57.3 billion ) to Malaysia’s gross domestic product ( GDP ) and will support an average of more than 3,500 full-time equivalent jobs at external businesses annually through 2038. The company shared data from an economic impact study it commissioned.
These jobs, including construction, service maintenance, architecture, telecommunications, and others within the government’s broader economy, may be part of the AWS offer network in Malaysia.
Tengku Zafrul, Minister of Investment Trade & Industry ( MITI), stated,” The launch of an AWS infrastructure region in Malaysia increases our country’s capabilities for digital innovation.
” This step is a major step towards fulfilling the perspective of Malaysia’s New Industrial Master Plan 2030 to create a highly skilled, modern, successful, equitable, and sustainable economy. We think that the transformational potential of AI, cloud computing, and digitalization are key factors in Malaysia’s effort to become an Asian hub for manufacturing and services. The AWS infrastructure Region will help ensure Malaysia stays competitive on the global stage as the largest investment made by an international technology company in Malaysia, according to Zafrul.  ,
AWS Malaysia claims to have trained over 100 000 people in Malaysia in cloud skills since its direct presence in Malaysia in 2017. Through AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance and AWS Training &, Certification programs like AWS Academy, AWS continues to invest in educating developers, students, and the next generation of Malaysian IT leaders in cloud skills.
With the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific ( Malaysia ) Region, AWS has 108 Availability Zones across 34 geographic regions, with announced plans to launch 18 more Availability Zones and six more AWS Regions in Mexico, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks. Customers who want to have high availability on Amazon can design their applications to run in several Availability Zones to achieve even greater fault tolerance.
The new crop of AI-built data centers ‘ fervent appetite for power has also increased the demand for power in Malaysia. With the launch of the Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme ( CRESS) in September, the Malaysian government is allowing third parties to access the country’s electricity grid in response to the high demand. The emphasis is on the supply of green electricity.
Once introduced, buyers can negotiate directly with any renewable energy power plant for green supply, said the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation.
Since 2020, Amazon has become the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the world.
At the same time, it is working on ways to increase the energy efficiency of its data centers —optimizing data center design, investing in purpose-built chips, and innovating with new cooling technologies. According to a new report from Accenture, which was commissioned by AWS, AWS’s infrastructure is up to 4.1 times more efficient than on-premises, and when workloads are optimized on AWS, the associated carbon footprint can be reduced by up to 99 %.
Additionally, AWS is committed to being water positive by 2030, returning more water to communities than it uses in its direct operations.