Oracle will invest over $6.5 billion to set up a public cloud region in Malaysia to support the growing demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services in the country and the region.
The Texas-based tech firm said the new cloud infrastructure will help Malaysian organizations modernize their applications, transition workloads to the cloud, and encourage innovation through data analytics and AI.
The Malaysian cloud region will be Oracle’s third in Southeast Asia, joining two existing facilities in Singapore. It will provide customers with low-latency access to over 150 cloud services, including:
- OCI Generative AI Agents
- Oracle Autonomous Database
- HeatWave MySQL Database Service
- Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
- OCI Kubernetes Engine
- Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite
According to Garrett Ilg, Oracle’s executive vice president and general manager for Japan and Asia Pacific, the company’s investment reflects its commitment to making Malaysia a central hub for cloud infrastructure and software applications in Southeast Asia. “Malaysia offers unique growth opportunities for organizations looking to accelerate their expansion with the latest digital technologies,” the executive said in a statement.
Oracle’s move follows recent investments by other tech giants in the country. On Tuesday, Google began constructing a $2 billion data center and cloud region at Elmina Business Park near Kuala Lumpur, projected to generate $3.2 billion in economic gains and 26,500 jobs by 2030. Amazon Web Services launched its Malaysian cloud region in August, following a $6 billion investment pledge through 2037, while Microsoft has committed $2.2 billion to support Malaysia’s digital transformation.