An additional investment of more than $100 million to help businesses capitalize on the country’s digital transformation and economic growth
As Malaysia continues to grow as a strategic regional hub for digital interconnection between businesses, Equinix, Inc., a leading digital infrastructure company, plans to open its first data centre in Kuala Lumpur in Q1 2024, following its expansion announcement last year to enter Malaysia with a data centre in Johor. Spurred by strong cloud growth and e-commerce adoption, as well as its continued investment in 5G, Malaysia is one of the fastest-growing data centre markets in the ASEAN region, with much of the development attributed to Johor and Kuala Lumpur. Equinix’s expansion is expected to provide greater digital infrastructure capacity in Malaysia to address rising demand from local and global companies expanding in the country.
As Malaysia enters Phase 2 of its MyDIGITAL blueprint for a digital economy, demand for digital infrastructure is expected to remain robust. According to Synergy Research, Malaysia is already the third-largest data centre colocation market in the ASEAN region and is forecast to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 11% from 2022–2027. With extensive global experience in supporting 5G development, Equinix’s new facility in Kuala Lumpur, named KL1, together with the recently announced JH1 in Johor, will also provide the digital infrastructure that businesses need to capitalise on the country’s digital economy.
Jeremy Deutsch, President, Asia-Pacific, Equinix, said, “Over the past several years, we have witnessed Malaysia emerge as an increasingly strategic location for global digital infrastructure, and we believe it to be an attractive destination for data center growth and investment. Following our initial investment in Johor, we are excited to add another data center in Kuala Lumpur. By expanding Platform Equinix in the two most strategic metros in Malaysia, we will enable Malaysian businesses, as well as multinationals with a presence in Malaysia, to leverage a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure to power their success.
Key Facts
The KL1 IBX data centre will be located in Cyberjaya within Kuala Lumpur. KL1 will provide an initial capacity of 450 cabinets and colocation space of 1,300 square meters. When fully built, it will provide a total of 900 cabinets and colocation space of 2,630 square meters.
KL1 will enable global networks, content providers and enterprises to exchange high volumes of internet traffic via Equinix Internet Exchange in ASEAN.
In Asia-Pacific, Equinix currently operates 51 data centers in 13 metros across Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore, with expansions announced in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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