Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, has on Wednesday announced the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region.

The firm said in a statement that as part of its long-term commitment, AWS is planning to invest an estimated $6.2 billion in Malaysia through 2038.

According to the statement, the region provides developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organizations greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from AWS data centers located in Malaysia.

It is noted that the construction and operation of the new AWS Region is estimated to add approximately $12.1 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.

These jobs, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering, telecommunications, and others within the country’s broader economy, will be part of the AWS supply chain in Malaysia.

“The launch of an AWS infrastructure Region in Malaysia provides access to new and emerging technology for Malaysian entities and businesses of all sizes, boosting our country’s capabilities for digital innovation,” said Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Minister of Investment Trade and Industry (MITI).

According to him, this milestone is a significant step towards fulfilling the vision of Malaysia’s New Industrial Master Plan 2030 to build a highly skilled, innovative, prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable economy.

“We recognize the transformative power of digitalization, cloud computing and AI as key drivers in Malaysia’s effort to become a manufacturing and services hub within Asia,

“As the largest investment made by an international technology company in Malaysia, the AWS infrastructure Region will help ensure Malaysia remains competitive on the global stage,” he added.

Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS, said the new AWS Region in Malaysia enables organizations across Asia Pacific to unlock the full potential of the cloud, helping customers deploy advanced applications with a broad set of AWS technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

“Malaysia’s rapidly growing digital economy requires access to secure, resilient, and sustainable cloud infrastructure,

“With today’s launch, AWS is proud to support Malaysia’s digital transformation and help accelerate its role as a regional hub for AI,” he added.

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.

AWS Regions are composed of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations.

The AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region consists of three Availability Zones located far enough from each other to support customers’ business continuity, but near enough
to provide low latency for high availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones.

Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks.

AWS also offers a portfolio of services, including analytics, compute, database, internet of things (IoT), generative AI, ML, mobile services, storage, and other cloud technologies.

AWS to launch infrastructure region in Malaysia; plans to invest $6 billion by 2037