With the announcement by Amazon Web Service to set up a regional infrastructure centre in Malaysia with an investment of RM25.5 billion, organisations in Malaysia and in the region have welcomed the move by the global data centre giant.
Customers using AWS include Astro Malaysia Berhad, Axiata Group, Bank Islam Malaysia, CelcomDigi, Johor Corporation, PayNet, and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). Malaysian public sector customers use AWS to help drive cost savings and better serve local citizens. These customers include Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, BeEducation,
Cybersecurity Malaysia, Department of Statistics Malaysia, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, Pos Malaysia, and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). Malaysian startups and small businesses, including Baba Products, Carsome, Omesti Berhad, and StoreHub, are building their businesses on AWS to rapidly scale nationally and around the world.
PayNet, the national payments network and shared central infrastructure for Malaysia’s financial market-segment, uses AWS to run critical banking workloads, including the company’s MyDebit cashless payments system. “The launch of an AWS Region in Malaysia provides us with lower- latency access to cloud services to help ensure our customers have a seamless payments experience.
Petroliam Nasional Berha, a global energy and solutions provider with presence in over 50 countries, has been an AWS customer since 2014. “Our work with AWS has supported our digital solutions and enabled us to use the cloud as an accelerator. We have also leveraged Amazon’s working backwards methodology to ideate and scale innovation best practices across the group to pursue new growth opportunities,” said Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik, president and group CEO at PETRONAS. “With the launch of the AWS Region in Malaysia, we look forward to further strengthening our collaboration with AWS to develop scalable solutions, deliver greater value to our stakeholders, and play a part in achieving Malaysia’s vision to become a regional leader in the digital economy.”
Pos Malaysia plans to migrate the vast majority of its IT infrastructure to AWS by 2023. “As we continue on our digital transformation journey to deliver a better customer experience, our collaboration with AWS has been instrumental in
streamlining our processes, reducing IT costs by 50%, and driving greater organizational agility,” said Sumesh Rahavendra, chief strategy and digital officer at Pos Malaysia.
TNB has collaborated with AWS since 2020 to accelerate its digital transformation, improve customer experience, and develop smart energy solutions. “TNB is on a mission to digitally transform and become more than just a utility provider,” said Azlan bin Ahmad, chief information officer at TNB. “Leveraging world-class AWS services such as compute, machine
learning, and artificial intelligence will help us accelerate the launch of innovative digital services, enabling customers to more easily track and manage their energy usage.
In 2019, Maxis signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to deliver industry-leading cloud technologies enabled by 4G to help organizations improve productivity, performance, and innovation. “Maxis aspires to be the one-stop shop for all IT and connectivity services in Malaysia, and we see AWS as a key factor in helping us achieve this goal,” said Goh Seow Eng, CEO at Maxis.
AWS Region in Malaysia will be transformative for the technology services industry, providing secure, high-performing, resilient, and regulated infrastructure for digital banking workloads or insurtech businesses.
