Artificial intelligence (AI), especially in its current incarnation of generative AI, has been in the spotlight for some years now, especially with the release of tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, and others. The global market for generative AI grew an estimated 5.5 times from US$5.5 billion in 2020 to US$36.1 billion in 2024, and is predicted to grow exponentially over the next 5 years, reaching US$356.1 billion by 2030. The number of AI users is expected to rise, reaching 729.1 million in 2030.
In Malaysia, the AI market is slated to reach US$1,060 million in 2025 (with generative AI being US$312.3 million), and is estimated to grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.6% to reach US$3,590 million by 2030, with generative AI experiencing a higher CAGR of 41.5% to hit US$1,773 million, or nearly half of the AI market.
As evidenced by the establishment of the National AI Office, the Malaysian government recognises the importance of AI to the nation in accelerating the country’s economic and digital development, with the National AI Roadmap aiming to establish Malaysia as a global leader in AI by 2030. In a 2023 report on the impact of generative AI on the Malaysian economy published by the Malaysia Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution, it was noted that generative AI could add US$113.4 billion in productive capacity to the nation’s GDP, or 25% of Malaysia’s GDP in 2022.
During his opening address at the Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024, YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, stressed the need for industry stakeholders to develop a robust AI ecosystem, stressing the need for strategic partnerships, technical resources, and funding to support entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
In alignment with this call, SNS Network (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SNS Network) will be launching the SNS AI Factory in February 2025, boasting the first NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core-powered GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering in Malaysia, and serving to position SNS Network as a market leader in Malaysia’s goal of becoming a regional digital and AI hub.
SNS AI Factory is a collaborative and strategic partnership between SNS Network, Dell Technologies Malaysia (Dell), and NVIDIA to launch a fully-managed GPUaaS AI infrastructure, tailored for customers that require powerful computing resources to run their AI workloads but do not wish to commit to the massive capital outlay such resources imply. The definition of an AI Factory is a comprehensive ecosystem that combines high-performance computing infrastructure, AI development tools, and professional services to help businesses transform their data into meaningful AI-driven use cases.
Introducing GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS)
NVIDIA is no stranger to the GPUaaS scene. Its consumer offering, GeForce NOW, enables customers access to cloud gaming by providing them with remote access to virtual machines (VMs) hosted on PCs equipped with the most powerful GeForce RTX cards, for the purposes of playing computer games that these customers would not be able to play properly on their own PCs. This game-streaming service provided customers with access to top-of-the-range NVIDIA GPUs for gaming purposes without having to outright purchase the GPUs to install on their own PCs. It also allowed them to play their games on whatever combination of hardware/software they chose, as long as they had fast enough Internet connectivity with sufficiently low latency.
Enterprise-grade GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) is designed to power AI-driven workloads by providing access to high-performance GPUs optimized for deep learning, machine learning, large-scale data analytics, and AI model training and inference. As a specialized form of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), GPUaaS eliminates the need for enterprises to invest in expensive on-premises hardware, offering on-demand scalability and cost efficiency. Customers can dynamically provision compute resources to support AI workloads such as natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, fraud detection, predictive analytics, and Generative AI applications. By leveraging enterprise-grade GPUs with high-speed interconnects like NVIDIA InfiniBand, businesses can accelerate AI adoption while ensuring optimal performance, data security, and compliance within a trusted, scalable cloud environment.
GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) empowers Financial Services, Healthcare, and Education with high-performance AI computing without heavy upfront costs.
- FSI: Enables real-time fraud detection, risk analysis, algorithmic trading, and AI-driven automation to enhance efficiency.
- Healthcare: Accelerates medical imaging, AI diagnostics, drug discovery, and genomics for faster, more accurate decision-making.
- Education: Supports AI research, deep learning training, and large-scale simulations, giving students and researchers access to enterprise-grade AI infrastructure.
With on-demand scalability and cost efficiency, GPUaaS removes computational barriers, driving AI adoption across these industries.
The SNS AI Factory Advantage
Enterprises based in Malaysia can get a head start on the AI bandwagon through the use of SNS AI Factory, featuring Dell servers that are powered by the NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU based on the NVIDIA Hopper™ architecture that NVIDIA claims will speed up large language models (LLMs) by 30X.
SNS Network ensures Malaysian businesses benefit from data sovereignty and privacy, scalable and flexible AI infrastructure, and comprehensive AI readiness assessments through the SNS AI Factory. As a Dell Technologies Titanium Partner, SNS Network leverages Dell’s PowerEdge GPU (and PowerScale file) servers, which were produced after 340k+ engineering hours spent on designing, developing, and validating its AI solutions. Industries as diverse as financial services, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, and hospitality can leverage SNS AI Factory’s offerings to power a variety of workloads, including AI/ML Ops, chatbots, predictive maintenance, and video intelligence solutions.
For more information, visit SNS AI Factory.
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