Alibaba Cloud has announced the launch of a new public cloud region in Johor, Malaysia, with two new data centres established to meet the country’s growing demand for cloud and AI services.
As part of Alibaba’s previously announced US$53 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in 2025, this expansion brings Alibaba Cloud’s global infrastructure to 104 availability zones across 32 regions, providing a secure, scalable, robust, cloud and AI infrastructure to support customers worldwide in their digital innovation journeys.
The new facilities in Johor offer a comprehensive suite of cloud computing products — from compute, storage, container, networking, big data, security, and databases to cloud-native services. To meet the growing demand for enterprise agents in the region, Alibaba Cloud also plans to introduce a suite of agentic AI services to Malaysia in the second half of this year.
“The addition of Alibaba Cloud’s new data centres in Johor further strengthens Malaysia’s position as a key destination for AI-ready infrastructure and high-value digital investments.” said Gobind Singh Deo, Minister of Digital.
Meanwhile, Choong Hon Keat, General Manager of Malaysia, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, said, “This expansion in Malaysia is a direct response to surging customer demand as local businesses scale cloud-native operations and integrate AI at scale.”
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