PETALING JAYA: The latest announcement by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to invest about US$6.2bil (about RM29.2bil) in Malaysia through 2038 reflects confidence towards national stability, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Anwar also welcomed AWS’s launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region in Malaysia.
"Confidence shown by investors towards stability and the Madani Economy framework will result in long-term prosperous spillover for the people and the country,” said Anwar in a Facebook post on Friday (Aug 23).
AWS, in a statement issued in Seattle, US, on Thursday (Aug 22), launched the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region with plans to invest about US$6.2bil (about RM29.2bil) in Malaysia through 2038.
AWS said that starting Aug 22, developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organisations, will have greater choices for running their applications and serving end users from AWS data centres located in Malaysia.
"The construction and operation of the new AWS Region is estimated to add approximately US$12.1bil (RM57.3bil) to Malaysia’s gross domestic product 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," it said.
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, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
AWS offers the broadest and deepest portfolio of services, including analytics, computing, database, Internet of Things, generative AI, machine learning, mobile services, storage, and other cloud technologies.
Customers from startups and enterprises to public sector organisations and non-profits will be able to use advanced technologies from the world’s leading cloud provider to drive innovation, meet data residency preferences, achieve lower latency, and serve demand for cloud services in Malaysia and across the Asia Pacific.
