KUALA LUMPUR: AirTrunk, a hyperscale data centre platform company in Asia Pacific and West Asia, will increase its investment by another RM12bil this year, bringing its total committed investment in Malaysia to RM27bil, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The jump in investment, he said, reflects the confidence of investors in the country’s strengths as a strategic partner.
The matter was conveyed to him during a courtesy call by a delegation led by AirTrunk founder and chief executive officer Robin Khuda.
Anwar said the discussion touched on the progress of AirTrunk’s ongoing data centre developments in Johor.
“We also discussed a localisation framework aimed at increasing the participation of Malaysian companies in the data centre value chain.
“The investment commitment is highly welcomed and is expected to further strengthen Malaysia’s position as a competitive, progressive and high-capacity regional digital hub,” the Prime Minister said in a Facebook post yesterday.
Anwar said that the decision by the company to increase its investment here reflected investors’ confidence, particularly among global technology firms, in Malaysia’s strengths as a strategic partner.
This comes as the government continues to streamline policies and improve efficiency in the development and operations of data centres in the country.
