Alibaba Cloud has announced the launch of a new public cloud region in Johor, which will include two new data centres to meet the country’s growing demand for cloud and AI services.
As part of Alibaba’s previously announced $53 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in 2025, this expansion expands Alibaba Cloud’s global infrastructure to 104 availability zones across 32 regions, providing a secure, scalable, and robust cloud and AI infrastructure to support customers worldwide on their digital innovation journeys.
The new Johor facilities offer a full range of cloud computing products, such as compute, storage, containers, networking, big data, security, databases, and cloud-native services.
To meet the region’s increasing demand for enterprise agents, Alibaba Cloud intends to launch a suite of agentic AI services in Malaysia in the second half of the 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 at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, stated, “This expansion in Malaysia is a direct response to surging customer demand as local businesses scale cloud-native operations and integrate AI at scale.”
