Oracle revealed this week that it plans to open a cloud region in Malaysia, where it will be offering more than 150 infrastructure and cloud services, including Oracle's AI offerings. Customers in the country will have access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) generative AI agents, as well as OCI Supercluster - Oracle's AI supercomputer in the cloud that has up to 131,072 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs with Nvidia ConnectX-7 NICs for RoCEv2 networking or Nvidia GB200 NVL72 rack solutions using liquid cooling and Nvidia Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking.
"We warmly welcome Oracle's $6.5 billion investment in Malaysia, which represents yet another expansion of their 36-year footprint in Malaysia," said YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, minister of investment, trade and industry (MITI), Malaysia. "This investment will empower Malaysian entities, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, with innovative and cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies to enhance their global competitiveness. It is also a significant step towards realizing the country's New Industrial Master Plan's ambitious vision of creating 3,000 smart factories by 2030."
“Malaysia offers unique growth opportunities for organizations looking to accelerate their expansion with the latest digital technologies,” added Garrett Ilg, executive vice president and general manager, Japan and Asia Pacific, Oracle. “Our multi-billion dollar investment affirms our commitment to Malaysia as a regional gateway for cloud infrastructure as well as a comprehensive suite of SaaS applications deployed within Malaysia.”
