KGE Editorial

The expanded region adds cloud and GPU capacity for customers, with data remaining in country.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has launched an AI Skills Passport that helps students assess their artificial intelligence skills against changing job market requirements.

Six questions teams should be able to answer before signing a cloud contract.

The Personal Data Protection Department is investigating Maxis over the unauthorised disclosure of customer account and billing data, acting under the PDPA 2010. The case follows the leak of details linked to Khairul Aming.

The Selangor Intelligent Parking platform has been taken offline after hackers targeted data transaction systems linked to the nationwide Flexi Parking network, disrupting parking payments across 64 local authorities.

The Malaysia Digital 2030 action plan sets 2030 targets of a 30 per cent digital economy contribution to GDP, 500,000 high-value digital jobs, RM4.5 billion in public sector savings and 95 per cent of services online.

Johor is creating a data centre framework to guide long-term planning and continuous improvement, with state investment chairman Lee Ting Han saying the state was the first in Malaysia to introduce its own guidelines.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim confirmed in parliament on 24 February 2026 that approvals for data centres unrelated to high technology and AI have been stopped, confirming an informal moratorium in place since mid-2024.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission is drawing up more plans for the second phase of JENDELA, the national digital network plan, as it pushes to extend high-speed internet coverage in rural areas.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd was recently hit by a cyberattack, with hackers demanding a US$10 million ransom, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. The prime minister said the government did not hesitate to reject the demand.

Nacsa has strengthened national cyber crisis readiness through the National Cyber Crisis Management Plan, which sets out response measures for critical entities and a duty to report malicious code infections.