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Why choose Kuala Lumpur data center?

The capital and largest city of Malaysia

Malaysia has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing data center markets — result of the recent government efforts to position it as a digital infrastructure hub and a market need for an alternative to the well-established Asian hubs like Hong Kong and Singapore. All major global cloud service providers are investing heavily in Malaysia, where the Greater Kuala Lumpur region has become one of the prime destinations.

The Equinix KL1 Kuala Lumpur IBX® data center in the country’s capital and its largest city, is one of our two Malaysian locations. The other is the JH1 Johor IBX®, and together they enable resilient dual-metro deployments for businesses looking to capitalize on the country’s flourishing digital economy.

To learn more about interconnection opportunities in this metro, visit the Explorer feature within Equinix Marketplace.

 

Harness our interconnection-focused colocation and platform services

 

Colocation services

Build secure and reliable digital infrastructure alongside your business partners to unlock the power of interconnected proximity.

Digital services

Deploy digital infrastructure securely and rapidly to assemble infrastructure in minutes— from anywhere in the world—with the world’s largest ecosystem of providers.

State-of-the-art data centers

Colocate with confidence—backed by the world’s leading data center design and operations teams for mission-critical uptime, reliability, security and sustainability.

Certified for global standards

Our data centers are certified to meet rigorous environmental and energy management standards.

Visit our Certifications page for a list of data-center-specific certifications.

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Connectivity for global reach

Kuala Lumpur is home to four of the region’s major internet exchanges. You can get access to them using the networks present at the Equinix site here, while also gaining access to a platform of hundreds of interconnected data centers around the world, extending your global reach.

Rich peering ecosystem

Global networks, clouds, content providers and enterprises exchange high volumes of traffic on Equinix Internet Exchange® at our KL1 data center, giving internet service providers access to new corridors for direct peering.

Commitment to sustainability

Equinix is committed to becoming climate neutral by 2030. Our data centers are designed for maximum energy efficiency and meet the highest operating standards. Our investment in sustainability supports our customers in reaching their own environmental goals.

 

Access Vibrant Ecosystems

Connect to communities within Equinix that accelerate and amplify internal value creation for your business, including financial enterprises, content and digital media services, global networks and cloud service providers..

 

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Drive growth for your business

  • Malaysia’s already robust network ecosystem remains on a growth trajectory, with substantial investment by global network service providers and subsea cable operators.
  • Connect to Equinix’s global platform and access Equinix Internet Exchange® to peer with customers, partners and service providers directly.

  • Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s financial center, home to Bursa Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and numerous other domestic and international banks, insurance companies and investment firms.
  • Growing investment in tech and contract manufacturing in Malaysia drives local deployments of digital infrastructure for ERP (enterprise resource planning), supply chain management, simulation, PLM (product lifecycle management) and digital-twin solutions.

  • Tech giants like AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have all invested heavily in building cloud and data center infrastructure in Malaysia.
  • With nodes in Equinix’s Kuala Lumpur data centers, cloud providers can exchange data directly with peers and connect with partners and customers.

  • Our KL1 data center provides digital infrastructure for CDNs (content delivery networks) to cache content locally and help deliver high-quality digital experiences.

 

 

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Recommended reading

Equinix’s dual metro data centers propel Malaysia's digital economy ambition to new heights

Read how network and cloud dense digital infrastructure in Johor and Kuala Lumpur provides access to global ecosystems of over 10,000 companies.

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