The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) will develop special incentives for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, says Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

He said that AI data centres have a significant and positive economic spillover effect.

“Investment in advanced technology infrastructure and AI data centres can support the Madani Government’s commitment to accelerate the nation’s digital transformation agenda across all sectors, while also facilitating the transition to a high-income economy.

“From 2021-2023, Malaysia approved RM114.7bil worth of investments in data centres and cloud services, creating 2,325 high-value jobs in specialised fields such as data scientists, data analysts, data engineers, cybersecurity analysts and network engineers,” he said in a post on X yesterday.