Equinix has completed the second phase of its KL1 International Business Exchange data centre in Kuala Lumpur. This expansion, combined with Equinix’s strong presence in Singapore, Johor, and its forthcoming entry into Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, will allow businesses to interconnect and exchange data across the ASEAN region.
The latest expansion, which adds 450 cabinets to the KL1 facility, has been completed to meet the accelerating demand for digital infrastructure across Malaysia. Since launching its operations in 2024, Equinix has already secured global and local customers across diverse sectors, including cloud and IT services, content and digital media, enterprises, and network providers.
“We’ve seen encouraging momentum over the past year, with both our Kuala Lumpur and Johor facilities gaining traction among local and international businesses,” said Equinix Malaysia Managing Director Cheam Tat Inn. “Completing KL1’s second phase within first year of our operation in Malaysia signals our deep commitment to helping the nation become a strategic location in the region’s digital economy.”
Equinix’s expansion in Malaysia represents a long-term investment in the nation’s digital growth. With growing interest across Kuala Lumpur and Johor, the company remains focused on empowering businesses with high-performance, scalable, and sustainable infrastructure that is globally connected and cloud-enabled.
As businesses around the globe look to ASEAN for market opportunities, the region’s growth depends on a robust and interconnected digital infrastructure to meet increasing connectivity demands. With its unparalleled market access, strategic location, and expanding manufacturing capabilities that enhance supply chains, ASEAN has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing regions for foreign direct investment.
In 2023, direct foreign investment reached a record USd226 billion, with projections suggesting that it could eventually reach approximately USd300 billion annually by 2030. Driven by key trade corridors connecting East and West, ASEAN exports are forecast to grow by 6.7% annually through 2030, outpacing the global average of 5%.
Equinix has interconnected its Malaysia data centres (KL1 and JH1) with its existing data centre campus in Singapore via Equinix Fabric, creating a cross-border digital ecosystem of more than 1,000 companies across cloud and network services, IT, financial services companies and enterprises within the region.
Once Equinix has entered Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, it will facilitate seamless business exchanges and enable customers to deploy multi-site, latency-sensitive workloads across the ASEAN region.
