JOHOR BAHRU, Johor has reached a historic milestone as global tech giant NVIDIA, in partnership with YTL Corporation, named the state one of only five NVIDIA Cloud Partners worldwide.
Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi described the appointment as a major vote of confidence in Johor’s digital ecosystem and its potential to drive digital transformation across ASEAN.
“The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), leveraging the strengths of both Johor and Singapore, positions the state as a strategic gateway for regional digital and AI development.
“The RM20.6 billion YTL Power-NVIDIA project, announced last December in Kulai, lays the foundation for Malaysia’s most advanced AI infrastructure,” he said in a Facebook post.
He added that the initiative will develop the country’s first Large Language Model (LLM), generate thousands of high-tech jobs, and establish Johor as an ASEAN AI Centre of Excellence, demonstrating the state’s capacity to lead regional technological innovation with a clear and sustainable strategy.
“The partnership will be further strengthened through multilingual AI model development, joint testbeds within JS-SEZ, and AI talent pipelines to support regional digital growth. This initiative is set to position Johor as a leading ASEAN hub for AI and digital innovation,” he said.
