Uzbekistan and Malaysia plan to establish joint data centers

As part of the official visit to Kuala Lumpur, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim participated in the joint business forum.

The event was attended by over 200 executives and representatives of leading companies, investment, and banking-financial institutions from both countries. Malaysian businesses were represented by such companies as Petronas, MMC Corporation, DRB-Hicom, Gemilang Coachwork, Proton, Gentari, Five Petroleum, YTL Corporation, Sunview Group, KPJ Healthcare, MK Tron, Mimos, Sparco Engineering, Tradewinds Group, Kapital DX, Gamuda, Westports, Khazanah, EXIM Bank of Malaysia, and many others.

During the fruitful negotiations, an agreement was reached to begin a two-year period of innovative development of the Uzbek-Malaysian partnership, and priority areas for practical cooperation were identified.

Malaysia is an important innovative and technological partner for Uzbekistan. In this context, the head of state highlighted several priority areas for the further development of Uzbek-Malaysian business cooperation.

First of all, this involves expanding long-term cooperation in the field of electronics and the semiconductor industry. Opportunities for implementing projects in the areas of artificial intelligence, digital technologies, and the creation of data centers were noted.

Source: president.uz