KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) has been upgrading the capacity of its internet infrastructure, given the anticipated demand for faster and more robust broadband throughout the country.
The internet exchange today said its backhaul capacity between its core nodes located at the AIMS Data Centre, Kuala Lumpur and CBJ5 Data Centre in Cyberjaya had been doubled from 100G to 200G recently.
In a statement, MyIX said that ever since the movement control order (MCO) was announced in March 2020, demand for internet bandwidth has progressively increased monthly, with the peak usage being posted at 1.2Tbps in August 2021.
"The enhancement of our infrastructure is also in line with the national MyDigital blueprint for Malaysia to emerge as a regional leader in the digital economy while attaining inclusive, responsible and sustainable socio-economic development," said MyIX chairman Chiew Kok Hin.
Chiew said MyIX's robust and highly scalable infrastructure also reassures foreign investors of Malaysia's commitment to driving a cloud-first strategy at both federal and local state levels.
Four cloud service providers (CSP), namely Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Telekom Malaysia Bhd, have been given conditional approval to build and manage hyper-scale data centres and cloud services throughout Malaysia.
This cloud strategy is reportedly boosted by an investment between RM12 billion to RM15 billion over the next five years to help companies reduce operating costs and improve analytical efficiency.
MyIX also recently welcomed three new members, namely Nexworks Communications Sdn Bhd, Fastly Inc of the United States and Dtac Trinet Co Ltd of Thailand.
MyIX is an initiative under the Malaysian Communications Multimedia Commission with the primary objective of enabling Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to connect and exchange Internet traffic locally.