DCCI Expo Returns: Bigger, Bolder, and Powered by Malaysia’s Most Influential Government Institutions

  Kuala Lumpur, 2^nd April 2026: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim confirmed in Parliament on 24 February 2026 that Malaysia has effectively stopped approving applications for datacentres unrelated to high-tech and AI; which, in simple terms, signals that the nation is turning away any project that cannot prove it contributes to AI. 

                                       

This directive makes it remarkably evident that Malaysia has clear ambitions to establish itself as Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing datacentre market and, beyond that, a sovereign, AI-driven digital powerhouse.

Such was, and continues to be, the intent and conviction behind the Datacentre & Cloud Infrastructure (DCCI) Expo – now in its fifth edition – to build the most consequential platform for policy, capital, and expertise across sectors to converge and redefine Malaysia’s digital future.

Affirming that intent, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) returns as Strategic Partner, with Ir. Wan Murdani Wan Mohamad, Vice President of MDEC’s Digital Adoption Division, confirmed to take centre stage as speaker.

Supporting Partners include MIDA, the Department of Personal Data Protection (JPDP), PLANMalaysia, CyberSecurity Malaysia, CIDB, and MGTC – who represent the full breadth of Malaysia’s digital infrastructure landscape spanning investment policy, data governance, cybersecurity, spatial planning, and green technology. It goes without saying that such a coalition choosing DCCI as the platform for serious, cross-sector discourse reflects the stature it has earned within Malaysia’s digital ecosystem.

The agenda that follows is, in many ways, a direct product of this multi-faceted coalition. Across two days, substantive panel sessions and fireside chats will explore AI-ready infrastructure, sovereign GPU cloud ecosystems, sustainable datacentre design, data governance, cyber-cloud resilience, enterprise decision intelligence, and more.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Shariffah Rashidah binti Syed Othman, The Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection, Personal Data Protection Department, Ministry of Digital
• Saiful Adib Abdul Munaff, Acting Group CEO, Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation
• Sam Majid, Head, National AI Office (NAIO)
• Mehdi Paryavi, Chairman & CEO, International Data Center Authority (IDCA)

The line-up, including many more notable figures, has been curated meticulously to ensure that every conversation on stage carries the full weight of both regulatory insight and industry expertise which, in Malaysia’s current digital climate, matters most.

Among the many voices contributing to the conversation, Nokia’s will be a particularly notable one. As AI infrastructure grows in complexity and scale, the networks that bind computing, storage, edge, and cloud environments together have become a strategic variable in their own right. In that light, Kent Wong (VP of NI APAC, IP Business Centre) at Nokia, earlier highlighted, “Nokia delivers the velocity, scale, reliability, and adaptability that only advanced connectivity can provide for AI, cloud builders and providers. We continue to invest in cutting-edge technologies to support the growth of AI factories and inference networking.”

He further added, “By leveraging our strong relationships and deep understanding of telco assets, along with the evolving needs of enterprises undergoing digital transformation, we view every interaction as a valuable opportunity to collaborate with industry leaders and help shape the future of datacentres in Malaysia and the ASEAN region.”

Receiving these expert perspectives will be a room unlike any. 2,000+ pre-qualified delegates drawn from government, banking, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, oil and gas, retail, aviation, and beyond have confirmed attendance – representing virtually every sector with a direct stake in where Malaysia’s digital infrastructure goes next. They arrive as decision-makers, investors, operators, and policymakers who will determine the pace and trajectory of what gets built in the years to come.

Meanwhile, Sudhir Ranjan Jena, the CEO of the organising body - Tradepass, who has steered the course of DCCI’s five-year journey, shared, “What excites me most about the fifth edition is not the scale, though the scale is significant. It is the quality of the people in the room; the genuine decision-makers, the ones with real mandates and real accountability. When those people sit across from each other for two days, things move. Commitments are made. That is exactly what we are here to make happen.” 

For more information about the event, log on to:

https://malaysia.dccisummit.com/