Malaysia Approved Investments Reach RM218.5 Billion in 1H 2026: What the Numbers Show
Malaysia approved RM218.5 billion of investments in the first six months of 2026. The headline number is large, but the more useful story is where the…
A chronological stream of verified industry and business developments across Malaysia.
Malaysia approved RM218.5 billion of investments in the first six months of 2026. The headline number is large, but the more useful story is where the…
Data-centre and cloud-computing projects accounted for almost RM96 billion of Malaysia's approved investments in the first half of 2026. The scale shows how quickly digital infrastructure…
Malaysia's primary-sector approved investment rose sharply in the first half of 2026 as offshore oil and gas projects expanded, showing that conventional energy remains economically important…
The data-centre boom is changing more than the technology sector. It is influencing grid planning, industrial land, water management, fibre connectivity, renewable-energy demand and the type…
Malaysia's EV market is moving from an import-and-adoption story toward a broader industrial ecosystem involving local models, assembly, components, charging infrastructure and policy incentives.
Malaysia's energy story now has three simultaneous pressures: maintaining oil and gas security, accelerating the energy transition and meeting new electricity demand from data centres and…
Malaysia's EV market has passed the earliest adoption stage. The next questions concern local production, charger economics, battery and component capability, used-EV confidence and how policy…
After a surge of approvals, Malaysia's data-centre industry is entering a more selective phase in which power, water, sustainability and local economic value will matter more…
Malaysia's advanced-manufacturing agenda is moving from factory expansion toward economic complexity: more automation, engineering, intellectual property, local suppliers and higher-value jobs.