Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia has sufficient capability to access, manage and strategically utilise data as it moves towards becoming an artificial intelligence (AI) nation, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said during the question-and-answer session at the House of Representatives on June 25.
Gobind described data sovereignty as a key foundation to achieve AI ambitions, supported by strong resilience to create economic value, improve productivity and sharpen Malaysia’s competitiveness.
He said the Government has strengthened Malaysia’s digital security and governance ecosystem through several policies and laws, including the 13th Malaysia Plan, Digital Malaysia Blueprint 2030, National Cloud Computing Policy, Malaysia Cyber Security Strategy 2025-2030, Data Sharing Act 2025 (Act 864) and Cyber Security Act 2024 (Act 854).
According to him, the Government’s efforst focuses on five key areas, namely ensuring trusted data governance and sharing, maintaining control over strategic national data, developing reliable digital infrastructure and computing capacity, bolstering digital trust and resilience through security by design, and building AI capabilities through data, talent and domestic innovation.
The Government has established the Data Centre Task Force (DCTF) to coordinate the development of data centres, cloud computing infrastructure and related digital facilities, including those involving sustainability, security and compliance standards./.
