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A professional gamer test-drives the Microsoft Xbox Series X. The CPU and motherboard of the world’s most advanced games console are manufactured in Malaysia at Intel’s Penang facility.
and Multimedia (KKMM), the Strategic Change Management Office (SCMO) in the Economic Planning Unit, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), and (in Sarawak) the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA).
Promoting the ICT Sector The Digital Investment Office (DIO) is a collaborative platform between the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA, see page 414) and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC, see below) to coordinate and facilitate all digital investments (foreign and local) into the country.
Western Digital’s eco-friendly Caviar Green hard disk drive, manufactured at WD’s HGST facility in Sama Jaya, Sarawak.
The Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) Data Centre provides hybrid cloud services to help local businesses drive Sarawak’s digital transformation.
Aimed at strengthening coordination among all Investment Promotion Agencies, the DIO offers
an agile incentives regime with optimised solutioning to meet investor needs including the MSC Malaysia initiative, Digital Ecosystem Acceleration Scheme, and bespoke solutions based on location. The DIO also offers talent facilitation including upskilling and reskilling subsidy programmes and structured freelancer and digital nomad communities. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is focused on accelerating digital
economy growth and ensuring it is inclusive and rewarding for all, focused on the key drivers: empowering Malaysians with digital skills, enabling digitally powered businesses, and driving digital sector investments.
It offers a wide range
of training, education
and investment support initiatives.
At state government
and city level, there is a wide range of government or semi-governmental agencies involved in investor promotion and management, each of which leverages on its location’s particular strengths. These
The Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS) Digital Academy in Kuching, setting the gold standard for technical training in the digital economy.