Malaysia to invest $107B into semiconductor industry

Malaysia has announced it will invest tens of billions of dollars into the semiconductor industry hoping to capitalise from its future profits. Microsoft is ploughing 2.2 billion dollars into building Malaysia's new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. But what are semiconductors and how has this material reshaped Malaysia's economic policy? Emre Boz has this report.
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[@babibrain]

Malaysia will be the biggest AI data center because Malaysia has no natural disasters, planty of sunlight to generate green energy and great magnet to attract talent due to low cost of living with world class infrastructure

[@말라유]

I hope malaysia need 1million more indonesian workers for chip industry

[@thisiskevin1000]

A cheaper alternative to a much smaller, but wealthier Singapore

[@thisiskevin1000]

@@말라유But such require specialized skillsets

[@lingth]

Hm. Floods?

[@BlackForesterSUV]

Data centres has not much economic calue but sucks up lots of water and power resources. To up the game, Malaysia needs to overcome key concerns almost immediately, namely, water resiliency and brain drain. Its losing lots talent to Taiwan and Singapore.

[@BlackSkyTrooper]

The best location in the world. In between West and East. The population widely english speaking as their second language.

[@SubsequentEloquent]

Invest in Malaysia semiconductor industry folks! Malaysia have both access to China and US. Even when does two are at odds

[@RUHappyATM]

I suppose you reckon Taiwan will give up its pre-eminent spot to Malaysia.

[@josephmanzuni8593]

Taiwan already has its largest investments outside of East Asia in Malaysia, as Penang where Malaysia's biggest IT hub is has the same Chinese diaspora as Taiwan.

[@RUHappyATM]

@@josephmanzuni8593 I doubt they will shift the manufacture of their pre-eminent products in Malaysia. Why do you think the USA is invsting in the CHIPS acts?

[@josephmanzuni8593]

@@RUHappyATM If war does break out, Penang will be the hub for Taiwanese investments as they have all the Taiwanese infrastructure there since the 1980s. The same goes for Chinese infrastructure since the 1990s and US infrastructure since the 1970s. It's the reason why the Malaysian island is known as the Silicon Island of Asia.

[@user-gb2sw2no3l]

​@@RUHappyATMI'm American and let me tell you, you are wrong here. Intel has just invested the most amount of money into Malaysia recently to make Penang the global hub for its fabs. Let's not forget in the last few years, Malaysia overtook South Korea, Taiwan and the US even in semiconductor sales in the US. They sold 20% of all the semiconductors sold in the US in the last few years. That's more than the 12, and 10% from Taiwan, South Korea and the US.

[@haqaziz]

government comes and goes, but the mission and vision is clear, tech hub for SEA...lets go Malaysia!

[@chuageokseng2168]

1st got to release Quota steel chain placed on higher education to reverse brain drain to brain gain. Discontinue old policies to replace with new policies in line with Industry 4.0😁

[@asrie1234]

*Malaysian have a decade of experience in semiconductor chips industry beginning 1973 Intel in Peneng Malaysia*

[@abdulwahidmdtahir3660]

Decades, not a decade.

[@isdin4775]

Penang or Pulau Pinang not Peneng

[@RUHappyATM]

LOL. Manufacturing is VERY different from designing them.

[@RUHappyATM]

@@isdin4775 Ouch. Scissors salad anyone?

[@말라유]

I hope malaysia need 1million more indonesian workers for chip industry

[@hazmanriess8949]

Malaysia will set to open many New Industrial Zone. In 5 years will become world Semiconductor producer and even in semiconductor fabrication, automation robotic machines, solar cells and others related to electronics manufactures

[@visualizestudios84]

This has been decades. Thanks to Tun m on the foresight.

[@lowkl3552]

Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu (2nd Chief Miniter of Penang) was the one bringing in the semiconductor companies to Penang

[@joharimohdsalleh457]

​@@lowkl3552 😂😂😂😂😂😂 joke of the year

[@ankllkmjd2]

I think it's before tun era started already

[@MultiWorld2000]

​@lowkl3552 Yes true 👍

[@xo4205]

@@joharimohdsalleh457 shame on you, cause you never been knowing a truth fact...as malaysian, you've would know it

[@Jason-sf8vx]

Malaysia has lower production cost, well trained & experenced work force , ample of land & power supply , strategically located at new centre of world econmic growth ASEAN with rising per capital GDP

[@말라유]

I hope malaysia need 1million more indonesian workers for chip industry

[@isorokuyamamoto8423]

it also have corruption... lol... a large portion of the investments will disappear into some politicians hands... ?

[@kariikan1484]

@@말라유 Are guys have what it takes? I mean are have the required skills to make it the the industry?

[@amiehemie]

@@말라유not deserve

[@Love_garden832]

@@말라유 Not needed

[@zanzillahsaruji9966]

Malaysia is not only invest in semiconductor technology but also in greenhouse technology that is carbon capture for future generation. Sarawak in East Malaysia is becoming the biggest exporter of green hydrogen in Asian region when the green hydrogen plant in Bintulu completed in 2027...

[@stayprepared2388]

$ 100 billion Forest city is a good losing money project built by China paid by Malaysia

[@alanroy6841]

Looks like tempting to invest in this country. Will plan for a visit 🤔

[@MiziNorhayani-gp7hc]

Come to Malaysia.

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Yes google and amazon are coming

[@leealex24]

Malaysia will be the tech hub.

[@RUHappyATM]

Good luck with its racial politics.

[@leealex24]

@@RUHappyATM Malaysia is a multi-racial country, of course, there are race/ethnicity just like any country in the world including US but, nothing racist about it. What poison lies have you consumed?

[@RUHappyATM]

@@leealex24 Read the recent news coming out of Malaysia?

[@leealex24]

​@@RUHappyATMAll the news are on investments. Please go play elsewhere. You look at the western countries, having war where thousands are killed in Gaza due to religion/politics. You havd audacity to talk about a minute issue in Malaysia which dont exist? Grow up kid.

[@leealex24]

​@RUHappyATM All the news are on investments. Please go play elsewhere. You look at the western countries, having war where thousands are killed in Gaza due to religion/politics. You havd audacity to talk about a minute issue in Malaysia which dont exist? Grow up kid.

[@ramlianis8015]

Thats cool...smart leader

[@stayprepared2388]

$ 100 billion Forest city is a good losing money project built by China paid by Malaysia

[@asrie1234]

*Semakin banyak2 Syarikat2 microcomputer International akan melabur di Malaysia, anak2 muda kena rebut peluang belajar rajin2 Degree Master phd utk memenuhi keperluan tenaga kerja di Msia 💝🧡💖🇲🇾💖🧡💝*

[@dailylifeexperiences2797]

It was the previous government that had this great fortune vision and set the foundation for the semiconductor industry in Malaysia. Putting the politics aside, the government instruments back then, such as MITI and MAEDA, really had done fantastics and professional jobs to lure and sustain the semiconductor FDIs in Malaysia despite strong competition from neighboring ASEAN countries. Let's not forget about this. Without this foundation, you can not go this far ahead today. While we should embrace the new era, we should be grateful and not defame / mar the good contribution of the old era with comments of political nuances.

[@shuqdin6580]

Dont forget corruption was rampant too.

[@Love_garden832]

True. They do have great visions for this country. Give credits to where its due.

[@azmanrahim9226]

Also a nice English speaking place to live in....Malaysia My 2nd Home...Mc Donalds Big Mac, Large Fries and Soda Drink around USD 3.50...Chinese Fried Rice Dinner with Coca cola around USD 3.00...Forest City Malaysia upper end Malaysian condos a stones throw from Singapore...

[@asrie1234]

*The beginning of Malaysia 🇲🇾 AI Artificial Intelligence Kepintaran Buatan, congratulations All Malaysian Madani*

[@sks4728]

Becoming the next Taiwan?

[@X_101]

😱😱$107B,,,Amazing semiconductor industry hub island penang

[@pawehbsam5872]

They will open new facilities in Johor..because of ECRL and Forest City..also it is near to Singapore..but the main is in Penang just Gov will consider the Johor too..

[@MrHazim92]

penang kulim melaka klang johor

[@muhammadshah2258]

Many semiconductor factory in penang and kulim

[@asrie1234]

*Singapore import berjuta2 pekerja2 Semiconductor Industry Chip dari Malaysia, gaji lumayan 5-6 kali lipat, tidak mungkin Malaysia akan import berjuta2 pekerja2 Indonesia untuk semiconductor chips Malaysia, Welcome to Malaysia*

[@finny_]

Good information especially for the little investors like us, but you should invest in this only if you have patience though

[@Bhawana13]

Patience 😅, I’m looking for investments that can give me passive income and residual income

[@finny_]

Well for that you should look into Forex, I got into it months back but on my first month I made $7 k in profits

[@finny_]

You can try Forex, I got into it in February this year and made my first twenty thousand dollars from it

[@terencetan5712]

I remember over 20 years ago training as a computer and electronics engineer but only be able find a job in systems integration and software development.

[@moskowski4032]

We need their R&D centrer too

[@chuageokseng2168]

@@moskowski4032 R & D center has to empower by E & E engineering graduates & Computer Science graduates etc.

[@nafishaziq]

terbaik

[@chaikianyu1999]

🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉.

[@mindthegap1669]

🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@casey7057]

Fake. Do we have enough engineers, technicians, manpower etc?

[@kongthai..]

Looks like the character in star wars movie, that worm like critter pirate. 😂

[@말라유]

I hope malaysia need 1million more indonesian workers for chip industry

[@dragonzoro1250]

Msian gov will stop taking indonesian worker start this year..

[@asrie1234]

A lot of Indonesia workers work in semiconductor chips industry

[@xo4205]

indognesial

[@dearyouann245]

​@@xo4205malonte babu British 💩

[@LeeMooEez]

I just hope that our gov not gonna ruin this 🥶🥶🥶

[@fahmimike4999]

Any investment is good but i think balancing between all sectors is the most good! Securing a food supply and invest in own food production should be the most primary since when economic down(hope never happen but who know) no one can survive without food! I can't eat computer chips and i'm pretty sure i won't survive without food even if i have 100 billion in my account but no food to buy!

[@mnahis]

Whatever the result might be, we do something rather than drown ourselves with the endless drama of the world

[@SaadonAksah]

Sounds like a plan 👍

[@siddd88]

Will Malaysia be one the Epicentre of AI in the world?

[@user-wx4bf7oh8s]

Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has so much in 2 years, KL20 blueprint and investment from mnc like Google, Microsoft and nvidia lately johor singapore special economic zone is in the making. Hopefully we Malaysian achieved our high income nation soon insyallah

[@ismatsabrinajid]

Watch out taiwan!

[@brkm9774]

this is great but lets wait after 5years how the nature and ecosystem deteriorating

[@user-tl4ly1fk2p]

Explain

[@rollinghippo2940]

they say taukei mau untung saja maa, environment can kiss taukei aysee

[@dayani9099]

Lol... the semiconductor inds. in Malaysia since the 1970s.. PMX is not the PM at that time... The important thing is to maintain the policy...

[@kurakurakii3792]

Dude literally cant explain lol

[@tymax6751]

Why so negative? What makes you want the country to fail so bad?

[@chinfamily4718]

We understand the key issues and this PMX is putting in the right priorities. Let's not derail this economic run and keep those selfish and corrupted politicians out of the equation. Pls encourage the solidarity required to move this nation forward, this message goes out to all the uninitiated and those blindly supporting the corruption perpetuated politicians.

[@hanafiroslan1444]

over-invest to be honest, you don't put all in one basket

[@thyagarajesh184]

Malaysia investing 26% of the GDP ($407 billion). That is a lot of money. If things go wrong such as corruption, then it will bankrupt the nation. In contract India is investing very little into semiconductor industry, it is $30 billion on a $4.11 trillion GDP. If things go wrong India can easily write it off.

[@secrets.295]

Muka tu cube senyum sikit. Masam betul. 🤭🤭🤭

[@zatoichiable]

Very hard to compete with China nowadays... US tech is losing the fight...

[@JBC100]

Mmmmm ok, money?? Ok they may be manage, what about Talent?...😂😂

[@Retrospxa]

Neighbour still dreaming looool

[@syedputra5955]

But malaysia government not spending a cent on srmiconductor research.

[@user-gw9yx2wx5g]

The money is better spend on the B40. That is 40% of Malaysian are poor. The M40 the middle class are slowly joining the B4] as well.

[@mycodenameisejatt]

BuzzeRp Good News Indonesia, The Wanderers n Tren Publika ketar ketir 🤣

[@joe8839]

Not invest by target of investment btw .. 😂

[@lup-e4438]

Malaysia diesel already dont have subsidies for people

[@armageddon2520]

😂😂😂 walaun detected

[@jesusnotgod5635]

Elok la Nuar,belajar jimat cermat

[@May-cz2uo]

Hype, hype, hype...lepas itu terbengkalai jugak. Biasa lah itu cerita Malaysia ku.

[@tymax6751]

Hasad.

[@saidali8418]

Kau orang Indon ya ! Iri hatinya orang Konoha Mendoooniaaa ! Anjirŕr !

[@bearybear66]

Dengki.

[@Ihateteenagerstheyrecringe]

Loser spotted. Orang berlumba lumba fikir nak naikkan negara. Bukan mcm ko jenis harap kerajaan je buat keje, tau bising je lebih tp tadah tangan jgk bile bantuan. Ko tgk sekeliling la bodo ape bende yg negara ko takde. Ko study jalan ape yg negara dah bukak selama ni untuk rakyat naikkan Malaysia. Benda mcm ni bukan level2 ko la. Otak cetek mcm ko takkan paham bende2 ni.

[@Anonymous-uq8bk]

Barua

[@loll8796]

Waiting for halal microchip industry to emerge.

[@cloudywong1432]

The leaders of Malaysia are not at all the Muslims I imagined. Their vision and grasp of modern rules far exceeded my imagination. Given the historical facts of Taiwan, I think Malaysia is very likely to succeed in semiconductors.

[@aliasrehbar9693]

Who even is the guy that was invited? He was giving these general statements and restating know facts throughout the video. He doesn't even have deep insights?? Mentioning all the big players without confirmed FDI figures?? Invite better panels TRT

[@kenirawadi4689]

Invest in Malaysia or any other countries connected to the South China Sea is very risky. Only Indonesia which is relatively safe because one can avoid the potentially big conflict region in the near future. One can ship from S Korea and Japan through east Philipphine downward between Borneo and Sulawesi, then move passing west part of Sumatra to the Indian ocean. Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Singspore are very risky countries considering the future conflict in the South China Sea.

[@zanzillahsaruji9966]

Haha who want to use that route it a waste of time and money. Today Malaysia is developing ECRL from Selangor to Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan in the East coast of Malaysia. Once completed the ship can stop at Klang Port or Kuantan Port and transport the good using the new ECRL train from East to West part of Malaysia without stopping in Singapore which is more cheaper...

[@jont2576]

all chasing bandwagons all chasing the latest trends......if everybody goes into semiconductors, what do u think the profit margins would be like? right now taiwan and south korea dominates the most advanced chip making.......and china dominates the cheaper low end chip production...u think u can compete with either the high end or the low end?

[@fokerfakerfuker]

That's actually quite logical

[@chuageokseng2168]

We don't have enough E & E engineering graduates to power the industries.

[@fokerfakerfuker]

@@chuageokseng2168 I think u made some very valid points but there is probably a market for local consumption and nearby regions to a certain extent. Also if the local population cannot satisfied the manpower required currently, there is always the option of importing foreign man power and gradually increasing the local worker counts by means of knowledge transfer and education. The key, imo lies in the execution of this policy imo

[@TheresaYipLF54]

But where are the engineers going to come from? From China obviously

[@UnitedAtlantis]

Malaysia has the experts needed too.

[@jesusnotgod5635]

Not everyone that stupid

[@varvoom]

Is the Msian Govt gonna practise the bumi policy to enforce the employment of Malays in the semiconductor industry due to the Msian racist constitution giving special privileges to the Malays in a multicultural diverse society like Malaysia. ?

[@Love_garden832]

What's this nonsense. Learn the trade and industry. There is no such thing in the first place. No such place for racism here.

[@secretserviceinc]

Cool

[@psalm3745]

Malaysia could not compete with Taiwan, India or not even Vietnam in receiving massive supply chains relocation and exodus benefits in high end nano chip manufacturing from China.

[@DavidArulnathan]

this is Jewish technology ??

[@klopmourinho4097]

Jerman, China, taiwan, Korea not jewiesh😂😂Stupid.