YTL Power drives Malaysia's AI breakthrough
KUALA LUMPUR: YTL Power International Bhd is on track to launch Malaysia's first AI supercomputer by the third quarter of 2025, marking a major milestone in the country's digital transformation journey.
Hosted at the 500-megawatt YTL Green Data Centre Campus in Johor, the system will be powered by the cutting-edge Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip, deployed via NVIDIA DGX Cloud.
The rollout positions YTL Power as one of the first cloud service providers in Asia Pacific to offer the revolutionary Nvidia Blackwell Ultra platform.
YTL Power managing director Datuk Seri Yeoh Seok Hong revealed that the DGX Cloud will be launched in tandem with ILMU 1.0, Malaysia's first locally developed large language model (LLM).
"This AI cloud infrastructure will provide the foundation for the country's sovereign AI and will power our very own Malaysian-owned LLM, ILMU 1.0," he told Business Times.
It will catalyse the development of local AI capabilities, paving the way for next-generation innovations built by Malaysians for Malaysians.
Yeoh added that as the first in the region to deploy the Blackwell Ultra platform, YTL Power is proud to position Malaysia at the forefront of AI innovation in Asia Pacific.
Alexis Bjorlin, vice president and general manager of DGX Cloud at Nvidia, confirmed to The Edge on Wednesday that the rollout is progressing smoothly and remains on schedule.
She cited Malaysia's stable power infrastructure and strong manufacturing ecosystem as key reasons for choosing the country as a regional hub.
Bjorlin also affirmed that YTL is Nvidia's inaugural partner in the region, a strategic collaboration she said would deliver significant mutual benefits and further expand the reach of advanced AI capabilities across Asia.
The Blackwell Ultra platform is Nvidia's most advanced GPU architecture to date, with global shipments set to begin in the second half of 2025.
However, YTL Power's early adoption guarantees that Malaysia will have access to this next-generation infrastructure before the rest of the world.
In a statement issued in mid-March, Yeoh reiterated the group's commitment to delivering powerful, enterprise-grade AI cloud computing to the region.
With YTL Cloud, its subsidiary and designated Nvidia cloud partner (NCP), the group is now among the first in Asia Pacific to offer commercial access to Blackwell-powered infrastructure.
Hong said the collaboration with Nvidia enables Asia to access the most advanced AI platforms and solutions, ensuring the region remains competitive and aligned with global technological progress as the world moves rapidly into an AI-driven future.
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