Malaysia’s internet traffic growth will be driven by cloud services, AI, video streaming and online commerce, says MyIX chairman
KUALA LUMPUR: The future growth of Malaysia’s Internet traffic will be driven by the wider use of cloud services, AI-enabled applications, video content streaming, online commerce, digital payments and Malaysia’s expanding data centre ecosystem, says Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) chairman Chiew Kok Hin.
He said the trend reflects the growing importance of strong domestic connectivity to support Malaysia’s digital economy and its AI Nation 2030 aspirations.
He said in a statement today that this follows a 16 per cent increase in traffic at MyIX to a new record of 2,527 Gbps in February 2026 compared with 2,184 Gbps in February 2025.
MyIX, established in 2006 as an initiative under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), serve as the country’s national internet exchange in enabling networks to interconnect locally and exchange traffic more efficiently.
“The rise in traffic reflects how central strong domestic connectivity has become to businesses, users and digital services nationwide,” he said. “As Malaysia advances its AI Nation 2030 aspirations, strong and reliable connectivity will become increasingly important to innovation, investment and the delivery of digital services.”
Recently MyIX hosted an Advanced Routing with Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) training session as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen cybersecurity and technical capability within Malaysia’s internet infrastructure ecosystem.
The session exposed network engineers and technical personnel to advanced routing practices, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), routing policies, traffic engineering and RPKI, which help strengthen routing security by allowing networks to better validate route announcements and reduce risks such as route hijacking.
