Zscaler, Inc., the leader in cloud security, today announced the launch of a new data center in Kuala Lumpur to deliver greater capacity, performance, and resiliency for customers in Malaysia. As part of Zscaler’s continued investment in Southeast Asia, the new facility is available to all customers in Malaysia and the broader region – complementing the existing Zscaler infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur, with added capabilities and upgraded resilience aligned to modern AI and cloud requirements.

“We see public and private sector organizations in Malaysia continuing to modernize applications and infrastructure, ever embracing cloud and AI. With this accelerating shift, the threat landscape and attack surface advances in both volume and sophistication. That makes adopting a zero trust approach more critical than ever, especially as more organizations move beyond legacy private networks, security and governance in a cloud-enabled, connected, mobile-first world,” said Sanjay Yadave, Vice President & Managing Director, Greater Asia at Zscaler. “By expanding our footprint in Kuala Lumpur, we’re strengthening our ability to partner with public and private sector customers across Malaysia to secure, simplify, and transform their operations with local performance, scale, and resilience across all major clouds.”

As Malaysian organizations accelerate digitization, hybrid work, and Enterprise AI, cyber threats are growing in volume and sophistication. Zscaler’s new Kuala Lumpur data center delivers lower latency and a better digital experience while enforcing granular, identity-based zero trust security to reduce risk and limit attack blast radius, and supports data residency preferences and high availability for public and private sectors. The site now hosts the full Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange^TM platform, including Zscaler Internet Access^TM (ZIA^TM) and Zscaler Private Access^TM (ZPA^TM), to provide fast, secure access to internet, SaaS, AI, and private applications without placing users on the network. Built to Zscaler’s latest global standards, it meets the highest resilience requirements with diverse network paths, redundant power and cooling, and a high-availability design to maximize uptime and business continuity. A significant boost in compute capacity further enhances performance for users and applications across Malaysia and the broader region while supporting long-term growth.

In support of Malaysia’s national cybersecurity objectives and National Critical Information Infrastructure (NCII) protection priorities, the new Kuala Lumpur data center brings the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform closer to users and applications, enhancing performance, resilience, and security. The Zscaler platform meets rigorous global security benchmarks and has achieved multiple third-party assessments worldwide. As part of Zscaler’s commitment to sustainability, the new facility joins Zscaler’s global footprint of 160+ data centers, all powered by renewable energy.

“Malaysia’s digital economy depends on resilient, secure infrastructure that protects critical national information assets while enabling innovation,” said YB Datuk Wilson Ugak Anak Kumbong, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Malaysia. “We welcome industry investments that align with our national cybersecurity objectives and NCII priorities. Local, high-performance capabilities, like Zscaler’s new Kuala Lumpur point of presence, improve user experience, and help organizations adopt AI and cloud confidently.” 

To learn how Zscaler safeguards the use of AI and secures your enterprise AI applications, from development through deployment, register for our upcoming launch webinar on 3 February 2026 here. 

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