KUALA LUMPUR: Internet traffic in Malaysia is expected to continue growing after the country recorded a new high in the first five months of this year, driven by rising use of cloud platforms, artificial intelligence, digital payments, e-commerce, streaming and other online services.
Participants at MyIX’s Advanced Routing with RPKI training session, aimed at strengthening routing security and internet infrastructure resilience in Malaysia.Standing third from left is MyIX general manager Raja Mohan.
Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) chairman Chiew Kok Hin said the trend reflects the growing importance of strong domestic connectivity in supporting Malaysia’s digital economy and AI Nation 2030 aspirations.
This follows a 16% increase in traffic at MyIX to a new record of 2,527 Gbps as of February 2026 from 2,184 Gbps in 2025.
“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.”
Chiew said future growth will be driven by wider use of cloud services, AI-enabled applications, video content, online commerce, digital payments and Malaysia’s expanding data centre ecosystem.
Meanwhile, domestic internet exchange infrastructure will remain important in keeping local traffic local through MyIX, reducing latency and strengthening national internet resilience.
Chiew was speaking after MyIX hosted the Advanced Routing with RPKI training session recently at its office, 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 BGP, routing policies, traffic engineering and Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), which helps strengthen routing security by allowing networks to better validate route announcements and reduce risks such as route hijacking.
Building on the session, MyIX also intends to introduce more cybersecurity-related training programmes in the future to help network operators, technical teams and industry participants strengthen their understanding of internet infrastructure security, routing resilience and emerging cyber risks affecting the wider digital ecosystem.
Chiew said such capacity-building efforts are becoming increasingly important as higher internet traffic, cloud adoption, AI workloads, data centre growth and digital services place greater demands on national connectivity and cybersecurity resilience.
He added that by strengthening routing security and operational know-how, Malaysia will be better positioned to support a more secure, resilient, trusted and future-ready internet ecosystem in line with its wider digital economy and AI Nation 2030 objectives.
MyIX was established in 2006 as an initiative under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to serve as the country’s national internet exchange, enabling networks to interconnect locally and exchange traffic more efficiently. By facilitating domestic peering, the exchange helps improve performance, reduce latency and lower dependency on international bandwidth, while strengthening Malaysia’s overall internet resilience.
For more information, please contact:
Raja Mohan, General Manager of MyIX
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