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Malaysia

Sabah

A government-led digital economy centred on Kota Kinabalu, built around a single industrial park and a city-centre innovation sandbox rather than a sprawling multi-park network. Growth here is driven almost entirely by state agencies: KSTI and its delivery arm, SCENIC.

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Districts

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Precincts

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Clusters

3.76M

Population Size

Sabah Digital District

 The city-centre hub for Sabah's digital economy, sandboxing and founder community, spread two of the city's main commercial-office precincts.

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Sutera Avenue

A shop-office and retail development, providing lifestyle-commercial ground floors with office space above for SMEs and professional-services tenants.

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KK Times Square

A 23-acre mixed-use development, adjacent to Sutera Harbour. The Signature Office tower and Imago mall anchor KK Times Square's business district, with Spaces and Regus both running serviced and coworking offices on-site alongside SME and professional-services tenants.

Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) District

Sabah's principal industrial zone, home to the state's flagship innovation centre building and its wider manufacturing base.

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Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP)

Industrial tenants at KKIP supporting Sabah's broader digital-adjacent supply chain and business growth infrastructure. The Sabah Creative Economy and Innovation Centre delivers grants, mentorship and bootcamps from its KKIP base.

Tech Ecosystems in Malaysia

Malaysia's tech economy doesn't sit in one place — it's distributed across free industrial zones, data-centre corridors, innovation parks and digital villages. 

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