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Malaysia

Sarawak

The most decentralised ecosystem in Malaysia. Rather than concentrating in one metro, Sarawak runs a deliberate hub-and-spoke model under the Sarawak Digital Economy Blueprint 2030 — a high-tech park in Kuching, a statewide network of Digital Innovation Hubs reaching Sibu, Bintulu and Miri, and a digital-government district coordinating it all.

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Clusters

2.5M

Population Size

Kuching

A distributed network of 9 hubs anchored in Kuching and reaching nearly all of Sarawak's divisions.

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ICOM Square

Runs the state's hybrid-cloud platform (SDeCloud), hosting, cybersecurity and system-integration services for Sarawak's digital transformation.

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Hikmah Exchange

A joint SDEC initiative advancing sustainability-focused digital and AI applications for the state.

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TEGAS Digital Village (TDV)

A GBI-certified co-working campus with an Open Lab IR4.0 Testbed, an XR Lab built with Borneo Digital, and a SOLIDWORKS Innovation Lab — Sarawak's flagship startup facility, with a co-living Phase 2 underway.

Statewide Digital Innovation Hub Network

A distributed network of 9 hubs anchored in Kuching and reaching nearly all of Sarawak's divisions.

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ICOM Square

The flagship Digital Innovation Hub coordinating programming for the wider statewide network.

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Regional DIH Network

Operational hubs in Samarahan, Betong, Sarikei, Mukah, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri, with Serian, Sri Aman, Kapit and Lawas in progress.

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Digital Community Centres

Smaller-town access points that extend connectivity and digital-economy participation into rural areas alongside the DIHs.

Bintulu-Samalaju Industrial Corridor

Malaysia's first WEF Transitioning Industrial Cluster - layering smart manufacturing and decarbonisation onto a long-established LNG, petrochemical and metals base powered by the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).

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Bintulu Transitioning Industrial Cluster (TIC)

Malaysia's first World Economic Forum Transitioning Industrial Cluster, linking 23 industry players, agencies and technology partners to a global network of 39 clusters in 20 countries. The physical base the TIC builds on: Samalaju's steel, aluminium, fertiliser and petrochemical downstream plants alongside Kidurong Industrial Estate's major LNG facilities.

Innovation 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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