Microsoft Cloud will Accelerate Asia’s Post-Pandemic Economic Growth, Creating Tens of Thousands of Jobs and Billions of Dollars In Revenue In The Next Four Years

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Jakarta, 23 April 2021 – As Asia moves out of the pandemic, cloud is not only a critical foundation for business resilience but will also be a key driver of the region’s next wave of economic growth. Recent research by IDC, shows that Microsoft’s most recent datacenter expansions in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan alone, in partnership with its ecosystem, are set to generate more than $21 billion in new revenues and will create 100,000 new jobs in the next four years[1].

Over the past year, we have seen digital transformation on an unprecedented scale. Entire industries have been reimagined, people have connected differently to work, live, learn and be entertained, resulting in real structural change that will outlast the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Microsoft has accelerated the growth of its cloud datacenter footprint in Asia, expanding from seven to eleven markets to better support and co-innovate with customers and partners. As part of this expansion, the company announced the addition of cloud regions to four new markets across Asia – MalaysiaIndonesiaTaiwan and New Zealand.  This expansion was combined with additional cloud infrastructure investments, empowering customers with faster access to the cloud and allowing for in-country data residency.

“There is no doubt that during the past year we have seen the acceleration of digital transformation efforts across all industries,” explains Ahmed Mazhari, President, Microsoft Asia. “Asia now accounts for sixty percent[2] of the world’s growth and is leading the global recovery with the digitalization of business models and economies. Cloud will continue to be a core foundation empowering the realization of Asia’s ambitions, enabling co-innovation across industries, government and community, to drive inclusive societal progress.”

Building Asias cloud foundation for regions technology-driven future

According to IDC, Microsoft, along with its ecosystem of partners and cloud-using customers, are expected to generate over $21 billion in new revenue and to create more than 110,000 jobs, including nearly 19,900 new skilled IT jobs, in Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan during the next four years[3].

  • Microsoft’s Indonesia datacenter region announced in February 2021 is forecast to add USD $6.3 billion to the revenues of local cloud-using customers and partners, contributing to the creation of nearly 60,000 jobs[4].
  • Microsoft’s first-ever datacenter region in Malaysia, announced on April 19, will help generate up to USD $4.6 billion in new revenues for the country’s ecosystem of local partners and cloud-consuming customers and will create more than 19,000 new jobs[5].
  • Microsoft’s Taiwan datacenter region, announced in October 2020, will add more than USD $10.4 billion in new revenues and will add approximately 30,720 jobs to the Taiwanese economy[6].
  • New Zealands datacenter region will be Microsoft’s first in the country, and the first by a major cloud provider.
  • new Azure region in China China North – will effectively double the capacity of Microsoft’s intelligent cloud portfolio in the country during the coming years.
  • With existing and announced datacenter regionsin Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan, Microsoft has also made a commitment to expand Azure Availability Zones to every country in which we operate a datacenter region by the end of 2021. For instance, last year it launched three Availability Zones in Australia.

Immersive virtual datacenter tour

As the cloud industry grows, Microsoft is also unveiling an immersive virtual datacenter tour to empower every individual to experience the foundation for today’s work, life, and play – Microsoft Cloud. The tour provides an overview of Microsoft Cloud technology through 360 video, 3D visuals, audio, and other interactive features, so that each individual can choose their own journey

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[1] IDC Info Snapshot, sponsored by Microsoft, The Microsoft Cloud Dividend 2020:  IDC #US46777220 October 2020

[2] IMF Regional Economic Outlook: Asia Pacific October 2018

[3] IDC Info Snapshot, sponsored by Microsoft, The Microsoft Cloud Dividend 2020:  IDC #US46777220 October 2020

[4] IDC Info Snapshot, sponsored by Microsoft, The Microsoft Cloud Dividend Snapshot: Indonesia, Doc. # US47443521, February 2021

[5] IDC Info Snapshot, sponsored by Microsoft, The Microsoft Cloud Dividend Snapshot: Malaysia, Doc. #US46918020, October 2020

[6] IDC Info Snapshot, sponsored by Microsoft, “The Microsoft Cloud Dividend Snapshot: Taiwan,” Doc. #US46913920, October 2020