Kyndryl Opens New Kuala Lumpur Office

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, has opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur. This milestone underscores Kyndryl’s commitment to its local customers and advances its efforts to establish Malaysia as an ASEAN hub for mainframe modernisation. The new office will house the global company’s Malaysian operations and further its mission to contribute to the country’s digital economy.

An innovative global leader in running and transforming the world’s mission-critical IT systems, Kyndryl is investing in local skills and building customers’ capabilities in key domains such as automation, cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and cybersecurity and resiliency. The company has forged strategic partnerships to provide its customers in ASEAN access to a broad range of technologies and capabilities. Earlier this year, it aunched ASEAN’s first Mainframe Modernisation Centre of Excellence (CoE) here in Malaysia. Led primarily by local Malaysians, the CoE serves businesses across ASEAN, providing strategic guidance and mainframe expertise to help enterprises update, modernise, and migrate their legacy mainframe applications to a cloud-native environment.

Kyndryl to Be a Beacon of Modernisation in Malaysia

Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul, Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry of Malaysia, said: “Kyndryl’s decision to choose Malaysia as their regional Centre of Excellence, and ASEAN hub for mainframe modernisation speaks volumes of the conducive investment landscape in Malaysia. Clearly, our strong fundamentals, digital and physical infrastructure, continuous efforts to ease the investor’s journey, and rule of law have created a compelling value proposition for global investors to establish their bases in Malaysia.”

He added: “Kyndryl’s presence will also pave the way for strategic collaborations with other companies, particularly Malaysian SMEs, in our industrial ecosystem, exactly the kind of outcomes targeted under our New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030). We look forward to supporting Kyndryl’s business growth and welcome more companies to establish their regional hub in Malaysia.”

“I’m very excited to lead Kyndryl Malaysia in this next phase of its evolution as we work to help our customers here and across ASEAN to run and transform their mission-critical IT systems,” said Effendi Azmi Hashim, Country Managing Director at Kyndryl Malaysia and Indonesia. “I look forward to seeing our teams thrive in this creative space as we focus on extending Kyndryl’s extensive capabilities and expertise to the Malaysian market.”

Datuk Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli, CEO at InvestKL, said: “We believe the opening of Kyndryl’s new office strengthens Greater Kuala Lumpur’s position as an emerging hub for modern technology services. Kyndryl is bringing its expertise to businesses who are moving to optimise their digital assets, focusing on cyber resilience and efficient use of cloud technologies, and leveraging data for AI. Most importantly, it is driving high-quality digital skills for Malaysians, adding vibrancy to our technology landscape and contributing to the nation’s growth and transformation.”

A modern facility designed to enable creativity and collaboration, the new office provides the backdrop for the the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider to apply its technology expertise to support customers in modernizing, innovating and securing their businesses.