MY records RM254.7b in investments in first nine months of 2025

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Malaysia has successfully recorded a total approved investments of RM254.7 billion in the first nine months of 2025. This is an increase of 10.7% up from RM230.2 billion for the same period in 2023.

The approved investments were across varied economic sectors and involves 4,753 projects that are expected to generate a total of 159,347 new job opportunities. This is according to prime minister Anwar Ibrahim in a statement on Facebook.

"The matter was informed when I was chairing the National Investment Council (MPN) Meeting for the 8th Year of 2024 regarding investment performance," said Anwar.

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In the same statement, the prime minister revealed that the MPN has also agreed and ratified the guidelines for the development of sustainable data centers containing energy use effectiveness (PUE) and water use effectiveness metrics (WUE).

This guideline, according to Anwar, will be used as a requirement for the tax incentives under the digital ecosystem acceleration scheme (DESAC), an improved policy initiative aimed at driving data centre investments.

"Madani government continues to improve existing policies and create new policies as a step to improve the competitiveness of the country," said Anwar.

Earlier in November, Anwar said that Chinese investors and companies have shown increased interest in investing into Malaysia.

Speaking to Malaysian media after a roundtable session with over 20 industry leaders on 6 Nov, Anwar said he has seen rising enthusiasm and interest from investors and companies in China and called it a "positive development". Despite stating that back-to-back meetings had been exhausting, the prime minister reportedly said the session is beneficial.

In a separate Facebook post, Anwar said that the roundtable session is part of his task to attract investments to Malaysia. He added that the session consisted of discussions and the exploration of investment and trade opportunities in Malaysia in various key sectors.

The sectors includes semiconductors, aerospace, electric vehicles, automotive components, medical devices and equipment as well as telecommunication innovation centers.

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