KUALA LUMPUR: BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, views Malaysia as prioritising high-value and capital-intensive projects by formalising its policy of only approving larger artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres that require more capital. 

In a note, BMI said this view was reinforced by a policy announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in February 2026, under which proposals for non-AI-related data centres in Malaysia have been halted since 2024.