PERLIS AI HUB
PROPOSAL · v1.0
June 2026
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE · STATE OF PERLIS

Perlis AI Hub
Centre of Excellence

One governed home for artificial intelligence in Perlis — building public AI literacy, safeguarding citizens, and powering every state agency with trusted, compliant AI.

Prepared by
Sebina Solution
In collaboration with SPV · SGLC Rimautek Sdn Bhd Industry & Academia
The Moment · Why Now

Malaysia has chosen to govern AI.
Perlis can choose to lead it.

PERLIS AI HUB

National AI Office (NAIO)

Stood up under the Ministry of Digital (Dec 2024) to coordinate the country's AI agenda — adoption frameworks, a national code of ethics, and the AI Technology Action Plan 2026–2030.

AIGE — 7 Principles

Malaysia's National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (MOSTI, Sep 2024) set seven principles for responsible, human-centred AI — the rulebook a state CoE can enforce locally.

Perlis is already building AI

The 600-acre Bandar Teknologi Maju Perlis in Chuping will host an AI data centre & HPC — a reported ~RM49b pipeline and ~2,000 long-term tech jobs.

The infrastructure is coming. The governance, literacy and use-cases must arrive with it — that is the Centre of Excellence.
Perlis AI Hub · CoESources: NAIO (ai.gov.my) · MOSTI AIGE 2024 · MIDA / Bernama on PATP Chuping02 / 20
The Gap

AI is arriving in the state faster than our guardrails.

01

Fragmented

AI tools are adopted ad-hoc, agency by agency — no single trusted home, no shared standards, duplicated spend.

02

Unequipped

Most citizens — and many civil servants — lack AI fundamentals, leaving real value unclaimed and risks misunderstood.

03

Unverified

The AI models and vendors already in use are not examined against policy, law or the AIGE principles.

04

Exposed

Misuse, data leakage, AI scams and "off-guard" decisions can go uncaught — with no one accountable.

Without a gatekeeper, every benefit of AI quietly becomes a risk to citizens and the state.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE03 / 20
Our Vision

To be the guardian & gatekeeper of every
AI substance in Perlis.

A single, governed hub where citizens gain AI fluency, agencies adopt AI with confidence, and every AI company, model and solution must comply with policy and law — bringing benefit, never harm, to the state's future operations.

Examiner Guardian Gatekeeper
Perlis AI Hub · CoE04 / 20
Objectives

Three commitments that anchor everything we build.

01

Consolidate

Gather the state's AI applications into one governed place — with guardrails, shared standards and a single source of trust.

02

Equip

Give every Perlis citizen AI fundamentals and the savviness to use AI safely, productively and confidently.

03

Elevate

Raise public AI literacy across the state through sustained awareness, engagement and training.

Perlis AI Hub · CoE05 / 20
Operating Model

Five functions of the Centre of Excellence.

Govern

Guardrails, standards and compliance — the rulebook for AI in the state.

Enable

Build & deploy trusted AI tools that agencies can adopt immediately.

Educate

AI literacy and skills for citizens and civil servants alike.

Partner

Industry, academia and vendors — a living local AI ecosystem.

Assure

Audit, monitor and respond — continuous oversight, not one-off approval.

Together these five functions turn the vision — guardian & gatekeeper — into a working institution.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE06 / 20
National Alignment

The state arm of Malaysia's AI agenda — not a parallel one.

Anchored to national policy

  • NAIO — the CoE operationalises national AI coordination at state level.
  • AI-RMAP 2021–2025 — implements the National AI Roadmap's adoption goals on the ground.
  • Sectoral law & PDPA — every deployment respects existing data-protection and sector rules.
Every CoE decision is traceable to a national principle — giving Perlis defensible, audit-ready AI governance.

Enforcing the 7 AIGE principles

Fairness Reliability, Safety & Control Privacy & Security Inclusiveness Transparency Accountability Pursuit of Human Benefit

The CoE turns these national principles from voluntary guidance into enforced, locally-checked practice for any AI used in Perlis.

Perlis AI Hub · CoESource: National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (MOSTI, 2024)07 / 20
The Roadmap

From literacy to local capability — five phases over 24 months.

3,000 trainees / 24 mo 70% agencies / 18 mo
01

AI Literacy

Sebina AI platform · awareness, engagement, training

Month 0–12
02

State AI Platform

SPV-SGLC × Rimautek · governed platform for agencies

Month 3–15
03

Infrastructure

Resource alignment · AI for every job scope

Month 9–18
04

Industry

Collaboration for locally-grounded AI

Month 12–21
05

Hardware

Capability expansion into the physical world

Month 18–24
Phases overlap by design — literacy seeds adoption, which pulls infrastructure, which invites industry and hardware. Momentum compounds.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE08 / 20
01
01Phase 01 · AI Literacy

Make AI fluency ordinary across Perlis.

Delivered on the Sebina AI platform by Sebina Solution — hands-on, in Bahasa Melayu, for every level of the public.

Awareness

Talks, roadshows and public campaigns that make AI understandable — and its risks visible — to ordinary citizens.

Engagement · Libat Urus

Community and agency involvement — AI clinics, school programs and department workshops that build a participation habit.

Training & Skills

Structured courses, certification and hands-on labs — building real, job-ready AI skills on the Sebina AI platform.

Outcome: AI-literate citizens · confident civil servants · a steady pipeline toward the 3,000-trainee target.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE09 / 20
02
02Phase 02 · State AI Platform

A governed AI platform owned by the state, for its agencies.

Built by SPV-SGLC and engineered by Rimautek Sdn Bhd — capability without each agency buying its own ungoverned AI.

The platform makes "trusted AI" the default option for every department — the easiest path is also the safest one.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE10 / 20
03
03Phase 03 · Infrastructure & Resource Alignment

AI for every job scope — by aligning compute, data & people.

  • Scale compute & data — align with the Chuping AI data centre & HPC so capacity is never the bottleneck.
  • Standardise data governance — shared, clean, well-permissioned data the whole state can build on.
  • Align people & resources — match talent, budget and tooling to where AI creates the most value.
  • Map AI to job scopes — a catalogue of approved AI per task category, across every department.

Anchored in Chuping

Bandar Teknologi Maju Perlis gives the state world-class AI infrastructure on its doorstep. The CoE ensures that capacity is governed and used for public good, not just rented out.

600 acres · AI data centre + HPC · ~RM49b reported pipeline (MIDA / Bernama)
Perlis AI Hub · CoE11 / 20
04
04Phase 04 · Industry Collaboration

Locally-grounded AI, built with industry.

Partner with industry

Co-build with local and national companies so the state's AI is shaped by those who run real operations here.

Local language & context

AI tuned to Bahasa Melayu, local data and Perlis realities — relevant, not generic foreign tooling.

Keep value in-state

Support Perlis SMEs and talent so AI grows a local economy and keeps data & jobs within the state.

Outcome: an AI economy that serves Perlis — not one that merely consumes someone else's models.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE12 / 20
05
05Phase 05 · Hardware & Capability Expansion

Extend AI into the physical world.

Edge & on-prem

Local inference for speed, privacy and resilience — AI that runs where it's needed.

Sensors & IoT

Real-world data from farms, roads and public spaces feeding smarter decisions.

Robotics & automation

From agriculture to logistics — physical tasks augmented by AI.

Broader environment

Expand AI's reach across the whole state — public spaces, utilities, services.

The arc completes: from software literacy to physical capability — Perlis future-proofed.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE13 / 20
The Guardrail Engine

How the gatekeeper actually works.

1 · Intake

Any AI tool, model or vendor entering state systems is registered.

2 · Risk class

Classified low → high risk by use, data sensitivity and impact.

3 · Compliance

Checked against policy, law & the 7 AIGE principles.

4 · Decision

Approve · approve-with-conditions · reject — on record.

5 · Audit

Continuous monitoring, audit trails & incident response.

No AI company or model can operate "off-guard" in state systems — compliance is the price of admission.
PERLIS AI ASSURED
Perlis AI Hub · CoE14 / 20
Targets

Clear, time-boxed commitments.

3,000

trainees upskilled

in AI fundamentals & skills within 24 months — citizens and civil servants.

70%

of agencies onboarded

using governed AI through the CoE within 18 months.

Lead
role

in a sustainable AI ecosystem

Perlis playing a major, lasting role in the state's AI development.

100+

literacy programs delivered

All

state-system AI solutions governed

20+

live public-good use-cases

% of citizens reached & aware

10+

local industry & academic partners

Perlis AI Hub · CoEHeadline targets per proposal brief · supporting KPIs indicative15 / 20
Where the Value Lands

Real AI, applied to Perlis.

Agriculture

Yield, pest & irrigation intelligence for paddy and Chuping sugarcane.

Land & eTanah

Faster land services & document automation, building on Perlis eTanah.

Public-service chat

24/7 answers to citizens in Bahasa Melayu, across agencies.

Healthcare

Triage support & clinic workflow assistance for faster care.

Education

AI tutoring & teacher support that lifts learning outcomes.

Tourism

Smart promotion of Perlis — caves, heritage & cross-border trade.

Disaster resilience

Flood early-warning & coordinated response across the state.

Civil-servant productivity

Drafting, summarising & case handling — hours returned to citizens.

Perlis AI Hub · CoE16 / 20
Impact

What changes for the people of Perlis.

Faster, friendlier services

Government that answers in minutes, in your language, at any hour.

An AI-literate population

From schoolchildren to seniors — citizens who use AI with confidence.

Protection from misuse

A guardian against AI-enabled scams, deepfakes & data harm.

New jobs & a local AI economy

Skills and opportunity that compound with the Chuping build-out.

Inclusive access

Designed so no citizen — rural, elderly or disabled — is left behind.

Talent that stays

Young Perlisians build careers at home, not only in the big cities.

Perlis AI Hub · CoE17 / 20
The Payoff

What success looks like in 24 months.

Capability

Agencies run on governed AI; staff hours returned to serving citizens.

People

3,000+ trained; AI fluency becomes a normal civic skill.

Trust

Every AI in state systems vetted, audit-ready and accountable.

Economy

Local AI partners, investment and jobs catalysed alongside Chuping.

Reputation

Perlis recognised as Malaysia's model AI-governed state.

The smallest state, setting the national standard for how AI should be governed, taught and used for the public good.
Perlis AI Hub · CoE18 / 20
Governance & Funding

Clear roles. Shared investment. State ownership of trust.

StakeholderRoleFunds / owns
State GovernmentMandate, policy & data custodianshipMandate · co-funding · oversight
SPV · SGLCBuild & operate the state AI platformPlatform asset & delivery
Sebina SolutionLiteracy platform & programs (Phase 1)Training delivery on Sebina AI
Rimautek Sdn BhdEngineering & technical deliveryPlatform engineering
IndustryLocal solutions & co-innovationCo-investment
AcademiaResearch, curriculum & talentKnowledge & pipeline

Governance structure

State AI Steering Committee
CoE Office (Perlis AI Hub)
LiteracyPlatformGovernanceIndustry
Funding is shared & phased — but the guardrails and trust stay state-owned.
Perlis AI Hub · CoEFunding framework — indicative roles, no committed figures at this stage19 / 20
The Ask

Give Perlis the mandate to lead —
and we begin in 90 days.

1

Endorse the mandate

Approve the CoE mandate & governance structure.

2

Sign the MoUs

SPV-SGLC, Sebina Solution & Rimautek partnership.

3

Launch Phase 1

First AI-literacy cohort live on the Sebina AI platform.

4

Stand up guardrails

Open the AI intake & assurance process for agencies.

Perlis becomes the place where AI is governed, taught and used for the public good — a guardian for its citizens and a model for the nation.

Sebina Solution
Let's build the Perlis AI Hub — Centre of Excellence.
Perlis AI Hub · CoEThank you20 / 20
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