Terry KS Labuan Reinsurance has upgraded its mission-critical systems to AMD EPYC processors, achieving major performance gains and reducing data-center footprint. The move strengthens the company’s long-term digital strategy and supports its ESG commitments.
MALAYSIA, 28 NOVEMBER 2025 – Labuan Reinsurance (Labuan Re), one of Malaysia’s leading reinsurance providers, has completed a major infrastructure upgrade, migrating its core systems to AMD EPYC processors to strengthen reliability, enhance workflow speeds, and support long-term digital expansion. The move marks a significant shift for the company, which has traditionally operated on Intel Xeon platforms throughout its 30-year history.
The decision came as Labuan Re relocated its data center from Kuala Lumpur to Cyberjaya. According to Chief Information Officer Patrick Wong, the transition provided an opportunity to evaluate alternatives to Intel-based systems. The company’s interest in AMD EPYC technology grew after reviewing benchmark results, observing successful deployments across Malaysian data centers, and assessing performance benefits based on its workload mix—80 percent online processing and the remainder batch jobs.
Labuan Re’s systems, which largely run on Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft SQL databases, form the backbone of its underwriting, investment, and back-office operations. As demands increased, the company sought stronger infrastructure capable of reducing heavy batch-processing times. Working with HPE as its technology partner, Labuan Re optimized its new configuration and quickly achieved its performance goals.
Following the migration, batch-job processing times were reduced from up to eight hours to less than two, representing a 70 to 80 percent improvement. Key processes saw dramatic reductions: underwriting dashboard processing fell from six hours to one, profitability calculations from seven hours to one, and essential reporting tasks were cut from several hours to just one. The transition was completed smoothly through live migrations, with minimal operational disruption.
The new AMD-powered environment also resulted in meaningful cost savings. By consolidating physical servers, Labuan Re reduced its rack usage from three to two, lowering data-center rental costs by 30 percent. These savings were redirected toward enhancing the company’s disaster recovery capabilities.
Sustainability and ESG compliance were major considerations behind the migration. The move to a green-certified data center in Cyberjaya aligns with Labuan Re’s ESG roadmap and supports expectations from its globally distributed client base, which includes Lloyd’s of London. Additional power efficiencies came from upgrading to all-Flash storage, replacing legacy SAS and SCSI systems.
Today, 100 percent of Labuan Re’s production workloads and its user acceptance testing environment run on AMD EPYC CPUs, specifically the 16-core EPYC 9124 model selected to align with Microsoft licensing requirements. The new infrastructure is sized for at least the next five years and will support the company’s forthcoming AI initiatives, including underwriting assessment tools that aim to cut decision-making time from weeks to under a day.
Wong noted that many CIOs in the financial sector are hesitant to move away from legacy infrastructure, often due to concerns about stability. Labuan Re’s successful migration, however, has demonstrated the reliability and performance of AMD EPYC processors for mission-critical applications. The company is now actively sharing its experience with industry peers.
Founded in 1992, Labuan Re provides general reinsurance and retakaful services across Asia and the Middle East, and holds an A- (Excellent) rating from AM Best. Its adoption of AMD EPYC processors reflects a continued commitment to operational excellence, sustainability, and future-ready technology.