Bridge Data Centres International Pte Ltd (BDC), a leading player in the data center market in the Asia Pacific region, has strengthened its existing relationship with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), a prominent Malaysian electricity company, with the signing of a supplementary agreement surrounding its upcoming data center in Malaysia.
The Electricity Supply Agreement (ESA) was signed on March 7, 2024, by Mr. Lye Yit Tho, BDC Design VP, APAC, and Pn. Shahannom Binti Izham, Head (Strategy), TNB Retail. Under this agreement, TNB will provide additional power to support BDC’s plans to expand its data centre footprint in Johor.
BDC’s partnership with TNB began in 2022 when it first received 275kV utility power from TNB to support the initial hyperscale data centre. Now, two years later, with the continued support from TNB and the Malaysian government, BDC is developing another data centre campus with a lower Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) in the region.
Construction of the facility is underway as per schedule, with the completion of the first phase of core and shell building. BDC anticipates achieving the Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC), a mandatory statutory requirement, for the earliest phases soon.
Mr. Eric Fan, President of Bridge Data Centres said, “Throughout our journey to advance digital connectivity and the digital economy of the country, TNB and various Malaysian government agencies at both the state and federal levels have provided unwavering support to BDC. We are grateful for this support and confident that our partnership will continue to grow stronger in the years ahead.”
BDC is a subsidiary of Chindata Group, which in turn is a leading carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Global emerging markets and a first mover in building next-generation hyperscale data centers. Meanwhile, TNB is a multinational company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of power.