Malaysia’s capacity is set to reach an estimated 422MW by 2025, doubling its current capacity when several ongoing data center projects reach completion.
The data center hubs in the country are located in Cyberjaya, Johor and Negri Sembilan with interests building in Kedah. The entrance and expansions of data centers in the country are among the main drivers for supply growth, as reported by JLL Greater Kuala Lumpur – Property Market Monitor Q2 2023.
Foreign investments continue to pour into the data center industry in Malaysia, with significant announcements from key players. Among the investments in the country include NextDC’s plans for a 65MW colocation data center. Additionally, Singtel and BridgeDC have also revealed their respective development projects in the region, signaling strong confidence in Malaysia’s data center market.
The other developments are AIMS Group which announced the construction of AIMS Cyberjaya Block 2. Vantage Data Centers also announced a second data center campus (KUL2) with an additional US$3 billion (RM13.32b) investment in Cyberjaya.
In May, Princeton Digital Group (PDG), entered into a definitive agreement with JLand Group Sdn Bhd (JLG), Johor Corporation’s real estate and infrastructure arm, to build a 150 MW hyperscale campus in Sedenak Tech Park (STeP) in Johor.
MN Holdings Bhd announced its partnership with China’s Shanghai DC-Science Co Ltd to work together on building a high performance data center in Johor.
Earlier this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it will be investing RM25.5 billion in Malaysia to develop its cloud services infrastructure in the country. Other leading data center providers in Malaysia include TM One, NTT Communications, Strateq, Basis Bay, HDC and others.
