Singtel, the telecommunications company based in Singapore, has announced its plans to establish an environmentally sustainable data center campus in Johor, utilizing green technology.
The declaration was conveyed through a Facebook post by Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, who has been visiting Singapore on a three-day working trip since July 5.
Onn Hafiz expressed his optimism that Singtel’s initiative will propel Johor towards creating the most advanced communication and data center ecosystem in Asia. This development aims to position the state as a prominent hub for investments in renewable energy and artificial intelligence technology.
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Johor is set to attract RM17 billion (US$3.8b) in new data center investments in 2024 from various players.
Earlier this year, AirTrunk has announced its entry into Malaysia with plans to develop a 150+MW data center named AirTrunk JHB1 (JHB1) in Johor which will be the company’s first in Malaysia and ninth in APJ, taking its data center platform to over 1.35GW of capacity.
In April, MN Holdings Bhd also announced its partnership with China’s Shanghai DC-Science Co Ltd to work together on building a high performance data center in Johor which has been planned to include a 12,000-rack facility supported by a power load of 120MW, and dual power supply.
The data center market in Malaysia is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.41% during the 2022-2028 period. Malaysia is among the hubs for data centers in Southeast Asia due to its strategic location, political stability, and growing digital economy. Malaysia has a well-established telecommunications infrastructure with several undersea cables that provide high-speed internet connectivity to other countries in the region.