Digital Halo tops out fully leased 20MW data center in Johor, Malaysia
Singapore-based Digital Halo Pte Ltd has topped out the first phase of its 120MW data center campus in Johor, Malaysia, in April 2026, the firm announced in its Linkedin page recently. The first phase of JHB1, which is fully leased out to a single customer, will deliver 20MW of IT capacity. It is scheduled to […]
[SPECIAL REPORT] How Johor deals with thirsty data centers
Johor looks set to conquer a potential water crunch, judging by current initiatives taken by both the state and private sector. Perception is a powerful force – it can be both constructive and destructive. It can shape policies for better or worse. And Johor is facing a major perception problem right now from local communities. […]
SPECIAL FEATURE | Johor’s big renewable energy push
Johor is building one of the world’s largest renewable energy zones, partly to meet the demand of insatiable data centers. Johor is tipped to become Southeast Asia’s largest data center hub by 2030, and its power consumption will surge accordingly. To meet that demand, the state has contracted one of the world’s largest renewable energy […]
AirTrunk to invest US$ 3 billion in Johor to build two hyperscale campuses totaling 280MW capacity
AirTrunk, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East’s data centre platform, has today announced plans to invest RM12 billion (USD 3 billion) to develop two new hyperscale data centres in Malaysia, with combined capacity of 280 megawatts (MW) of IT load. This will bring the total capacity to more than 700 MW of IT load across four campuses […]
[EXCLUSIVE] Johor set to host Southeast Asia’s first AI factory campus
Malaysia’s transformation into an AI nation gets a shot in the arm as the country is set to host Southeast Asia’s largest AI data center campus in Johor by the end of this year. Currently being built by Singapore-based data center platform, Racks Central, the 510 MW campus boasts 100 per cent high-end GPU offerings […]
Digital Edge enters Malaysia with 50-acre Johor land purchase
Stonepeak-backed data center platform Digital Edge has entered Malaysia with the purchase of 50 acres of land in Johor from Crescendo Corporation Berhad. The freehold land was purchased for RM346 million (US$87 million) for the purpose of building a data center. The sale is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027. The […]
TM Nxera tops out AI data center in Johor
TM Nxera has topped out its AI-ready data center in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, recently, its Linkedin post says. TM Nxera is a joint venture between Singtel through its data center arm, Nxera, and Telekom Malaysia (TM). The data center was initially announced in June 2024 following which it broke ground in July of the same year. […]
‘Johor and Singapore to benefit most from Middle East shift to safe havens’
The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is anticipated to pull much of the digital infrastructure shift away from the Middle East, some market observers based in Malaysia have opined. They have pointed out that despite the energy and supply chain crises now engulfing the world, the pace of development of the JS-SEZ has not slowed […]
DayOne seeks to double loan to record US$ 7 billion: Bloomberg
Singapore-based data center player DayOne Data Centers Ltd is seeking to double the size of an existing loan to as much as US$7 billion which, if approved would be the largest data center loan in Asia, Bloomberg reports quoting people familiar with the matter. The additional funding which would add to its original US$3.4 billion-equivalent […]
ZDATA tops green ranking, a first for data center in Malaysia
Beijing-based data center operator ZDATA Technologies’s US$2 billion GP3 hyperscale data center in Johor has recently earned the distinction of being the first data center in Malaysia to achieve the Green RE Platinum certification, the highest sustainability ranking in the country, the company announced at a media forum yesterday. The announcement came a day after […]