[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 […]
Gamuda scores US$ 430 million hyperscale buildout in Port Dickson, Malaysia
Malaysian infrastructure and property development giant Gamuda Berhad recently announced that it has been awarded construction work for a hyperscale data center worth RM1.72 billion (US$ 430 million), the company announced in a Bursa filing. To commence in Q2 2026, the work entails site infrastructure works, core and shell construction, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing […]
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$87 million) for the purpose of building a data center. The sale is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027. The […]
TM Nxera tops out AI data center in Johor
TM Nxera has topped out its AI-ready data center in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, recently, its Linkedin post says. TM Nxera is a joint venture between Singtel through its data center arm, Nxera, and Telekom Malaysia (TM). The data center was initially announced in June 2024 following which it broke ground in July of the same year. […]
‘Johor and Singapore to benefit most from Middle East shift to safe havens’
The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is anticipated to pull much of the digital infrastructure shift away from the Middle East, some market observers based in Malaysia have opined. They have pointed out that despite the energy and supply chain crises now engulfing the world, the pace of development of the JS-SEZ has not slowed […]
DayOne to invest US$ 7 billion in Malaysia in 2026
Singapore-headquartered data center platform, DayOne Data Centers Limited announced it would invest RM28 billion (US$ 6.96 billion) cumulatively in Malaysia by the end of 2026 to scale Malaysia into its largest global footprint, accounting for over 50 per cent of its workforce growth, the firm says in a press release yesterday. It aims to double […]
TeleChoice bids for data center project in Malaysia
Singapore-based ICT firm, TeleChoice International Limited, has been shortlisted to design and build a data center project in Malaysia, the portfolio company of ST Telemedia said in an exchange filing last week. The bid was jointly submitted with “certain consortium partners” which were not named in the filing. If successful, the consortium will finalise the […]
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$3.4 billion-equivalent […]
ByteDance deploys 36,000 Nvidia B200 chips worth US$ 2.5 billion in Malaysia
TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, is said to be working with Southeast Asian firm Aolani Cloud to deploy some 500 Nvidea Blackwell GPUs in Malaysia for AI research and development, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) citing people familiar with the matter. The GPUs comprise 36,000 B200 chips said to be worth about US$ 2.5 […]
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 […]