OPINION | To ban, or not to ban, that is the question for Malaysia
Malaysia doesn’t fail to come up with surprises lately where data centers (DCs) are concerned. The country that will surpass the entire Asia Pacific ex-China in data center capacity by 2030 is new at this game and understandably, the people managing it are still at various stages of the learning curve. The latest surprise comes […]
Malaysia restricts non-AI data centers: Anwar
In a surprise response in Parliament yesterday, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the country has restricted all new non-AI data centers since the last two years. “Over the past one to two years, we have limited approvals for new data centres that are not AI-related,” he said when responding to the question […]
Malaysia: Powering data centers at scale
Malaysia ticks all the right boxes in ensuring its data centers have a smooth and sufficient flow of electricity in the years ahead. Does Malaysia have sufficient power to accommodate the projected massive increase in electricity consumption over the next five to ten years? Electricity consumption by data centers in Malaysia is projected to surge […]
Johor data center to tackle dust pollution following protest
The master developer of a data center in Johor, Tropicana Firstwide Sdn Bhd, has agreed to implement several measures to deal with the dust pollution complaint raised recently by about 50 residents in a data center-related protest, a first in the state. Among the measures were increasing the hoardings and netting on hillside slopes especially […]
[Opinion] Revisiting the first data center protest in Malaysia
Following the much-publicised protest last Saturday by a group of 50 residents demanding an end to dust pollution allegedly caused by the construction of a data center near their homes in Johor, the incident had brought up more questions than answers. The 50-strong delegation claim to represent 1,000 residents from across four housing estates in […]
Johor’s data center protest, a first in Malaysia
A group of 50 people protested in front of a data center construction site in Gelang Patah, Johor, last Saturday, in what was described as the first such protest of its kind in Malaysia. The group, who claimed to represent 1,000 residents from four housing estates in Gelang Patah district, demanded for an end to […]
AIMS to develop a 200 MW AI data center in Cyberjaya
AIMS Data Centre Sdn Bhd (AIMS), one of Malaysia’s largest homegrown data center operators, has finalised the acquisition of approximately 10 acres of land in Cyberjaya from the tech hub developer, Cyberview Sdn Bhd. The acquisition will pave the way for AIMS to develop a 200 MW AI data center with an investment amount of […]
[Opinion] ‘Business as usual’ for IJM’s US$1 billion data center jobs
IJM Corporation Berhad, the conglomerate at the center of a corruption and money-laundering probe by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is a very profitable company by any account. Based on its press release on 27 August 2025, its financial results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2025 (Q1 FY2026) showed a year–on-year revenue growth […]
Southeast Asia has overtaken Northeast Asia, ANZ in data center growth: DC Byte
Southeast Asia has overtaken Northeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand in both capacity growth and pipeline expansion, having recorded significantly higher compound growth rates over the past three years, according to market research firm DC Byte’s latest blog yesterday. Factors responsible for this included land availability, improving infrastructure, and more permissive policy environments. This has led […]
MN Holdings clinches data center substation deals worth US$ 30.3 million
MN Holdings Berhad, a Malaysian infrastructure and engineering specialist, has recently been awarded four contracts with a combined value of US$ 30.28 million (RM122.7 million) for the supply and installation of substation equipment for data centre projects in Central and Southern Peninsular Malaysia, according to the firm’s Bursa filing. The awarding company is a US-based […]