Digital Realty enters Malaysia through acquisition of TelcoHub 1 data center in Cyberjaya
Global data center provider Digital Realty, yesterday announced it plans to enter Malaysia by acquiring CSF Advisers, owners of the TelcoHub 1 data center, one of Greater Kuala Lumpur’s most established data center hubs. This will mark the company’s third presence in Southeast Asia after Singapore and Jakarta, the company says in a press statement. […]
Malaysia tightens rules to prevent ‘phantom’ power demand by data centers
Malaysia is tightening its rules to prevent speculative power applications by requiring data centers to declare their annual demand rather than locking in maximum capacity immediately, says the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) recently as quoted by The Edge. Following Miti’s announcement that data centres must meet 85 per cent of their declared […]
TM Nxera secures 280MW power from TNB for Johor data center
TM Nxera, a joint venture between Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Nxera, Singtel’s regional data centre arm, has recently signed a multi-year electricity supply agreement with Tenaga Nasional (TNB), Malaysia’s national electricity utility, securing 280MW of power for TM Nxera’s AI-ready data center campus in Johor. The campus is scheduled to begin the first phase of […]
NTT Data, Sumitomo, JA Mitsui Leasing to build 8,100km subsea cable connecting Japan & ASEAN
Business and technology leader, NTT DATA, together with Sumitomo Corporation and JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. have today set up Intra-Asia Marine Networks Co., Ltd. (I-AM NW), to jointly construct and operate a large-scale submarine communication cable spanning 8,100km, connecting Japan, Malaysia and Singapore with additional connectivity to Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan, according to the […]
Data center REITs likely to list in Malaysia soon: Report
Developers in Malaysia with data center assets are increasingly looking at Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listings to monetise their completed assets, de-gear, unlock synergies and optimize portfolios, according to the latest Maybank IBG Research note. Among such developers is S.P. Setia Berhad (SPSB) which plans to seed its proposed REIT with industrial build-to-rent assets […]
Malaysian data center growth peaked in 2025: Maybank Research
Land sale activities in Malaysia to data center operators have slowed down significantly since 1Q2025, according to Maybank IBG Research’s latest note when giving the 2025 review. “The Malaysian data center sentiment weakened early in 2025 following the US government’s tightening of AI chip export restrictions, which had an immediate knock-on effect on data center […]
Lum Chang inks deal with MyTelehaus to build data center in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Singapore-based property developer Lum Chang Holdings Limited has through its joint venture firm in Malaysia, Lum Chang Tien Wah Property Sdn. Bhd. signed an agreement with Malaysia-based data center specialist, MyTelehaus Sdn. Bhd. to jointly develop and operate a data centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, the company announced in an exchange filing yesterday. Under the […]
SunCon clinches US$ 235 million Johor data center jobs from US firm
Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunway Construction Group Berhad, has been awarded two data center jobs in Johor worth a combined RM 956 million (US$ 235 million) from a United States-headquartered multinational technology corporation, the company announced in two separate Bursa filings last week. The first job entailed the core and shell […]