Yondr Group, a leading global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centers, has completed and handed over the first 25MW IT of the company’s Johor data center to its client six months ahead of schedule, according to the company’s press release. It is Yondr’s first facility to go live in the Asia Pacific region. The 98MW IT data center is part of what is believed to be the largest hyperscale data center campus in Southeast Asia at 300MW set on a 72.5-acre site.
The handover followed Yondr’s success in securing more than US$900m in project financing for the development last December. The financing was provided by a consortium of lenders, including DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, Global Infrastructure Partners (a part of Blackrock), HSBC, International Finance Corporation (IFC), ING, and Natixis CIB. Designated as a green loan, Yondr is committed to less carbon footprint which the company said will be driven by the asset’s direct-to-chip cooling system.
The data center has been designed and delivered as an AI/ML facility to enable the latest GPU technology as demand for AI systems grows.
Located in Johor’s Sedenak Tech Park, the event marked a significant milestone in the company’s global expansion strategy even as it continues to deliver major developments across Europe and North America.
“The first ready-for-service (RFS) milestone at our data center is a momentous occasion; for Yondr, for our 300MW+ IT campus and for the APAC data center market,” Mark Avery, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction APAC at Yondr Group said.
Aksel Vansten, Development Director – APAC added: “Yondr entered the Malaysian data center market just three years ago and became one of Johor’s pioneers, joined by some of the largest data center developer-operators and cloud AI/ML end users in the globe.”
