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VCI Energy, DPS Energy to Develop 250MW Solar Project in Malaysia

Malaysian renewable energy developer VCI Energy has partnered with DPS Energy to develop a up to 250MW solar project to power AI data centers in Malaysia. According to the partners, the project is structured as an infrastructure-grade renewable energy platform capable of supporting up to 250MW...

December 26, 2025

Malaysia

Racks Central Breaks Ground on Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

Singapore-based data center operator Racks Central has broken ground on a data center in Johor, Malaysia. Racks Central’s campus, dubbed RCJM 1, will be located in Iskandar Halal Park, an industrial park in the eastern portion of Johor Bahru. The company acquired a five-acre plot in the park i...

December 11, 2025

Malaysia

Time Energy Launches Malaysia’s First Community Solar Project

Time Energy, the renewable division of Malaysian telco Time dotCom, has launched the country’s first community solar project for data centers. The company signed an agreement with AIMS Group, a colocation and Edge data center provider, which will be the first anchor customer, via the Community...

June 25, 2025

Malaysia

DayOne Signs 500MW Solar Deal with TNB

APACT data center firm DayOne has secured up to 500MW of solar power over 21 years from utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to power its operations in Malaysia. Power will be provided by TNB’s renewable power subsidiary and power DayOne’s Nusajaya Tech Park, in Gelang Patah, and Kempa...

June 13, 2025

Malaysia

Area Group starts construction of Malaysian data center campus

Real estate private equity firm Area Group has begun constructing its 156-acre data center campus in Kedah, northern Malaysia. The firm has now officially purchased the land in a sale and purchase agreement for an undisclosed amount, and begun construction on the first 30-acre parcel of land....

October 21, 2024

Malaysia

Aizo Group and Netrunner plan new data center in Malaysia

Aizo Group has announced plans to build a data center in Sarawak, Malaysia, with Netrunner Sdn Bhd, a special purpose vehicle focused on data center investment in Sarawak. The company will lead the technical development and design of the data center park, which is expected to meet Tier IV stan...

October 21, 2024

Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia to deploy Private 5G network at Petronas

Telekom Malaysia (TM) has deployed a Private 5G network for oil and gas company Petronas at its LNG Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak. According to TM, this location is one of four Petronas sites installed with a Private 5G network. TM deployed the network along with the Digital Nasional Berhad (...

August 14, 2024

Malaysia

AirTrunk launches Johor data center in Malaysia

APAC data center firm AirTrunk has launched its first campus in Johor, Malaysia and has officially commenced operations at the JHB1 data center . The facility features the company’s first deployment of direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology alongside traditional indirect evaporative cooling ...

July 31, 2024

Malaysia

Petronas unveil data center cooling fluid

Oil and gas company Petronas Lubricants International announced this week that it will be launching its Petronas Iona Tera, a liquid coolant specifically designed for data centers, and has partnered with Iceotope.Petronas Lubricants International’s MD and group CEO, Hezlinn Idris said: "Petron...

June 18, 2024

Malaysia

UEM Sunrise and Logos team up for a data center campus in Johor, Malaysia

Real estate firms UEM Sunrise and Logos are partnering for a data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. According to a new announcement, both companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Logos Infrastructure Holdco Pte Ltd to exclusively explore the opportunity in developing a ...

June 03, 2024

Malaysia

Axis-REIT sells former steel site in Johor to unnamed data center operator

Malaysian firm Axis Real Estate Investment Trust (Axis-REIT) announced this week that it has sold a former steel complex in Johor to a data center operator in a deal valued at RM162 million ($33.9m) and is set to close in the second half of the year.The buyer wasn’t named, but the terms of the...

April 23, 2024

Malaysia

Bridge DC plans further expansion in Malaysia

APAC operator Bridge Data Centres has revealed new plans for further expansion in Malaysia with a new facility in Cyberjaya. The ChinData subsidiary said the project will offer 87MW across three phases, with the first two phases involving the construction of a three-story data center. “We are ...

February 27, 2024

Malaysia

GDS signs long term vPPA in Malaysia

GDS this week announced a 21-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with Malaysian renewable energy firm, Cenergi SEA Berhad (Cenergi), under Malaysia’s Corporate Green Power Programme (CGPP). Under the agreement, GDS has subscribed to 22.5MWac of renewable power for its Nusajaya Tech Pa...

February 21, 2024

Malaysia

GSD raises $270m green financing for Malaysian facility

Chinese data center developer and operator GDS has raised MYR1.27 billion ($270m) in green financing for its Nusajaya Tech Park data center in Malaysia. The finance was secured from four financial institutions: UOB Malaysia, Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, and Sta...

December 08, 2023

Malaysia

Malaysian telco Axiata to exit Nepalese market

Malaysian telco Axiata Group Berhad announced last week that it has entered into an unconditional sale and purchase agreement with Spectrlite UK Limited for the sale of Reynolds Holding Limited, which owns approximately 80 percent equity stake in Ncell Axiata Limited. The company mentioned th...

December 04, 2023

Malaysia

Acronis Opens Kuala Lumpur Cyber Cloud Data Center

Acronis, a provider of cyber security for data, applications, and infrastructure, recently announced the opening of a new cyber cloud data center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This new rollout provides its partners access to a complete suite of cutting-edge cyber protection solutions, allowing fo...

May 14, 2023

Malaysia

AIMS DC commences work on second building Cyberjaya, Malaysia

AIMS Group has announced plans to build a second data center in Cyberjaya to meet data center demand in Malaysia. Work on AIMS Cyberjaya Block 2 is set to be complete by the end of the year, and offer a total IT load of 8MW.AIMS chief executive officer Chiew Kok Hin shared that 90% occupancy i...

May 09, 2023

Malaysia

Malaysia's Digital Economy Takes Off as Country Ranks 22nd in the World for Data Centers

Malaysia has emerged as a serious player in the global data center market, ranking 22nd in the world and second in ASEAN by the Arcadis Data Center Location Index. This is a significant accomplishment for a country that was once overlooked by hyperscalers. According to Wan Murdani from the Mal...

April 26, 2023

Malaysia

Malaysia's Supportive Pro-Business Policies Attract Global Data Center Players

Malaysia is emerging as an important hub for data centers in Asia, with pro-business policies aimed at attracting and retaining investors, according to RHB Investment Bank Bhd. The research house cited the government's commitment to accelerate digital adoption and a new investment policy unvei...

April 18, 2023

Malaysia

MN Holdings partners with China's DC-Science for Malaysian data center

MN Holdings Bhd has announced a partnership with China's Shanghai DC-Science Co Ltd to construct a high-performance data center in Malaysia. This is the latter's first location outside of China. The MoU signed on April 1, 2023, will see a facility, which will span across a 20-acre site at the ...

April 05, 2023

Malaysia

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