Coverage for Johor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan.
BMI says Malaysia now has 125 data centre facilities with 925.6MW of live capacity, 2.0GW under construction and a 3.1GW planned pipeline, with Johor holding a combined pipeline of 4.1GW.
Johor is creating a data centre framework to guide long-term planning and continuous improvement, with state investment chairman Lee Ting Han saying the state was the first in Malaysia to introduce its own guidelines.
Microsoft has unveiled Southeast Asia 3, its second cloud region in Malaysia, to be developed in Johor Bahru as part of a US$2.2 billion investment that also covers land bought from EcoWorld and Crescendo Corp.
