Bridge Data Centres’ existing Malaysia projects include a 100MW campus in Johor
Industrial specialist Logos and Chindata’s Bridge Data Centres have become the latest to launch Malaysia server-hosting projects, as Asia Pacific’s hottest digital infrastructure market continues to attract new development.
Sydney-based Logos has teamed with Malaysian developer UEM Sunrise to build a data centre campus in Johor state with up to 360 megawatts of capacity, the partners said Friday in a release. The proposed project — the first data centre announced by Logos in the country — will occupy a 30 hectare (74 acre) site in Gerbang Nusajaya west of Johor Bahru, capitalising on UEM Sunrise’s vast landbank in southern Malaysia.
Johor Bahru’s strategic location near Singapore, coupled with Malaysia’s digital infrastructure plans and government support, makes the area a prime hub for the sector in Southeast Asia, said Paul Dwyer, head of data centres for Logos, a unit of Hong Kong-listed ESR.
“This growth is exciting, and we look forward to working in partnership alongside UEM Sunrise and being a key player in this dynamic market,” Dwyer said.
Growing Digital Hub
Some 300 kilometres (186 miles) up the peninsula, Bridge Data Centres plans to build a 100MW facility at Mah Sing Group’s Southville City master-planned township south of Kuala Lumpur.
Paul Dwyer, head of data centres for Logos
Mah Sing has earmarked 150 acres at Southville City for expansion into a data centre hub with a planned capacity of up to 500MW.
The Southville project is the sixth in Malaysia for Bridge Data Centres, a subsidiary of Bain Capital-owned Chinese operator Chindata, whose other facilities include a 100MW hyperscale campus in Johor.
“This initiative not only highlights Malaysia’s growing significance as a digital hub in the Asia Pacific region but also reinforces BDC’s leading position in supporting the country’s development,” said Eric Fan, president of Bridge Data Centres.
Rise to the Top
Increased activity in Johor and Kuala Lumpur has pushed Malaysia to the top of the list of APAC’s fastest-growing data centre markets, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield.
With a development pipeline of 1.2GW, the Southeast Asian nation can expect 600 percent growth in the next five years from its current operational capacity of 189MW, the report said.
EQT-backed EdgeConneX made a splash last September with news that it was entering Malaysia with a plan to develop 300MW of capacity across the Kuala Lumpur area.
In November, Singapore’s STT GDC joined forces with local IT solutions provider Basis Bay on a 20MW campus in the Cyberjaya tech hub near Kuala Lumpur as the Temasek-controlled operator’s first Malaysia project.
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