Southeast Asia is emerging as a primary market for data centre investment as the region benefits from a confluence of favourable demographics, abundant resources, lower costs, and supportive government policies, according to senior executives from Equinix, law firm Wong… Read More>>
UEM Sunrise Selling Malaysia Data Centre Plots for $30M, Deal Linked to Singtel
UEM Sunrise has agreed to sell two parcels of land in Johor state to a “global data centre player” for MYR 144.9 million ($30.7 million), the Malaysian developer said Tuesday.
Located in Iskandar Puteri’s East Ledang township west of Johor… Read More>>
ByteDance Eyes $2.4B Investment in Malaysia Data Centres, AI Hub
TikTok developer ByteDance plans to expand its data centre facilities in Malaysia with an additional investment of MYR 1.5 billion ($320 million), according to the country’s minister of investment, trade and industry.
The Chinese tech firm also hopes to make… Read More>>
STT GDC Announces Second Malaysia Data Centre Project This Month
Singapore’s ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) on Thursday revealed plans to develop a data centre campus in Malaysia’s Johor state that will support up to 120MW in capacity, marking the operator’s second facility in the country.
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AirTrunk Enters Malaysia With 150MW Data Centre Project in Johor Bahru
AirTrunk on Thursday announced the development of its first data centre in Malaysia, a hyperscale facility in Johor Bahru with more than 150 megawatts of planned capacity.
AirTrunk’s JHB1 campus will span 10.3 hectares (25.5 acres) at the southern tip… Read More>>
Equinix Enters Malaysia With $40M Investment in Johor Data Centre
Equinix on Wednesday announced its entry into Malaysia with a plan to build a hyperscale data centre in Johor state at an initial investment of $40 million, as rising demand continues to propel the digital infrastructure race in Southeast Asian… Read More>>
$100B Country Garden Malaysia Project in Doubt on Mahathir Warning
Country Garden’s massive 14-square-kilometre, $100 billion Forest City (森林城市) project in Johor, Malaysia may not be completed as planned following comments by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad suggesting that foreigners will not be permitted to live in the new city…. Read More>>
HNA Pawns HK$506M Peak Mansion for Short-Term Loan and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hangovers suffered from China’s cross-border buying binge dominate the real estate news across the region today, with familiar players HNA, Country Garden and CCCC taking leading roles in some financial drama. A day after HNA reported the untimely death of… Read More>>
S P Setia’s $794M Buyout of I&P Group to Create Top Malaysian Developer
Property developer S P Setia said in an announcement on the Bursa Malaysia exchange that the company could pay around RM3.5 billion ($794 million) for I&P Group, creating one of the country’s largest real estate firms.
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Country Garden Closes Sales Offices for $100 Bil Malaysia Project Amid Capital Clampdown
China’s third largest developer has closed mainland sales offices for its largest overseas project as authorities in Beijing keep a tight grip on the country’s capital account.
Country Garden Holdings has shut the doors to sales offices in Shanghai and… Read More>>