News about data centre

Malaysia is becoming a major data centre hub in Southeast Asia, attracting significant investments from global tech giants.

The contract, a “fast-track project” awarded to a wholly owned subsidiary of Gamuda by BCEI Malaysia Sdn Bhd, will begin to contribute in the current financial year ending July 31, 2025.

SunCon’s has secured new projects amounting to RM3.

This latest partnership builds on the initial agreement signed in May 2024 and together, these agreements increase the total planned power capacity to 300MW.

However, it is unable to disclose the identity of the customer, as the customer is not agreeable to provide consent for disclosure, underground utilities and substation engineering specialist said in a bourse filing.

The guidelines are part of the government's efforts to ensure that data centres operating in the country meet sustainability requirements, including achieving the target of 70% renewable energy usage and net-zero emissions by 2050.

According to JLL’s report, China invested a total of US$21 billion (about RM90.

Formerly known as Minetech Resources Bhd, the group said the signing of this MOU also represents Aizo’s maiden venture into the data centre industry.

The hyperscale data centre will be built according to Google’s customised specifications and infrastructure requirements.

In a thematic report on Wednesday, the house said Malaysia’s DC inventory could be 10 times what the industry built over the past 20 years, positioning it significantly ahead of Singapore, which is constrained by land scarcity and environmental regulations.