Cheaper energy and water, abundant land make Johor a magnet

7/10/2024 12:43

        Malaysia’s southernmost state is fast emerging as a data centre hotspot in Southeast Asia, with cheap energy and an abundance of water and land drawing operators to set up shop there.
        
        This rapid growth has been fuelled by the world’s growing reliance on cloud-based technology and artificial intelligence-related activities.
        
        Across southern Johor in Sedenak and Nusajaya, data centres, which are effectively warehouses with lines of servers that help to power AI and the internet in general, are sprouting up.
        
        Huge pylons and giant water tanks line the roads leading to these technological parks.