Analysis-Malaysia’s resource anxiety tests Asia’s fastest data centre build-out

Malaysia's resource anxiety tests Asia's fastest data centre build-out

HONG KONG/JOHOR, Malaysia – After leapfrogging Singapore to become the region's fastest-growing data centre hub, Malaysia is facing intensifying scrutiny as the resources debate that has complicated the industry's growth spreads to emerging Asia.Protests over a data centre complex in Johor state's southern tip – the epicentre of the boom – were the first of their kind in the country....

Resource anxiety tests Malaysia’s data centre build-out

The country and the region have courted hyperscalers hard in a race to secure AI infrastructure investment, offering lower land costs and affordable power.

Analysis-Malaysia’s resource anxiety tests Asia’s fastest data centre build-out

By Clare Jim and Danial Azhar HONG KONG/JOHOR, Malaysia, July 24 (Reuters) - After leapfrogging Singapore to become the region's fastest-growing data centre hub, Malaysia is facing intensifying scrutiny as the resources debate that has complicated the ...