Extra tags: Data Centres
Yondr Group, a global leader in data centre development, ownership, and service, announced its debut into the Malaysian market with a projected 200MW hyperscale campus on 72.8 acres of land purchased from TPM Technopark Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johor Corporation. The area is ideally positioned in Sedenak Tech Park, a flagship data centre complex in Johor, Malaysia, encompassing 700 acres of land.
The Sedenak Tech Park, formerly known as Kulai Iskandar Data Exchange (KIDEX), is nestled in the heart of the larger 7,290 acres of Sedenak Technology Valley, an industrial and technology hub comprising of technology-driven developments such as advanced electrical & electronic (E&E), medical device manufacturing, green renewable energy, biotechnology and food tech, among other research and development facilities.
Yondr's hyperscale campus will be built in phases and will have a total capacity of 200MW when fully completed, with the first phase expected to be completed in 2024. Sedenak Tech Park is home to some of Southeast Asia's largest data and cloud players, with access to at least 600MW of capacity, dark fibre connectivity, scalable utilities and infrastructure.
“Malaysia is a significant part of our expansion plans within Southeast Asia. Our ability to secure this critical location in Sedenak Tech Park, complements our existing presence in Jakarta, Indonesia and further bolsters our strategic presence in this high growth market,” said Dave Newitt, Chief Executive Officer at Yondr Group. “The state of Johor in Malaysia is in close proximity to other key data center metros, including Singapore which offers valuable interconnectivity routes, representing a true benefit for our clients especially in combination with the scalability in meeting requirements of power and land.”
“We value Yondr’s strategic decision to invest in Sedenak Tech Park, as a testament of their confidence in our location and offerings as a world-class data hub for the region. We are delighted to welcome Yondr with their full-scale data centre technical expertise and operational capabilities to Johor, Malaysia. As global demand for data centres continues to grow exponentially via cloud computing and consumer mobile Internet, the sheer scale of growing data consumption makes the development of hyperscale data centre infrastructures a compelling international and regional opportunity for both investors and operators. This exposure to Yondr’s well-established partnerships with major state-of-the-art hyperscale facilities will further fuel our technical infrastructure development dedicated to the nation and the region’s fast-growing digital economy,” said Datuk Sr Akmal Ahmad, Director of Johor Corporation’s Real Estate and Infrastructure Division and Chairman of TPM Technopark.
Given its strategic location, growth potential, and rapid upsurge of technology platforms and networks across a wide range of markets, the Asia Pacific area continues to be an appealing data centre destination. Malaysia's data centre sector is predicted to reach over US$800 million (RM3.24 billion) in revenue by 2025, and it is already seeing increased investment spill-overs due to inherent land constraints in other surrounding areas.
“This deployment in Sedenak Tech Park will provide our hyperscale clients with an opportunity to exponentially scale their cloud computing requirements and benefit from being strategically located just a stone’s throw from Singapore and Indonesia,” said Aksel Vansten, Acquisition and Development Director for Asia Pacific Region of Yondr Group.
The fundamental appeal of Johor is enhanced by its position and substantial land capacity for building, expanding, and developing digital infrastructure footprint at cheap levels. Furthermore, growth in the data centre sector is measured in power rather than square footage; on this front, Sedenak Tech Park is the best performer, with 600MW of crucial IT capacity and a massive land mass dedicated to data centre expansion.
“As part of realising the state’s Digital Johor agenda as well as Malaysia’s Digital Blueprint roadmap toward becoming a digital-first economy, data center development is among the key components that will provide impetus not only to the ecosystem’s digitalisation, but also enable the fulfilment of our aspiration to become the region’s digital innovation hub. Yondr’s hyperscale data center deployment in Johor, Malaysia will contribute to the digital transformation ecosystem, and to a larger extent, signal a positive business climate and market potential within this high-growth economic region in Southeast Asia. We welcome Yondr to Johor, Malaysia and look forward to working with them and our industrial development arm as they contribute to not just the growth of the region but to wealth creation and distribution of our economy and communities,” said Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim, President and Chief Executive of Johor Corporation.
