Singapore spillover of data centres benefits Malaysia’s Johor

Johor ranked 2024’s fastest-growing data centre market in Southeast Asia, according to UK-based data centre market intelligence firm DC Byte, benefiting from Singapore’s moratorium on new data centres imposed five years ago as the city state grappled with heavy energy and water demands.

As demand for data centres – which are vital repositories for cloud computing and increasingly artificial intelligence – surges, Malaysian companies across the supply chain have also pivoted their businesses.

“We are having a problem meeting demand,” said Nicholas Boey Kok Cheng of Johor-based logistics firm Professional Packers & Movers.