STT GDC’s information centre campus is situated inside the Nusa Cemerlang Industrial Park in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, simply 15 kilometres from Singapore. Spanning over 22 acres of land, the campus has a improvement potential of 120MW of IT load. Its prime location ensures seamless connectivity, together with integration with STT Singapore 5, STT GDC’s regional interconnection hub. STT Johor 1 is the primary facility to be constructed on campus, designed with an IT load capability of 16MW, and is predicted to be totally operational by finish of 2026.
“The bottom-breaking of STT Johor 1 is a robust testomony of the New Industrial Grasp Plan (NIMP) 2030 in motion. Greater than only a hyperscale information centre, it’s a launchpad for innovation, expertise improvement, and sustainable financial progress. MIDA stays steadfast in facilitating high-impact investments that drive technological developments whereas making certain inclusive progress. We lengthen our heartfelt congratulation to STT GDC on this momentous event and stay up for supporting its continued enlargement as we construct a thriving digital ecosystem in Malaysia collectively”, mentioned Datuk Sikh Shamsul Ibrahim Sikh Abdul Majid, Chief Government Officer of the Malaysian Funding Growth Authority (MIDA).
The prime location ensures seamless connectivity, together with integration with STT Singapore 5, STT GDC’s regional interconnection hub. From its launch, STT Johor 1 might be able to assist the rising demand for cloud and high-performance computing. The power is supplied to deal with superior computational workloads for enterprises, authorities businesses, and cloud service suppliers, able to quickly deploying resource-intensive functions throughout numerous industries. This may assist cutting-edge analysis, complicated simulations and data-driven decision-making processes.
Along with STT Singapore 5, STT Johor 1 can even be related to STT Kuala Lumpur 1 and STT GDC’s different information centre interconnection hubs in Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines by way of a Information Centre Interconnect (DCI) service, offering prospects in STT Johor 1 with extremely dependable and seamless entry to enterprise alternatives in different main economies within the area.
In alignment with Malaysia’s inexperienced ambitions, the STT Johor campus might be powered by renewable and low-carbon power sources. STT GDC is in discussions with a number of renewable power suppliers, corresponding to Ditrolic Vitality, to grow to be the renewable electrical energy provider for STT Johor 1’s operations. This potential partnership underscores STT GDC’s dedication to sustainable information centre practices and aligns with Malaysia’s inexperienced power objectives. Clear power options will play an important function in STT Johor 1’s intention to attain industry-leading power effectivity and minimise its environmental footprint. STT GDC can even leverage superior applied sciences to additional optimise power use, establishing the campus as a sensible and sustainable information centre benchmark.
STT GDC and the Johor Expertise Growth Council (JTDC) additionally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to spearhead a complete {industry} expertise improvement initiative for the burgeoning information centre sector, aligning with the objectives of the not too long ago established Johor-Singapore Particular Financial Zone (JS-SEZ). This partnership goals to create a strong pipeline of expert professionals in sustainable information centre operations, positioning Johor as a hub for information centre experience in Southeast Asia.
This alliance underscores STT GDC’s dedication to nurturing a talented native workforce and helps the JS-SEZ’s purpose of making expert job alternatives and strengthening the digital economic system. By supporting the expansion of Malaysia’s information centre {industry} and making certain a gentle provide of certified consultants, this initiative contributes to broader Singapore-Johor financial cooperation. It additionally positions Johor as a Southeast Asian hub for information centre experience, enhancing the area’s potential to draw international investments.
“The STT Johor information centre campus marks a major milestone for STT GDC in our efforts to ship superior digital infrastructure that may play a task in contributing to Malaysia’s ambitions to develop their digital economic system management within the area. Equally necessary is our dedication to growing native expertise by way of our partnership with JTDC, which can create a talented workforce to assist this progress. Guided by our rules of sustainability, innovation, connectivity and neighborhood improvement, we stay up for STT Johor 1 enjoying a pivotal function in delivering tangible financial progress to the area, sustainably, whereas nurturing the subsequent technology of knowledge centre professionals,” mentioned Darryll Sinnappa, Nation Head – Malaysia, ST Telemedia World Information Centres.
Malaysia’s information centre market continues to expertise outstanding progress, with a improvement pipeline of 1.4GW deliberate over the subsequent 5 years, representing 264% progress[1]. This enlargement is predicted to drive the {industry}’s income to RM3.6 billion by 2025[2], solidifying Malaysia’s place as a key participant within the area’s digital infrastructure panorama.
