Malaysia draws first data centre protest over pollution, waterProspects look at a model of the development at the Country Gardens' Forest City showroom in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on Feb 21, 2017. Johor has been the biggest beneficiary of Malaysia’s data centre boom since 2022, approving 164.45 billion ringgit (US$41.7 billion) in data centre investments as of mid-2025. Next to it sits a 68-acre parcel that the same company sold to Japan’s NTT Data Group Corp for another data centre. It hosts several facilities across China, and Malaysia is its only overseas data centre location. “In response to global environmental issues, Malaysian data centres are committed to sustainable development,” according to its website.

Source: Bangkok Post February 08, 2026 14:16 UTC