KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Australia-based Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) hyperscale data center specialist, AirTrunk, has announced plans to develop its second cloud and AI-ready data center in Iskandar Puteri in the Malaysia state of Johor.
The firm said in a statement on Wednesday that scalable to over 270 megawatts (MW), the data center, named AirTrunk JHB2 (JHB2), will support demand from global public cloud and technology companies in the region.
This announcement follows the opening of AirTrunk's first data center in Johor, 150+MW AirTrunk JHB1, in July 2024.
Combined, AirTrunk is investing over 9.7 billion ringgit (2.17 billion U.S. dollars) in Malaysia, providing more than 420 MW of information technology (IT) load.
The additional capacity will support Malaysia's fast-growing digital economy.
"AirTrunk's data centers serve as essential infrastructure that will help boost productivity and enable new products and services that can drive economic growth (in Malaysia)," AirTrunk founder and Chief Executive Officer Robin Khuda said.
