NTT acquires land in Johor for data centre
New data centre could be larger than its other six data centres combined.
NTT is going to Johor. And its new data centre could be larger than its other six data centres combined.
According to The Star, NTT Data Group has just acquired a parcel of freehold land in Johor Bahru for RM383.13 mil.
Coming to Johor
Here's what is known:
- Land size is 68.457 acres (~275,000 sqm).
- Land is adjoining Taman Nusa Bayu, Gelang Patah, Mukim Pulai, Daerah Johor Bahru^.
The main data centre clusters in Johor right now are:
- Sedenak Tech Park (STeP).
- Nusajaya Tech Park (NTP).
- Southern Industrial Logistic Cluster (SILC).
The land acquired by NTT is located in the SILC.
^Hat tip to Goh Gary for his post that brought this to my attention.
NTT in Malaysia
NTT currently has six data centres in Malaysia, all of them located at Cyberjaya.
Over the years, I've watched as NTT methodically built one data centre after the next, growing with demand and constructing them adjacent to each other at Cyberjaya.
It fascinated me as it spoke of an organic growth strategy and a clear, single-minded business focus.
Compared to modern hyperscale data centres, however, NTT's data centres in Malaysia are relatively small. According to its marketing collaterals, CBJ3, CBJ4, CBJ5, and CBJ6 offer 40MW in total.
Note: Industry sources tell me that the older CBJ1 and CBJ2 data centres are full and no longer marketed.
A much larger data centre
And this is where things get interesting: The land that NTT acquired appears to be its largest plot to date, at around 275,000 sqm.
For comparison, both CBJ5 and CBJ6 data centres offer 4,800 sqm of IT space each, and in 7-storey buildings.
Of course, land space doesn't equate IT space in a data centre. But the disparity is too big. Hence, I deem it unlikely that this will be another <10 MW data centre but something larger.
Much larger.
Or I could be wrong, and NTT might be planning an office complex next to all the data centres at SILC.
What do you think?
