TM to expand data centres in Cyberjaya, Johor
Klang Valley Data Centre and Iskandar Puteri Data Centre will be expanded.
TM Global yesterday announced plans to expand two of its data centres in Malaysia, one in Cyberjaya and another in Johor.
According to TM Global, the Klang Valley Data Centre (KVDC) in Cyberjaya and Iskandar Puteri Data Centre (IPDC) in Johor will be expanded.
KVDC and IPDC
KVDC and IPDC were groundbreaking facilities when launched in 2019 and 2017 respectively, connected with dark fibre as part of a bold vision.
Located 320km apart, the two "core" data centres gave geographical separation for the most risk-averse customers and were assessed to MAS TRM guidelines.
Crucially, they were also accredited to Uptime's Tier III Certificate of Constructed Facility, or TCCF, a rarity even today*.
TM Global says the expansion will meet the growing demand for data centres and is scheduled for commercial operations in 2025.
The expansion will deliver:
- 20MW of combined load.
- Uptime Institute’s Tier-III standards.
- LEED Silver rating for long-term sustainability.
*Ground floor only for IPDC.
Built for connectivity
TM Global operates six data centres in Malaysia and one in Hong Kong at the moment.
It has partnered with Singtel's Nxera to build a 64MW data centre in Johor, scheduled for launch by 2026 - with the potential to scale up to 200MW.
According to the release, TM Global wants to leverage its data centres to provide seamless connectivity via its extensive domestic networks and overseas subsea cables.
The idea is to deliver data centre-to-data centre from Malaysia to facilities in Thailand, Singapore, and Batam in Indonesia.
Designed in a different era
The increase of 20MW across the two data centres is small by today's data centres campuses, which generally range between 50MW and several hundred MWs.
This is a problem faced by data centre operators with older facilities: Designed in a different era, older data centres often face severe power and design limits to how much they can be upgraded.
In Singapore, Singtel has said it will gradually decommission five of its oldest data centres - it's not even bothering to upgrade them.
What do you think? Is there a point in retrofitting or upgrading older generations of data centres?
