Rejected applicants did not demonstrate sustainable practices to reduce water and power usage.
A data center project that Nvidia is building with the energy subsidiary of one of Malaysia's biggest conglomerates in Johor, Malaysia, on Sept 11.KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s southern state of Johor has rejected almost 30 per cent of data centre applications in the past five months as the authorities focus on conserving resources and regulating the industry to ensure maximum benefits for the local economy.
“Some applications were rejected because operators chose locations lacking adequate utilities infrastructure, which could risk straining water supplies for the local community,” he told ST. Some of Johor’s data center capacity was developed during Singapore’s moratorium on new data centres. Singapore has long been a data centre hub for Asia Pacific with over 70 data centres and 1.4 GW of capacity, but a squeeze on power and land led to a data centre moratorium that went into effect in 2019 and was only lifted later in 2022.
“But their wish is for the committee to allow pre-consultation to see what areas can be improved before submitting applications to the committee,” he said. “We will discuss with companies the number of skilled local employees they should hire and the salaries they should offer. If we don’t receive a positive response on these matters, they should expect not to receive our support,” said Mr Lee.
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