By Sharen Kaur - Published in NST Business on April 22, 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: YTL Power International Bhd, the country's first independent power producer, is building a 500 megawatt (MW) solar-powered data centre in Johor's Iskandar region.
The group's Singapore-based subsidiary YTL Data Center Holdings Pte. Ltd. (YTL DC) will develop the YTL Green Data Center Park, which will include over 535,000 square feet of purpose-built data centre development.
It will provide power and connectivity diversity on a large industrial site, with 275 acres dedicated to data centre development.
Datuk Yeoh Seok Hong, managing director of YTL Power, said this provided excellent opportunities for customers seeking green data centres to meet their needs.
Construction on the first 72MW data centre has begun, and it is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2024.
"With the development of the YTL Green Data Center Park, we are driving the expansion of our infrastructure platform to the digital age by combining our expertise in renewable energy, property development, telecommunications, and data centres," Yeoh said in a statement.
The project would serve as the group's flagship integrated data centre vision for serving customers in the greater Singapore region, as well as a catalyst for its regional expansion in this space, he added.
The YTL Green DC Park will have dark fibre connectivity to Singapore.
According to Yeoh, this would benefit companies with operations in Singapore that want to expand, supplement, and optimise their data centre processes.
He also said YTL Power would use the project to leverage its long-standing expertise in infrastructure development, providing end-to-end solutions to clients and partners.
Dark fibre connectivity will provide direct, ultra-low latency network connections to data centres in Singapore and other Malaysian locations.
YTL DC announced the acquisition of Dodid Pte Ltd (Dodid) in December, the owner of a 12.5MW Tier-III data centre in Singapore spanning 42,000 square feet.
Works are also underway to expand and upgrade the group's 5MW data centre facility in Sentul here to Tier-III standards, providing customers with a strategically located site in the heart of the capital, close to key internet exchange hubs.
YTL DC's future plans include leveraging the company's expertise in renewable energy, telecommunications, and construction to build new data centre campuses in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
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