pattanispirit
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w influx of building of data centres, they r facing supply shortage due to infrastructure issue.
Singapore ran out of space. The data centres moved to Johor. So did the water problem.
A client of mine has been waiting six months for a water connection to his warehouse in Johor. Not electricity. Water.
Johor has 850MW of data centre capacity operational today. Another 1,800MW is under construction. The pipeline beyond that exceeds 2,700MW. Growth at that pace puts pressure on every utility in the state.
Data centre applications in Johor alone are requesting 440 million litres of water a day. Johor’s population is 4 million people. At Malaysia’s average consumption of 226 litres per person per day, that is enough water for 1.95 million people.
The infrastructure was not built for this pace of growth.
Johor has asked data centre developers to defer water-cooled expansions until mid 2027 while the state catches up. Approvals for high water use facilities were paused in November last year.
My client is not building a data centre. He just wants water for a warehouse. But he is in the same queue, in a state that became Southeast Asia’s fastest growing digital corridor in under three years.
The grid gets all the attention. The water conversation is quieter.
That does not mean it is smaller.
For developers, operators, and businesses building in Johor right now, which utility is actually your longest lead time?
Singapore ran out of space. The data centres moved to Johor. So did the water problem.A client of mine has been waiting six months for a water connection to his warehouse in Johor. Not electricity. Water.
Johor has 850MW of data centre capacity operational today. Another 1,800MW is under construction. The pipeline beyond that exceeds 2,700MW. Growth at that pace puts pressure on every utility in the state.
Data centre applications in Johor alone are requesting 440 million litres of water a day. Johor’s population is 4 million people. At Malaysia’s average consumption of 226 litres per person per day, that is enough water for 1.95 million people.
The infrastructure was not built for this pace of growth.
Johor has asked data centre developers to defer water-cooled expansions until mid 2027 while the state catches up. Approvals for high water use facilities were paused in November last year.
My client is not building a data centre. He just wants water for a warehouse. But he is in the same queue, in a state that became Southeast Asia’s fastest growing digital corridor in under three years.
The grid gets all the attention. The water conversation is quieter.
That does not mean it is smaller.
For developers, operators, and businesses building in Johor right now, which utility is actually your longest lead time?
