How well evidenced is it
Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. On record: named funder, committed or approved capital, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.
AI workloads
StatusConfirmed
AirTrunk liquid-cooled design standard
Access to AI chips
GradeNo US licence required
This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria.
Who is behind it
OperatorAirTrunk · Colocation
Funder, EquityBlackstone
Funder, EquityCPP Investments
Who uses the compute
Checked on 2026-10-01. No user of this capacity is on the public record. ArusGrid read the operator's releases, the landlord's and contractors' exchange filings, regulator and lender documents and interconnection records. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.
Money at this site
Announced investment, 2025-02RM9.7bn (about US$2.2bn)
The figure covers several facilities.
Platform deals that include it
Blackstone/CPP acquisition of AirTrunk
Platform acquisition, 2024-09US$16.1bn
AirTrunk Malaysia total commitment
Country programme, 2026-05US$6.8bn
IFC investment in AirTrunk Johor
Debt, 2026-05-29US$175m
AirTrunk JHB2 green project financing
Debt, 2026-07-29US$2.3bn
Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.
Project team
Main contractorLeighton Malaysia Confirmed source ↗ Construction and fit-out
Land
Industrial estateSiLC (UEM Sunrise) · 11 ha Confirmed source ↗ Power supply
Grid supplyTNB · Jul 2026 Confirmed source ↗ 30MW solar PPA plus 1MW rooftop per building · About 4,468 GWh a year for JHB1 and JHB2 at full use; design PUE 1.37
Virtual renewable dealib vogt (via TNB grid) · 29.99 MW · Jul 2026 Reported source ↗ Solar, Corporate Green Power Programme, operating from July 2026 · Covers AirTrunk's Malaysia platform, not JHB2 alone · Covers the operator's wider portfolio in this country, not this site alone.
On-site solarAirTrunk · 1 MW Reported source ↗ IFC says each data centre has 1MW of rooftop solar.
Grid supplyNot named on operator page · 275kV · Apr 2026 Confirmed source ↗ AirTrunk's JHB2 page lists 275kV diverse high voltage power feeds for the 270+MW campus on 11ha. It does not name the utility or the substation. The page was last modified on 10 Apr 2026. · Applies to the whole campus.
Water and cooling
WaterMains drinking water · Ranhill SAJ; reclaimed water planned via Johor Special Water with IWK effluent · 910 million litres a year Confirmed source ↗ Volume is for JHB1 and JHB2 at full use. The reclaimed water plant had not started as of July 2026 (The Star)
CoolingDirect liquid cooling · design PUE 1.37 Confirmed source ↗ Water-efficient cooling; liquid cooling at the campus
WaterMains drinking water · Ranhill SAJ · 910 million litres a year Confirmed source ↗ About 910 ML a year is the combined water use of JHB1 and JHB2 at 100% utilisation, with about 4,468 GWh a year of power. A water purification plant with Johor Special Water is planned for wastewater recycling.
Coolingdesign PUE <1.5 Confirmed source ↗ WaterMains drinking water · Ranhill SAJ · 910 million litres a year Confirmed source ↗ IFC says JHB1 and JHB2 together are estimated to use about 910 million litres of water a year at 100% utilisation. The figure covers both campuses, not JHB2 alone. A water purification plant for recycled wastewater is planned with Johor Special Water.