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Microsoft Eco Business Park I

Johor Bahru (Eco Business Park I), Johor, Malaysia · Johor market · location approximate to city level

Microsoft Eco Business Park I is a data center project in Johor Bahru (Eco Business Park I), Malaysia, operated by Microsoft. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 17 February 2025.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
Microsoft
Hyperscaler self-build
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Sourced
Will it get built?Open question3 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Power arranged.

Your call. Will it be built?

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How Malaysia approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Malaysia.

How well evidenced is it

One or two hard signals sit behind the announcement. On record: three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

hyperscaler self-build land (post-2023)

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.

Stage history

2025-02-17Announced · theedgemalaysia.com

Who is behind it

OperatorMicrosoft · Hyperscaler self-build

Who uses the compute

Own use · hyperscalerMicrosoft · confirmed

Full site, 138.532 acres at Eco Business Park I, Tebrau, RM693.96m (RM115 psf) · as of 2025-02-18

The Edge reports EcoWorld's second Bursa-announced land sale to Microsoft, 138.532 acres at Eco Business Park I, Tebrau, Johor, for RM693.96m. ArusGrid's record carries no client; this is the landlord's filing naming the buyer.

Source · EcoWorld selling second plot of Johor land to Microsoft at higher fair price, deal to boost balance sheet — analysts (The Edge Malaysia, 2025-02-18)

Land
Land sellerEco Business Park 1 Sdn Bhd (Eco World Development Group Bhd) · 138.532 acres · RM693.96m (≈US$156m) · freehold · Feb 2025 Confirmed source ↗
The Edge reports 117 parcels. The Star reports one freehold parcel. Freehold per The Star. Buyer Microsoft Payments (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
Possibly linked
The source does not name the project, and more than one project we track fits. We show it on each of them and pin it to none.
UnconfirmedSunway Construction Sdn Bhd · Mechanical and electrical works · RM1.02bn · Aug 2026 source ↗
This project is one of 3 that fit. The others are Microsoft Eco Business Park VI, Microsoft Nusa Cemerlang (Mukim Pulai).
UnconfirmedSunway Construction Sdn Bhd · Core and shell builder · RM570m · Dec 2025 source ↗
This project is one of 3 that fit. The others are Microsoft Eco Business Park VI, Microsoft Nusa Cemerlang (Mukim Pulai).
UnconfirmedMidtown Engineering Sdn Bhd · Mechanical and electrical works · RM63.6m · Dec 2025 source ↗
This project is one of 3 that fit. The others are Microsoft Eco Business Park VI, Microsoft Nusa Cemerlang (Mukim Pulai).

Sources

  1. EcoWorld Malaysia sells second plot of Johor land to Microsoft for RM694 mil (The Edge Malaysia, 2025-02-17)
  2. EcoWorld sells land in Johor to Microsoft for RM693mil (The Star, 2025-02-17)
  3. EcoWorld records RM2.06 billion sales in 1st 4 months of FY2026 (Eco World Development Group Bhd, 2026-03-12)
  4. EcoWorld selling second plot of Johor land to Microsoft at higher fair price, deal to boost balance sheet – analysts (The Edge Malaysia, 2025-02-18)

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