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ZDATA Johor GP3 data center

Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia · Johor market · location approximate to city level

Also listed as ZDATA Technologies data centre Gelang Patah.

ZDATA Johor GP3 is a data center project in Gelang Patah, Malaysia, operated by ZDATA Technologies (China). It is under construction. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

Latest change on record: entered the record as under construction on 11 March 2026.

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Stage
Under construction
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
ZDATA Technologies (China)
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Corroborated
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

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. On record: committed or approved capital, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

GPU/computility operator

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

2026-03-11Under construction · bernamabiz.com

Who is behind it

OperatorZDATA Technologies (China) · Colocation

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-02. 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, 2024-10RM240m (about US$55m)

The figure covers land only.

Land
Land sellerTropicana Corp Bhd (Tropicana Firstwide Sdn Bhd) · 38 acres · RM240m (≈US$54m) · Oct 2024 Confirmed source ↗
Buyer Computility Technology (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (ZData Technologies); Gelang Patah; Tropicana also acts as site developer
Power supply
Power allocation or planBGMC Energy Holdings Sdn Bhd and reNIKOLA Holdings Sdn Bhd · Mar 2026 Reported source ↗
Term sheet only, for large-scale renewable supply including solar assets expected to operate from 2028, about 630,000 MWh a year. · Term sheet signed by Computility Technology. Not a signed PPA. · Applies to the whole campus.
Water and cooling
WaterRecycled wastewater · IWK treated effluent via Johor Special Water; plant by Ocned Water Technology (Computility Technology) · 4 MLD Reported source ↗
Designed for 100% reclaimed water; Ph1 plant opened Mar 2026, Ph2 end-2027, four plants planned; 57% potable saving
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.
UnconfirmedJati Tinggi Holding Sdn Bhd · Grid and substation works · RM12m (≈US$3m) · Jul 2026 source ↗
This project is one of 2 that fit. The other is Digital Hyperspace Johor.

Sources

  1. datacentermap.com
  2. ZDATA To Launch Malaysia's First GreenRE Platinum Data Centre In Johor With RM8 Bln Investment (Bernama, 2026-03-11)
  3. China's Zdata eyes RM2.1b funding to expand Johor data centre amid AI boom (Malay Mail (Bloomberg), 2025-09-12)
  4. ZDATA lancar pusat data berskala besar pertama Malaysia di Johor (RTM Berita, 2026-03-14)

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