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MRCB / Perintis Akal AI Data Centre (Bukit Jalil)

Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Klang Valley market · location approximate to district level

MRCB / Perintis Akal AI Data Centre (Bukit Jalil) is a data center project in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia, operated by Perintis Akal Sdn Bhd (PEMANDU Partners International). It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. It is planned for 65 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced in June 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
65 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
Perintis Akal Sdn Bhd (PEMANDU Partners International)
Local developer
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Open question2 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: named funder, committed or approved capital, dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Stated design for GPU-based AI workloads with high-density power and cooling; 65MW greenfield IT load, Uptime Tier III.

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.

Phases

Phase 1 · Announced65 MW, target 2027

Stage history

2026-06Announced · w.media

Who is behind it

OperatorPerintis Akal Sdn Bhd (PEMANDU Partners International) · Local developer
Funder, Joint venture partnerMalaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB)

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, 2026-06RM2,100m (about US$494m)
Project team
Design and build contractorInspur Communication Malaysia Sdn Bhd · Jun 2026 · bid submitted, result pending Reported source ↗
Construction, commissioning, maintenance and operation, named in the collaboration agreement of 16 June 2026. Definitive agreements pending.
Land
LandlordBukit Jalil Sentral Property Sdn Bhd (MRCB Land) · 37,320 sqm · leased · Jun 2026 Reported source ↗
10-year lease to Perintis Akal 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.
UnconfirmedJati Tinggi Holding Sdn Bhd · Grid and substation works · RM6.59m (≈US$2m) · Sep 2024 source ↗
This project is one of 3 that fit. The others are Bridge Data Centres MY03, EdgeConneX Bukit Jalil.

Sources

  1. thestar.com.my
  2. edgeprop.my
  3. MRCB 2Q profit slips 4% as construction revenue falls; BJSP gain lifts PBT (EdgeProp, 2026-09-01)
  4. MRCB eyes stronger growth on RM8.5bil order book (The Star, 2026-08-28)
  5. MRCB enters data center market with 65 MW project in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia (W.Media, 2026-06-25)
  6. MRCB unit signs collaboration agreement for RM2.1 bil AI-ready data centre facility in Bukit Jalil (EdgeProp, 2026-06-18)
  7. MRCB’s AI-ready data centre brightens outlook (The Star, 2026-06-19)

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