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DPS Resources Bukit Rambai Data Centre

Melaka, Malaysia · Penang / North MY market · location approximate to approximate level

DPS Resources Bukit Rambai Data Centre is a data center project in Melaka, Malaysia, operated by Shantawood Sdn Bhd (DPS Resources Bhd). It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The only published capacity figure is 89 MW of total facility power. IT load will be lower.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 7 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
89 MW
Total facility power
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Shantawood Sdn Bhd (DPS Resources Bhd)
Local developer
AI workloads
none_disclosed
Evidence grade
Sourced
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: Approvals granted.

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.

Where it sits

Penang / North MY holds 7 active projects with 432 MW of planned IT load between them, and DPS Resources Bukit Rambai Data Centre ranks third by planned capacity. Of those, 1 is operational, 1 is under construction, 1 is at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Penang / North MY, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

It is the only DPS Resources Bhd project ArusGrid tracks. It sits on the Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Rambai campus. The named user of the compute is Hangyue (prospective Chinese colocation tenants) (reported, unconfirmed).

The build is phased. Phase 1 at 20 MW is announced with a 2027 target; Phase 2 (phased) at 69 MW is announced with a 2030 target. The stage was recorded as announced only on 7 August 2026. Power comes from Tenaga Nasional Bhd through grid supply (reported, unconfirmed).

Grid power for a large industrial user in Malaysia costs about US$0.14 per kWh as of July 2025, the country figure ArusGrid applies where a site has no published rate. The US export control position for advanced AI chips in Malaysia, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 4 public sources for this project, the latest dated 14 August 2026, and last checked the record on 19 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

One or two hard signals sit behind the announcement. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderNo
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseYes
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

Status

No public signal either way.

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 are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Phases

Phase 1 · Announced20 MW, target 2027
Phase 2 (phased) · Announced69 MW, target 2030

Stage history

2026-08-07Announced · thestar.com.my

Who is behind it

OperatorShantawood Sdn Bhd (DPS Resources Bhd) · Local developer

Who uses the compute

Tenant · enterpriseHangyue (prospective Chinese colocation tenants) · rumoured

Non-binding 2-year MoU to facilitate colocation of prospective Chinese enterprises, indicative rent USD 130 to 230 per kW per month, minimum 15-year terms · as of 2026-08-07

Bursa filing names Bukit Rambai 89MW facility

Source · DPS unit signs non-binding MoU with China's Hangyue for proposed 89MW Melaka data centre (EdgeProp.my, 2026-08-09)

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

No published price band exists for Malaysia, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.

Land
LandlordShantawood Sdn Bhd (DPS Resources Bhd) · 20 acres · Aug 2026 Reported source ↗
Own land of DPS subsidiary, Lots 66 to 73, 76, 77 and 1629, Bukit Rambai Industrial Area; described as 20-acre factory space
Power supply
Grid supplyTenaga Nasional Bhd · Aug 2026 Reported source ↗
DPS consulted TNB on electricity supply; no supply agreement disclosed

Sources checked 2026-10-19

  1. DPS Resources signs MoU to attract Chinese firms to Melaka data centre (The Star, 2026-08-07)
  2. Malaysian real estate firm DPS Resources eyes data center developments in Melaka (DatacenterDynamics, 2026-08-13)
  3. DPS Resources units to collaborate with China Energy to develop data centres in Melaka (The Star, 2026-08-14)
  4. DPS unit signs non-binding MoU with China's Hangyue for proposed 89MW Melaka data centre (EdgeProp.my, 2026-08-09)

More in Penang / North MY

Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.