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NexQuantum AI Digital Park NQ1

Ipoh (site TBC), Perak, Malaysia · Penang / North MY market · location approximate to city level

NexQuantum AI Digital Park NQ1 is a data center project in Ipoh (site TBC), Malaysia, operated by NexQuantum 1 Sdn Bhd (Cahya Suria + Suzhou EnnoTHING JV). It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. It is planned for 32 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 14 May 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
32 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
NexQuantum 1 Sdn Bhd (Cahya Suria + Suzhou EnnoTHING JV)
Joint venture
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Long shot1 of 7 gates passed
○ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed○ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Land secured.

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, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

stated AI digital park purpose

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

NQ1 · Announced32 MW

Stage history

2026-05-14Announced · ipohecho.com.my

Who is behind it

OperatorNexQuantum 1 Sdn Bhd (Cahya Suria + Suzhou EnnoTHING JV) · Joint venture
Funder, Joint venture partnerCahya Suria Services
Funder, Joint venture partnerSuzhou EnnoTHING

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-03. 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, 2026-05RM1bn (about US$250m)
Water and cooling
CoolingDirect liquid cooling Reported source ↗
planned 32MW fully AI-ready Tier III data centre with liquid cooling technology

Sources

  1. w.media
  2. Perak Looks to Future Digital Growth with Proposed NexQuantum AI Digital Park (Ipoh Echo, 2026-05-22)
  3. RM1bil NexQuantum AI park launched in Perak (NST, 2026-05-15)
  4. Perak secures RM1.6b investment prospects (New Straits Times, 2026-05-26)
  5. RM8 billion AI digital park enters Perak, Malaysia (Seetao, 2026-05-19)
  6. Advancecon's Silver Valley Technology Park JV Becomes Unconditional (Business Today, 2026-07-28)

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