Google (Pearl Computing) Elmina Data Centre & Cloud Region is a data center project in City of Elmina, Shah Alam, Malaysia, operated by Google (via Pearl Computing). It is operational and expanding. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
Latest change on record: entered the record as expanding on 4 November 2026.
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Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.
hyperscaler self-build 2024+ (AI-era)
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.
Full facility, 49 acres, 20-year lease, rent up to RM2bn · as of 2024-05-23
Sime Darby Property's Bursa announcement 'Agreement to Build & Lease a Hyperscale Data Centre and Associated Structures' names the lessee as Pearl Computing Malaysia Sdn Bhd, wholly owned by Raiden APAC Pte Ltd, Singapore, for about 49 acres at Elmina Business Park, 20 years plus two 5-year options. Google's ownership of Pearl Computing is stated in EcoWorld's later Bursa filing ('an affiliate of Google') and by DCD; Gamuda's RM1.74bn award release names the same lessee.
Source · Agreement to Build & Lease a Hyperscale Data Centre and Associated Structures (Sime Darby Property Berhad (Bursa announcement), 2024-05-23)
Source · Gamuda wins RM1.74 bil job to build Sime Darby Property's hyperscale data centre at Elmina Business Park (Gamuda Berhad, 2024-05-24)
Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.
Sime Darby Property build-and-lease to Pearl Computing (Google), RM2bn over the first 20 years, two 5-year options Electricity excluded. As of 2024-05. Sime Darby Property, 2024-05-23
About RM100m a year on a build cost reported at about RM815m, a 12 percent gross yield on cost. Shell rent, MW not disclosed. Own-use site, so no colocation price applies.
An own-use build. No colocation price applies.
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Project team on other projects: Gamuda Engineering Sdn Bhd · IJM Construction