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NEXTDC KL1 data center

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia · Klang Valley market · location approximate to district level

NEXTDC KL1 is a data center project in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, operated by NEXTDC. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 65 MW of IT load. The operator reports 10 MW running.

Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 27 August 2026.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
65 MW
Running now
10 MW
Operator
NEXTDC
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

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

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: committed or approved capital, dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

AI-ready marketing; first Uptime Tier IV cert in Peninsular MY; 2026 greenfield by listed AU 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.

Phases

Phase 1 · Operational10 MW, target 2026
Phase 2 · Under construction15 MW
Phase 3 (in plan) · Announced15 MW
Remaining marketed capacity · Announced25 MW

Stage history

2023-06-09Under construction · crnasia.com
2026-05-14Operational · w.media
2026-08-27Expanding · announcements.asx.com.au

Who is behind it

OperatorNEXTDC · Colocation

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-01. 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, 2026-05A$1,000m (about US$650m)
Project team
Engineering consultantArup · Sep 2026 · completed Confirmed source ↗
Sustainability consultant for KL1
Main contractorPembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd · RM375.5m (≈US$85m) · Jan 2025 Reported source ↗
KL1 main works: Stage 1 Ph2, Stage 2, Stage 3 Ph1 (original award)
Main contractorPembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd · RM426.3m (≈US$96m) · Sep 2025 Reported source ↗
KL1 variation orders adding later phases; contract to RM801.8m, complete Apr 2026
Main contractorPembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd · RM42.81m (≈US$10m) · Jan 2026 Reported source ↗
Fourth VO, Phase 3 Stage 1; contract to RM844.66m, complete Jul 2026
Piling and earthworksMitrajaya Holdings Bhd · May 2024 Reported source ↗
Initial foundation works for NEXTDC's KL1 hyperscale campus, begun in May 2024, before the main works contract of January 2025. The article names the listed group, not the subsidiary.
Piling and earthworksPembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd · RM54m (≈US$12m) · Mar 2026 Reported source ↗
KL1 Stage 4 early works (ST4-GC01), to Oct 2026
Water and cooling
WaterMains drinking water Confirmed source ↗
Design PUE below 1.4 at 25% IT load. Rainwater harvesting cuts potable water use by more than 35% and on-site greywater treatment recycles about 10% of water. GBI Platinum provisional rating. Rainwater harvesting cuts potable water use by more than 35 percent. On-site greywater treatment recycles about 10 percent of water. No utility or volume is named.
Coolingdesign PUE 1.4 Confirmed source ↗
Cooling system not named. NEXTDC cites containment and airflow optimisation and a low WUE design with no figure.

Sources

  1. nextdc.com
  2. datacenterdynamics.com
  3. NEXTDC FY26 results ASX release (NEXTDC / ASX, 2026-08-27)
  4. NEXTDC launches 65MW AI data center in Malaysia; marks expansion into Southeast Asia (W.Media, 2026-05-15)
  5. NEXTDC Expands Contracted Utilisation; KL1 Malaysia Facility Secures Hyperscale Customer (Kalkine Media, 2025-06-10)
  6. NEXTDC launches first overseas data center in Kuala Lumpur (CRN Asia, 2026-05-15)
  7. NEXTDC launched its first Southeast Asia data centre in Kuala Lumpur (TechWire Asia, 2026-05-15)
  8. KL1 Kuala Lumpur (NEXTDC)
  9. Raising the Sustainability Benchmark for AI Data Centres in Malaysia (NEXTDC, 2026-01-22)
  10. NEXTDC KL1 wins Leadership in Sustainable Design & Performance award (NEXTDC, 2026-09-10)
  11. Data centre push powers profit surge, shareholder returns (The Edge Malaysia, 2026-08-17)

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