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GDC-SDK1 data center

Sedenak (Kulai), Johor, Malaysia · Johor market · location approximate to district level

GDC-SDK1 is a data center project in Sedenak (Kulai), Malaysia, operated by Global Data Centre Sdn Bhd (GDC). It is under construction. The published capacity figure is 21 MW, and its basis is not stated as IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as under construction on 10 November 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.

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Stage
Under construction
Planned IT load
21 MW
unstated
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Global Data Centre Sdn Bhd (GDC)
Local developer
AI workloads
Confirmed
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Open question3 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.

Where it sits

Johor holds 43 active projects with 4,880 MW of planned IT load between them, and GDC-SDK1 ranks 26th by planned capacity. Of those, 3 are operational, 9 are operational and expanding, 11 are under construction, 1 is past financial close, 5 are at the land and permitting stage and 14 are announced only. Published colocation vacancy in Johor was 0.7% as of June 2026, on 897 MW of operational colocation capacity as counted by Cushman & Wakefield. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.

It is the only Global Data Centre Sdn Bhd (GDC) project ArusGrid tracks. It sits on the GDC Sedenak campus. No user of the capacity is on the public record as of 2026-10-03, after a check of operator, landlord, contractor, regulator and lender documents. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as under construction on 10 November 2025.

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 3 public sources for this project, the latest dated 11 November 2025, and last checked the record on 22 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Reaching this stage requires a dated construction source, which corroborates the project on its own.

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

AI workloads

StatusConfirmed

designed for 10,000-GPU clusters

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

Stage history

2025-11-10Under construction · w.media

Who is behind it

OperatorGlobal Data Centre Sdn Bhd (GDC) · Local developer

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.

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
Industrial estateSedenak Tech Park · 3.166 acres · Nov 2025 Reported source ↗
Estate named. Seller/landlord and tenure not stated.
Water and cooling
Coolingdesign PUE 1.25 Reported source ↗
125kW/rack design (cooling type not stated)

Sources checked 2026-10-22

  1. datacentermap.com
  2. baxtel.com
  3. GDC breaks ground at its Johor AI data center site (W.Media, 2025-11-11)

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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.