Microsoft Eco Business Park I is a data center project in Johor Bahru (Eco Business Park I), Malaysia, operated by Microsoft. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 17 February 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.
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How Malaysia approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Malaysia.
Johor holds 43 active projects with 4,880 MW of planned IT load between them, and Microsoft Eco Business Park I has no published figure so it sits outside that ranking. 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.
Microsoft has 3 others in Malaysia and 10 projects elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including Microsoft Eco Business Park VI, Microsoft Nusa Cemerlang (Mukim Pulai) and Microsoft Malaysia West Region (3 sites, Greater KL). It sits on the Microsoft Johor campus. The named user of the compute is Microsoft (confirmed).
The stage was recorded as announced only on 17 February 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 2 public sources for this project, the latest dated 17 February 2025, and last checked the record on 19 October 2026.
The announcement stands alone, or the project is on hold. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
hyperscaler self-build land (post-2023)
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.
No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source
Full site, 138.532 acres at Eco Business Park I, Tebrau, RM693.96m (RM115 psf) · as of 2025-02-18
The Edge reports EcoWorld's second Bursa-announced land sale to Microsoft, 138.532 acres at Eco Business Park I, Tebrau, Johor, for RM693.96m. ArusGrid's record carries no client; this is the landlord's filing naming the buyer.
Source · EcoWorld selling second plot of Johor land to Microsoft at higher fair price, deal to boost balance sheet — analysts (The Edge Malaysia, 2025-02-18)
An own-use build. No colocation price applies.
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