Australia's AirTrunk to invest $3 billion in two new Malaysian data centers

The two data centers, to be located in Johor Bahru, will have a combined capacity of more than 280 megawatts and be situated close to AirTrunk's existing data centre ⁠campuses.

The four data centers will have more than 700 megawatts of capacity and bring the value of AirTrunk's investment in Malaysia to $6.8 billion, the company said.

"Demand for cloud and AI infrastructure across Asia-Pacific is moving faster than most people expected," Robin Khuda, AirTrunk's chief executive, told Reuters.

"Our job is to stay ahead of that, not just in one market, but ‌across ⁠the region."

The Malaysian expansion comes after AirTrunk, which is owned by a Blackstone-led consortium, said last week it would buy Indian data centre developer Lumina CloudInfra, to increase its business in India. AirTrunk ⁠has said it plans to spend $5 billion in India.

AirTrunk will have more than 3GW of operating and planned capacity, across 20 data ⁠centers in six regions once the Indian deal is complete, the company said.

The Australian-founded firm was bought by the ⁠consortium in 2024 for A$24 billion ($17.11 billion), the largest deal of its type at the time.

($1 = 1.4029 Australian dollars)