Google acquires land at Port Dickson for data centre
Will also build a water treatment plant and reservoir.
Google has purchased the massive plot of land at Port Dickson for a data centre. It's also building a water treatment plant and reservoir.
Gamuda has sold a 389-acre plot of land at Port Dickson - purchased in December 2024, to Google affiliate Pearl Computing Malaysia for RM455.23M, says The Edge.
Mystery land
Early this year, I wrote about Gamuda's acquisition of a 389-acre plot of land. Analysts then estimated that the land can support a data centre of between 500MW and 1GW.
Located at Springhill Industrial Park in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, the land is massive at almost 200 soccer fields. As I wrote then, the land is:
- Currently freehold agriculture land.
- Situated along the North-South Highway.
- Part of the Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0 initiative.
But why would Gamuda build a data centre? It looks like the mystery is now solved.
Water treatment plant included
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Gamuda said Gamuda DC Infrastructure Sdn Bhd has signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) and external infrastructure contract with Pearl Computing on Friday.
The enabling works, and external infrastructure of the data centre is valued at RM1 billion. This is on top of the land sales at RM455.23M - previously acquired for RM424.4M.
It will include:
- A new water treatment plant with a capacity of 65 million litres per day, set to be completed by second quarter of 2027.
- An off-river storage facility will be developed for steady water supply by Q4 of 2028. This will ensure a steady water supply during dry periods and reduce pollution risks.
According to The Edge, pipelines will connect the plant to the service reservoir for the data centre. The land sale is expected to be finalised in the fourth quarter of 2025.
More water needed
The rapid growth of data centres in Malaysia has strained its water supply. In response, Malaysia is moving to prepare stringent guidelines for the use of water by data centres.
Expected to be ready by the first half of 2025, the new rules will be mandatory for local water providers as part of the approval process for data centre in Peninsular Malaysia.
As reported by Jan of WMedia, this is the second deal between Google and Gamuda - the first was in Elmina Business Park 1A in May 2024.
