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# How much will land prices rise with the JS-SEZ?
- URL: https://www.techstories.co/how-much-will-land-prices-rise-with-the-js-sez/
- Published: 2025-01-21T08:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-25T08:13:14.000Z
- Description: A recent Johor announcement suggests data centre land is shrinking.
- Author: Paul Mah
- Tags: Data Centres

Land prices in Johor will rise with the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), says CIMB. And a recent data centre announcement suggests this is true.

Yesterday, I wrote about [DC Byte's JS-SEZ report](https://www.techstories.co/how-the-js-sez-will-benefit-data-centres/). While it doesn't mention land price, the topic came up in my research for my post.

**Land prices will go up**

According to a CIMB report dated 7 August, land prices in Johor are expected to rise in Johor with the JS-SEZ.

"The digital economy has led to a proliferation of data \[centres\] in Johor which will further accelerate with SEZ incentives. Landowners will benefit from rising land prices."

The report picked a listed firm for its substantial landbank, noting the upside for two of its picks for their potential for building more data centres.

**Cost of data centre land rising?**

I wrote last week about Stack Infrastructure's first data centre in Malaysia. I observed how the 220MW campus in Johor is just 40% the size of NTT's 290MW campus.

Many of the large data centres in Johor are single-storey affairs, with roof-mounted chillers and cooling towers. This could change as land prices at ideal locations go up.

According to Stack, its [new campus](https://www.techstories.co/stack-enters-malaysia-with-a-220mw-campus/) will feature:

- Two-story data centre.
- "Multi-level" electrical yard.

**Note**: I've not done a study of the land prices. The industry knows how to build multi-storey data centres, though it might adversely impact the construction speed of new data centres.

**Digital economy**

Depending on who you ask, the JS-SEZ is different for a number of reasons:

- Strong government support.
- Upcoming Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link.
- (Potential) Revival of KL-SG High Speed Rail.

Finally, the JS-SEZ earmarks 4 areas under "Digital economy" development. 3 are existing data centre clusters:

- Iskandar Puteri.
- Sedenak.
- Senai-Skudai.

Are you seeing land prices in Johor going up?