Who is Racks Central, and how is it building 510MW in Johor?
A startling leap from 12MW in Singapore to one of Southeast Asia's largest AI campuses.
Racks Central currently runs a 12MW data centre in Singapore. It is now building a 510MW AI campus in Johor, one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
w.media's Jan Yong has the scoop in what I believe is Bobby Wee's first on-record interview as Racks Central CEO and co-founder. You can read the full interview here, but here are the key points, with some additional context.
In the news
Racks Central first made the news in early March, when a Straits Times report on data centre construction prompted some residents to speak up about noise and dust pollution.
Racks Central wasn't implicated, but it was mentioned, which prompted me to read up. The scale is staggering: a 510MW campus at Pasir Gudang, away from existing data centre clusters. At the time, only piling works had been completed. Work must have progressed rapidly since, as evidenced by the end-2026 ready-for-service (RFS) date from Jan's interview.
AI factory
So what is Racks Central building? In the words of Bobby, his company is rushing to build the first AI factory campus in Southeast Asia.
The plan calls for four data centres within a single campus, built solely to support AI workloads. The facilities are designed for Nvidia GPUs, with initial support for Blackwell and Vera Rubin planned for later. A rapid build-out is expected through 2028, with phase two already slated for 2027 completion.
Who is Racks Central?
Founded in 2014, the Singapore operator currently runs a modest 12MW data centre at Tai Seng Drive. Going from that to 510MW is a startling leap.
According to a post on its LinkedIn page, it was recently named one of the Financial Times' High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026. A piece of branded content from January pegged its FY2024 revenue at S$32.8 million.
