Open DC expands data centre capacity in Northern Malaysia to meet regional demand
- ID
- 27167
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 22 Sep 2026, 2:59 PM
- Fetched
- 22 Sep 2026, 4:07 PM
- Provider
- Digital News Asia
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/open-dc-expands-data-centre-capacity-northern-malaysia-meet-regional-demand
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Summary
- Score
- 6.5
- Created
- 22 Sep 2026, 4:08 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learnerssaas_founders
What happened
Open DC is expanding two Northern Malaysia facilities: PE2 in Bayan Lepas, Penang (operational since April 2025) will scale from 30MW to 100MW in phases, with 80% of initial capacity already committed across semiconductor, AI, cloud and enterprise workloads. The D8-1 facility in Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah—five minutes from the Malaysia-Thailand border—is positioned as a cross-border peering hub for Malaysia–Indochina traffic. PE2 supports up to 150kW per rack in air-cooled and liquid-cooled configurations and hosts a DE-CIX Penang Internet Exchange transport node.
Why it matters
If you're building latency-sensitive or AI/HPC workloads in Malaysia, PE2's high-density racks (150kW/rack with liquid cooling) and DE-CIX Penang peering node offer a local alternative to Singapore-based DCs—worth evaluating for colocation or hybrid cloud. The 80% commitment of initial capacity signals real demand, not speculative build-out, so early engagement matters if you need capacity in the next expansion phase.
Discussion angle
Compare PE2's 150kW/rack high-density AI-ready capacity and DE-CIX Penang peering against what Malaysian builders currently use in Singapore—does local colocation now make economic and latency sense for your workloads?