Li Tinghan: In the past three years, 20 and 40 data centers have been attracted to set up operations in Johor.
(Johor Bahru News on the 16th) Nearly 40 more data centers are interested in entering Johor!
Lee Ting Han, chairman of the Johor Investment, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Human Resources Committee, revealed that currently 35 to 36 companies have applied to the Johor government to build a data center.
He described that Johor has become a hub for global data centers and has successfully attracted 20 data centers to Johor in the past three years.
“Ten of them are already in operation and 7 or 8 more are under construction.”
After attending the “Sunbeam Splash 2.0” event co-organized by UTAR Johor Branch and UTAR Alumni Association this morning, he held a press conference to reveal more details.
Starting next year
Attracting data center ecosystem investments
Li Tinghan believes that this is only the first phased data center project, and the development wave of digital center hubs will continue to extend to 2027.
“Starting next year, we will focus on soliciting investment in the data center ecosystem, such as cooling systems, raw materials, racks, printed circuit boards (PCBs), as well as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and massive data.”
He pointed out that the first phase is to complete the infrastructure construction, and then enter another phase to attract data center-related industrial chains such as raw material supply, technical support, etc. to enter Johor, and then move forward to attract artificial intelligence (AI), huge amounts of data, High technologies such as cloud computing.
He emphasized that the above is a long-term and time-consuming development plan and strategy. In the short-term goals of the first phase, we will build a complete infrastructure to maximize coverage, and then actively promote more supporting industry chains.
At the same time, he also said that the state government will work with local companies to plan and promote skills training to further promote the integration of industry and academia to support the development of the digital industry.
Launch of special incentive scheme
Forest City Financial District debuts on Friday
(Johor Bahru, 16th) The Forest City Financial Zone (SFZ) will be unveiled on Friday (20th) and launch a “Special Financial Incentive” plan!
Johor Investment, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Human Resources Committee Chairman Lee Ting Han revealed that the Deputy Minister of Finance will personally attend and preside over the promotion ceremony of the “Forest City Financial Zone” and explain the characteristics of the financial zone.
“A special financial incentive plan will be launched at that time and will be open to applications from financial, fund management and insurance institutions and other companies.”
He believes that with the completion of the financial zone, it is expected to inject strong impetus into local economic development.
He stated this in an interview with the media after attending the “Sunbeam Splash 2.0” event co-organized by UTAR Johor Branch and UTAR Alumni Association this morning.
This is also the day when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced the establishment of a financial zone in Forest City in August last year to stimulate investment and economic development in Johor and fulfill its development commitments.
At the same time, Li Tinghan also revealed that the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) workshop held last month by relevant departments and units of Malaysia and Singapore has reached a bilateral consensus, aiming to create a pro-business environment to attract more Many foreign investors have settled in Johor. He said that the leaders of Malaysia and New Zealand signed a contract at the bilateral summit to be held at the end of this year, and he believed that Johor’s economy would develop positively next year.
