Data center firm Bitdeer has pre-leased a facility in Johor, Malaysia

Bitdeer AI, part of Nasdaq-listed Bitdeer Technologies Group, this week announced that it has entered into a ten-year data center services agreement for A202, a 65.1MW data center facility in Johor Bahru.

Energization is expected in Q3 2027.

The company said the liquid-cooled facility represents its largest single capacity addition to date in Southeast Asia, and will host Nvidia’s GB300 and NVL72 hardware.

A202 is located on the same campus as its 21.7MW A201 facility. Together, the Johor campus will represent 86.8MW of capacity.

Bitdeer AI's total secured data center capacity — including owned or under agreement — totals approximately 206.5MW across sites in Malaysia, Norway and the United States. The company is aiming to deliver 350MW by the first quarter of 2028.

“The signal from customers is unambiguous: demand for liquid-cooled, rack-scale AI Cloud capacity in 2027 is running well ahead of what the market can supply,” said Michael G. Potter, Bitdeer CFO. “A102 sold out ahead of energization, A201 is in advanced negotiations, and our secured AI Cloud data center capacity now stands at approximately 206.5MW. Securing A202 is a direct response to that demand — an incremental 65.1MW on a campus we already have contracted for.”

Bitdeer started as a cryptominer, but it has increasingly pivoted to data centers and cloud services. The firm is repurposing mining facilities in Washington, Tennessee, and Norway into AI hosting.

“Johor is where we can move fastest,” said Retainna Lin, VP of AI cloud at Bitdeer AI. “A201 is already secured at the data center level and is scheduled to be ready for service in January 2027, and A202 sits on the same campus — the same power, the same cooling, the same network. That is how we added 65.1MW without originating a new site. For our customers, it means liquid-cooled, rack-scale capacity available in Southeast Asia on a timeline that few providers in this region can offer.”

Bitdeer also recently signed a non-binding letter of intent to develop an AI data center in Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City, targeting an initial 30MW of renewable hydro/solar-powered capacity with a potential expansion pathway to 500MW.