APAC data center firm Empyrion Digital is expanding into Malaysia, with the company this week announcing plans for a 200MW campus in Johor.

Located in Nusajaya within the SiLC Industrial Cluster of Johor, the 34.9-acre MY1 campus is set to feature five 40MW buildings, with the first phase energized in September 2026 and the first building due to go live in Q4 2026.

Empyrion said it has received regulatory approval for both the Electricity Supply Agreement (ESA) and Data Centre Task Force (DCTF) application.

The site will reportedly utilize both air and liquid cooling.

Mark Fong, CEO of Empyrion Digital, said: “Malaysia has emerged as a key destination for hyperscale data centers, driven by strong digital transformation, favourable infrastructure, and government support. MY1 reflects Empyrion Digital’s continued ambition to expand our pan-Asian platform and meet our customers’ needs for scalable, green-by-design, and AI-ready infrastructure. Johor will be a cornerstone location in this strategy.”

Empyrion was launched by Asian infrastructure investment fund Seraya Partners in 2021. The company has two live sites: one self-built 29.4MW site in Seoul, South Korea, that launched in the summer, and a 12.5MW facility in Singapore acquired in 2021 alongside Malaysian conglomerate YTL in late 2021.

Empyrion is developing a 7MW facility in Taiwan, a 12MW facility in Bangkok, Thailand, and a 25MW facility in Tokyo, Japan.

Seraya Partners is an Asia-based independent private equity fund focused on infrastructure investments, with $1.3 billion in AUM across its funds and co-investment vehicles. Seraya has also launched a new investment unit focused on the Japanese data center market.

Though Singapore is starting to ease restrictions around its ongoing years-long moratorium on new data center developments, Johor has grown a sizeable data center market of its own as developments overspill from the city-state.