Live And Committed: Open DC Capacity Fact Sheet, Q4 2026

This is Open DC’s first fact sheet on data centre capacity in Malaysia. It covers our two northern sites, PE2 in Penang and D8-1 in Kedah, where capacity figures are already public. For each site it separates megawatts energised from megawatts committed and megawatts planned, alongside design density and cooling. We plan to repeat the format each quarter so buyers can see what changes. 

We publish it because announced capacity and usable capacity are easily confused. As of August, Malaysia’s 45 operating data centres drew about 1.37GW against 6GW of contracted maximum load, while 12.3GW of supply capacity had been approved for data centre projects. Most of what is reported as capacity is still a plan. A buyer signing for 2027 needs to know which megawatts are live. 

Capacity At PE2 And D8-1 

The figures below are as publicly reported in September 2026 (TechWire Asia, 23 Sep). Capacity moves as customers deploy, so contact us for current availability at these sites and at our four others in Johor Bahru, Cyberjaya and Penang. 

Definitions Used In This Fact Sheet 

Each figure uses one of four terms, and we will keep the same meanings from edition to edition. 

Energised means power is flowing through commissioned electrical and cooling plant to a data hall. A connection agreement or a substation under construction does not count. 

Committed means capacity contracted to customers, whether or not they draw it yet. At PE2 the figure refers to the first 30MW phase, not the 100MW target. 

Designed for describes the maximum density a hall is built or planned to support. It is a design capability, not a statement of what every rack draws today. 

Planned covers future phases and targets, such as PE2’s 100MW and D8-1’s second block. Planned capacity is never added to the energised figure. 

Published Capacity Gives Buyers A Planning Baseline 

Most capacity news in Malaysia is announced capacity: approvals, land deals, letters of intent and campus targets. October alone brought a 500MW letter of intent from an AI cloud provider and multi-billion-ringgit financing for new Johor campuses. Those announcements describe what may exist in two or three years. They do not tell a buyer what can be used next quarter. 

Policy now points the same way. Ministers have told Parliament that operators will be charged for power they reserve but do not use, and the Connected Load Charge has been raised to deter over-reservation (The Star, 20 Oct). A fact sheet that separates energised from committed capacity rewards honest sizing on both sides of a contract. 

Implications For Tenants 

Buy against energised capacity. Contracting for capacity that is already live keeps power costs predictable as charges for unused reservations come in. 

Plan the next phase early. With about 80% of PE2’s first phase committed as of September, the remaining first-phase capacity is limited. Customers who talk to us early can help shape the density and cooling of the next halls. 

Look beyond one corridor. Johor colocation vacancy was 0.7% in the first half of 2026, according to Cushman & Wakefield (Business Today, 28 Aug). PE2 and D8-1 sit on a separate grid and water region in the north. 

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