Malaysia's data centres draw 3.5 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 14th of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.
That is 1.7% of everything the country generates — above the 1.2% median across those countries.
Set against 0.6 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 73% load factor.
2 metros are tracked here, totalling 1,700 MW, of which Johor alone is 1,400 MW — 82% of the national total.
1,700 MW of that is not yet operating: it is under construction or still an announcement.
Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Systems & Facility on the physical basis, at #4 of 54.
It does not register at all on Memory & Storage.
Its single strongest grip on the buildout is Test & assembly, where firms domiciled here hold 10% of global supply in a sub-layer weighted 0.45 for how hard it is to substitute.
About $8bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Malaysia, though announced is not built — that figure is graded C.
National context
Where Malaysia ranks
The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.
| Tier | Physicalassets here | Ownershiprevenue booked | Controlcould stop you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon | #8of 14 | — | #7of 10 |
| Memory & Storage | — | — | — |
| Networking | #6of 9 | — | — |
| Systems & Facility | #4of 54 | — | — |
| Power & Grid | #14of 77 | — | — |
Data centre metros (2)
| Johor — Under constructionAbsorbing the demand Singapore will not site. Malaysia leads Southeast Asia's pipeline at over 6 GW, with 1,039 MW under construction. | 1,400 MW B |
| Kuala Lumpur — Under construction | 300 MW C |
Supply positions
Share of each global sub-layer held by firms domiciled here, and how hard that sub-layer would be to substitute. Those two multiplied are what the control basis ranks on.
Silicon
| Sub-layer | Share | Substitutability |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced packaging | 4% C | ×0.92 |
| Test & assembly | 10% C | ×0.45 |
Strongest single grip: Test & assembly — 10% × 0.45 substitutability weight.