Iskandar Puteri
City in Johor, Malaysia, site of a major data-centre facility.
Iskandar Puteri is the administrative capital of Johor, Malaysia, and home to a 300 MW data centre. Residents blamed the site for falling water pressure in February 2026, an issue still live as of 24 July 2026.
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Iskandar Puteri is the administrative capital of the Malaysian state of Johor, part of the wider Iskandar Malaysia development region bordering Singapore.
The city is home to a 300 MW data centre operated by ZDATA, which says the site runs solely on treated wastewater and is finalising a renewable-power deal with state utility Tenaga Nasional. Residents protested against the facility's construction in February 2026 over falling water pressure, a claim ZDATA disputes .
Johor has set a data-centre build-out target of 7,000 MW, eight times its current capacity, and has halted approvals for water-intensive projects while it works out how to manage the strain; Iskandar Puteri, as the site of the state's most scrutinised facility, sits at the centre of that reckoning.