A Johor homeowner told The Straits Times that nearby pylons and construction have raised resale concerns as state records count 65 data-center projects by land plot.
The Straits Times reported that homeowner Lee Shi Qing bought a 2,293-square-foot terraced house in Eco Botanic for about RM1 million and later put it on the market. Two prospective buyers had made inquiries, the paper said. Lee connected her resale concerns to nearby construction and new pylons, saying “the market is too saturated.” Samuel Tan, chief executive of Olive Tree Property Consultants, told the newspaper that “perception heavily dictates pricing.”
In a May 5 answer to the Johor State Legislative Assembly, Lee Ting Han, chairman of the Johor State Investment, Trade, Consumer Affairs and Human Resources Committee, said data from PLANMalaysia Johor and Tenaga Nasional Berhad counted 65 projects by land plot. Twenty were operating, eight were in implementation and 37 had been approved and were at various stages of planning and further approval. The 20 operating projects used about 919.97 megawatts of electricity as of March 2026.
Cushman & Wakefield separately estimated Johor’s operational data-center capacity at 1,110 megawatts in the first half of 2026, with 602 megawatts under construction and 3,088 megawatts in the development pipeline. These estimates describe capacity, while the state answer reports electricity use.
The National Property Information Centre (NAPIC) recorded 4,222 completed unsold residential units and 9,946 completed unsold serviced apartments in Johor in H1 2026, the highest totals among Malaysian states in both categories. The state-level inventory cannot show whether homes near data centers had different prices.
Construction concerns have also surfaced elsewhere. EdgeProp.my reported that about 50 people questioned dust and construction hours at a Feb. 12, 2026, town hall in Gelang Patah. Separately, residents told The Straits Times they experienced persistent humming and warmer surroundings. The report did not present independent noise or temperature measurements.
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said the government paused data-center growth in 2019 to review land, water and energy use, then launched a pilot application process for new capacity in 2022. Nxera has said its Johor location was intended to serve customer demand spilling over from Singapore.
Telekom Malaysia and Nxera described a 64-MW campus in Iskandar Puteri in a 2024 announcement, with scope to scale it to 200 MW. In January 2026, Telekom Malaysia said TM Nxera had secured a 280-MW electricity supply agreement and planned to bring its first phase into commercial service during 2026.
