FEATURE: DATA CENTERS
Southville City: A prime location for data centers
Southville City, a 428-acre integrated freehold township, is poised to become a preferred destination for data centers. With reliable power supply, water and fiber connectivity, Southville City is ideally situated for data centers. It can potentially form a strategic triangle of data center hubs with Cyberjaya and Bukit Jalil which are both located approximately 20km from Southville City.
Southville City’ s strategic position within Bangi, the knowledge hub of Selangor, ensures a steady supply of skilled talent from nearby government training centers and educational institutions, facilitating the smooth integration of new data center initiatives and businesses into a thriving ecosystem.
Southville City boasts excellent connectivity with direct access to the North-South Expressway and proximity to Kuala Lumpur and mature neighborhoods like Kajang and Putrajaya.
Strategically positioned near Cyberjaya ' s data center ecosystem, Mah Sing DC Hub @ Southville City will offer seamless high-speed, low-latency connectivity. The fiber trunk is designed to meet the future expansion need. Mah Sing has also secured a secondary route through Fiberail ' s network to further enhance stability.
The dedicated fiber trunk provides data center operators with direct access to dark fiber, enabling scalability, redundancy, and resilience. Operators can deploy custom network solutions, scale operations with unlimited bandwidth, and future-proof their connectivity needs.
Furthermore, the connectivity to Cyberjaya Data Center will establish Mah Sing DC Hub @ Southville City as an international gateway for data centers in Johor and Singapore, further solidifying its strategic importance in the region.
Expanding market for data centers and dark fiber
Malaysia ' s data center market is rapidly growing, driven by cloud adoption, digital transformation and 5G expansion. Dark fiber offers flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and full control over network infrastructure, allowing seamless expansion and custom configurations. Unlike traditional ISP bandwidth, leasing dark fiber provides long-term scalability without metered usage constraints, making it a more cost-effective option for data center operators.
Mah Sing ' s investment aligns with the projected growth of the global dark fiber market. The fiber trunk
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