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The building boom has been especially rapid in the southern state of Johor, which has imposed tighter requirements on water and power use for new data centres to stop them straining local resources.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The brokerage maintains the stock’s hold rating, but raises the target price to S$0.062 from S$0.047 to reflect the underlying values of the healthcare services provider’s land bank in Johor, Malaysia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Hot spots include Malaysia’s southern Johor Bahru region, where Nvidia last year teamed up with a local utility for a plan to build a $4.3 billion AI data center park.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

A year ago, the 30-year-old IT engineer moved to Forest City, a sprawling Chinese-built housing complex in Johor, on the tip of southern Malaysia.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

Commercial intercourse was maintained from a very early date between the South of India and the trading towns which formed the emporia of the spice islands, notably Johor, Singapore, and Malacca.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden