Malaysian infrastructure firm Gamuda has sold a plot of land outside Kuala Lumpur to Google for a data center development.

In January, Gamuda acquired 389 acres of land in Port Dickson for a planned data center development. Gamuda DC Infrastructure Sdn Bhd this week entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement & External Infrastructure Contract with Google-affiliate Pearl Computing Malaysia Sdn Bhd for the site.

The deal will see Gamuda sell 389 acres of land in Port Dickson to Pearl for RM455.2 million ($107.3m), and will undertake enabling works, including earthwork and external infrastructure work for data center development for RM1 billion ($235.9m).

The earthworks are set to include a new water treatment plant with a total production capacity of 65 million liters per day; pipelines connecting the water treatment plant to the data centers’ service reservoir; and off-river storage to ensure sufficient water yield during the low season and mitigate against any pollution. The works are set to be completed in 2025, 2027, and 2028, respectively.

Details on the number and scale, as well as timelines for the development of the actual planned data center(s), were not shared.

Port Dickson is located some 90km (55.9 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur, on the banks of the Malacca Strait. Gamuda bought the freehold on around 389 acres of land in the Mukim Jimah, in the state of Negeri Sembilan, from West Synergy Sdn Bhd for RM424.4 million ($94m). A previous report suggested the site, located in the Springhill Industrial Park, Bandar Springhill, could support between 700MW-1GW of data center capacity.

Founded in 1976, Gamuda is an engineering, property, and infrastructure firm. It is one of the largest infrastructure companies in Malaysia, with investments across airports, roads, rail, townships, renewable energy, water, and more.

Gamuda has previously been involved with the development of AIMS' data center in Cyberjaya.

Google first revealed plans for a cloud region in Malaysia in 2022.

Google-affiliate Pearl Computing has previously acquired land for data center development with Malaysian real estate firm Sime Darby Property for space in the Elmina Business Park in Klang Valley, northwest of Kuala Lumpur. Google's data centers in the Elmina site are due to go live in 2026 and 2027.