Malaysia-based renewable energy company Northern Solar Holdings Berhad has secured two contracts totalling 189 MW of solar capacity, coupled with battery energy storage systems (BESS), to supply electricity to two data centres in Malaysia. The agreements were awarded to its wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Solar Assets Sdn. Bhd., under the Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS). The first contract covers 100 MWac of solar capacity with BESS for a data centre developed by a Malaysian property investment and data centre infrastructure company. The facility has an annual electricity requirement of 262.8 million kWh.
The second contract covers 89 MWac of solar capacity with BESS and was awarded by a Malaysian subsidiary of a Singapore-based data centre operator. The facility has an annual electricity requirement of 233.89 million kWh. Together, the two data centres are expected to require nearly 500 million kWh of electricity annually. The project values and commencement dates have not been disclosed. The agreements will support renewable energy supply for Malaysia’s expanding data centre sector through the CRESS framework.