# Aolani Cloud Signs Letters of Intent for Up to 500MW of AI Data Centre Capacity in Malaysia

> Aolani Cloud signed non-binding Letters of Intent for up to 500MW of AI data centre capacity in Malaysia, targeting 580MW committed by 2027.

- Published: 2026-10-19T03:55:13+00:00
- Section: Expansion
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-19/aolani-cloud-malaysia-500mw-data-centre-lois
- Source: [FinancialContent Business Page](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/mediaoutreach-2026-10-19-aolani-signs-letters-of-intent-for-up-to-500mw-of-ai-data-centre-capacity-in-malaysia)

## Key takeaways

- Aolani Cloud signed Letters of Intent for up to 500MW of AI data centre capacity in Malaysia, with sites coming online from the second half of 2027.
- Aolani projects committing up to 580MW in Malaysia by 2027, up from approximately 80MW committed in 2026.
- The Letters of Intent are non-binding and remain subject to negotiation and execution of definitive agreements.

[Aolani Cloud](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00sxsbz/aolani-cloud) signed Letters of Intent to take up 500 megawatt of AI data centre capacity in Malaysia, with the capacity targeted to come online starting in the second half of 2027 across multiple sites, the FinancialContent Business Page [reported](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/mediaoutreach-2026-10-19-aolani-signs-letters-of-intent-for-up-to-500mw-of-ai-data-centre-capacity-in-malaysia). Aolani Cloud is a Singapore-based neocloud founded in 2024 that provides GPU-first bare metal and cloud infrastructure for AI training and inference, targeting AI labs, enterprises and sovereign-AI buyers across Southeast Asia.

## Aolani's Malaysia Capacity Plans

The sites are designed to Tier III standards and will house purpose-built AI data centres supporting Aolani's expanding portfolio of AI factories and GPU deployment. Under the arrangement, Aolani will provide the AI infrastructure, GPU deployment and operating requirements across the facilities upon completion.

With this commitment, Aolani is projecting to commit up to 580MW of capacity in Malaysia by 2027, up from approximately 80MW already committed in 2026. Malaysia has emerged as a key destination for AI infrastructure investment in the region, driven by competitive power costs, available land, and growing governmental and business support for digital infrastructure development.

The expanded capacity will serve demand from global hyperscalers and AI-native companies while also making AI compute accessible locally. Aolani is also exploring initiatives and partnerships to provide high-performance compute capacity to Malaysian sovereign AI programmes, local enterprises, researchers and start-ups.

Nicholas Chia, Chief Executive Officer at Aolani, said: "Malaysia is a vital strategic anchor for Aolani and a proven home market where we continue to grow our footprint as a hyperlocal neocloud."

The Letter of Intent is non-binding and remains subject to the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements between the parties.

## Aolani's ByteDance Malaysia Deployment

Aolani secured a flagship partnership with ByteDance in March 2026 to deploy approximately 500 Nvidia Blackwell computing systems, comprising 36,000 B200 chips, in Malaysia, with hardware investment exceeding $2.5 billion, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show Aolani established a systems integration partnership with Aivres in March 2026 to assemble and deploy the ByteDance Blackwell infrastructure in Malaysian data centers, and expanded its operational footprint into Malaysia that year to host the deployment, extending geographic reach beyond its Singapore headquarters.

## Aolani's Earlier 2026 Partnerships

Aolani and Karman announced a partnership in October 2026 to integrate Karman's power orchestration platform into Aolani's AI infrastructure, aiming to unlock 50% more compute capacity from existing power, the FinancialContent Business Page reported. In September 2026, YCO Cloud and Aolani partnered with NVIDIA to deploy one of the first NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 clusters in the Philippines, marking the country's first sovereign AI infrastructure. Aolani and FriendliAI announced a partnership in September 2026 for Aolani to supply GPU cloud infrastructure for AI inference, with FriendliAI using Aolani's compute to serve growing demand.

## What Comes Next for Aolani

The capacity is targeted to come online starting in the second half of 2027 across multiple sites in Malaysia. The Letters of Intent remain subject to the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements between the parties.

## Companies in this story

- [Aolani Cloud company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00sxsbz/aolani-cloud) · website: https://www.aolani.com

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