JOHOR BARU: Johor will receive a major foreign direct investment boost as GDS Holdings announces RM1bil in investment and 5,000 potential job openings with the signing of memoranda of understanding (MoU) with five foreign companies.
Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said GDS Holdings was a leading data centre company that had invested over RM14.3bil in Nusajaya Tech Park and Kempas Tech Park and created over 300 new job opportunities with 86% being Malaysians.
He added that he witnessed the signing of the MoUs during the GDS Data Centre Supply Chain Ecosystem Summit held at a hotel here on Sunday (Oct 27).
The Machap assemblyman said the ceremony witnessed the MoUs between GDS and five companies from China and Japan such as EPG Data Center Module, Longmotive, CoolTech Solution, Wasion Energy, and Morimatsu Dialog.
“This is GDS commitment to bringing its supply chain into Johor.
“I am pleased to note that through this GDS supply chain, it has opened more than 5,000 new job opportunities directly and indirectly to locals, with a total investment of up to RM1bil,” he said in a Facebook post.
Onn Hafiz also added that he hopes that the collaboration between both state and federal governments and industries in Johor will continue to be strengthened.
“This will ensure the state’s economic development to continue and ultimately benefit Johoreans and Malaysians as a whole,” he said.
