SD Guthrie Plans Industrial Park in Malaysia Data Center Hub

SD Guthrie Bhd., the world’s biggest oil palm planter by acreage, is positioning itself to tap into the data-center boom as it looks to develop a green-energy powered industrial park in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor.

The plantation giant, which owns 340,000 hectares across Malaysia, is expanding into industrial parks and renewable energy to reduce its reliance on palm oil. Its landbank in Johor will enable the group to become a key asset owner and green power supplier in Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing data center hub.