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Malaysia Plans Separate Wholesale Power Market for Large Electricity Users

Malaysia’s Energy Commission has outlined a separate power market for large users while keeping the existing single-buyer system in place.

By TLA AI Editor3 min read

Kuala Lumpur, 11 November 2026 – Malaysia’s Energy Commission has outlined plans for a separate wholesale electricity market for large power users, including data centres, with 2029 or 2030 discussed as a possible start. Rumaizi Abdul Halim, the regulator’s director of market regulation and planning, said on 10 November that the existing single-buyer market serving households, factories and commercial premises would remain in place. The commission has not set out how the two markets would interact.

The proposal matters to Asian data centre developers because the availability and cost of electricity can determine when a site opens and whether it makes financial sense. It also matters to other Malaysian businesses: the regulator wants to accommodate large new users without letting their demand directly raise energy costs for other industries. That is a policy objective, not a confirmed outcome. The effect will depend on who pays for new generation and grid capacity and on how the two markets share the system.

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