Singapore-based CorefloX has started operations at a new manufacturing facility in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, expanding its capacity to build and test liquid-cooling systems for data centers and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The company said in a September 25 announcement that the site combines manufacturing, system integration, testing and validation, engineering support, and after-sales services. It did not disclose the amount invested in the facility, its workforce size, or named customers.
Production and testing capacity
The 33,094-square-foot factory is designed to produce as many as 1,800 coolant distribution units, 3,600 liquid-cooled load banks, and 5,400 rack manifold sets annually, according to CorefloX.
Coolant distribution units, or CDUs, transfer heat from servers to a facility’s cooling system while keeping the data-center and information-technology cooling loops separated. Rack manifolds distribute coolant among servers, while load banks allow equipment to be tested under simulated operating demand before it is installed.
CorefloX said the Johor facility can handle system integration, full-load testing, and quality validation. Those functions are intended to let the company check performance at the system level before equipment is shipped to customer sites.
The company specializes in the secondary side of liquid cooling, covering the equipment and piping that circulate coolant through racks and servers after heat is transferred from the facility-water loop. Its product range includes rack-, row-, and room-level CDUs, manifolds, cooling units, load banks, coolant-management equipment, and containerized data-center systems.
Johor’s data-center buildout
The opening adds local manufacturing capacity close to one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing data-center clusters. In April, Australia’s AirTrunk said it would invest $3 billion in two additional Johor Bahru hyperscale data centers with more than 280 megawatts of combined capacity, bringing its planned Malaysian footprint to more than 700 megawatts, Reuters reported.
Johor’s growth has also increased scrutiny of electricity and water use. Reuters reported in September 2025 that the state was applying tighter sustainability screening as power and water constraints emerged. That policy backdrop raises the importance of verified cooling performance, but CorefloX’s release did not provide energy-use, water-use, or efficiency benchmarks for equipment made at the new plant.
Liquid cooling moves heat away from high-density servers through a fluid loop and can support rack power levels that are difficult to manage with air alone. Actual resource use still depends on the full facility design, including heat rejection, water treatment, controls, and the local climate. CorefloX made no quantified sustainability claim for the Johor factory or its output.
CorefloX said concentrating manufacturing, testing, engineering, and supply-chain functions at the new site should help it standardize production and respond faster to project-specific requirements. The company did not provide a delivery timetable for equipment from the Johor plant or disclose how much of its stated annual capacity is already covered by orders.
Regional supply chains move closer to demand
The facility reflects a broader shift in which suppliers are placing data-center equipment and engineering capabilities closer to large infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia. That can shorten delivery and commissioning cycles for customized cooling systems, although the commercial impact of the new factory will depend on utilization, customer demand, and the pace of new data-center approvals.
Malaysia is competing for AI and cloud infrastructure investment while seeking more domestic value from the supporting supply chain. Manufacturing and testing specialized cooling equipment in Johor could add technical activity around the data centers themselves, beyond construction and facility operations.
CorefloX said it plans to continue expanding its manufacturing, engineering, and service network. It did not name the next locations under consideration.
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