ISKANDAR PUTERI, JOHOR | 2 DECEMBER 2025 – JLand Group (JLG), the real estate and infrastructure arm of Johor Corporation (JCorp), today unveiled Ibrahim Technopolis (IBTEC) – a 7,290-acre integrated development that is a key driver in the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).
IBTEC aims to propel higher-value industries in a connected platform by bringing together medtech and life sciences, advanced manufacturing, logistics, data centres, and agritech. With R&D capabilities, sustainable practices and a powerful digital backbone, IBTEC is well-positioned to elevate Johor’s industrial base towards more complex, higher-value activities – making production smarter, supply chains more resilient and operations more efficient. It is the flagship proof of JLG’s evolution from a conventional developer into a full, end-to-end real estate ecosystem orchestrator.
The launch at Dataran Mahkota was graced by Duli Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Mahkota Ismail, Regent of Johor, and attended by Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Onn Hafiz bin Ghazi, Chief Minister of Johor and Chairman of JCorp, alongside federal and state leaders, strategic partners and international investors.
IBTEC is designed to be Asia’s largest innovation sandbox
Located within the JS-SEZ, IBTEC is master-planned as a next-generation integrated development that anchors a wider new-economy – integrating industrial and logistics, R&D facilities, commercial centres and lifestyle neighbourhoods under a single, coordinated blueprint, from land use and infrastructure to digital systems and long-term district stewardship.
Within this industrial backbone, innovation is the key enabler. IBTEC is being developed with the ambition to evolve into one of Asia’s most compelling real-world innovation sandboxes – a live environment where industry, government and innovators can, over time, pilot new solutions in real operating conditions, then refine and scale them across the region.
Key building blocks being put in place include:
• Advanced manufacturing and logistics precincts integrated into regional and global supply chains;
• R&D and innovation clusters connected to universities, technical institutions and corporate research centres;
• A digital connectivity spine with data-ready infrastructure, smart utilities and systems designed to support AI, IoT and autonomous solutions; and
• An enabling policy environment that can accommodate future sandbox-oriented approaches as regulations evolve.
“IBTEC is an investment for the next generation, and a signal that Johor is ready to compete on a different frontier.,” said Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim, President & Chief Executive of JCorp and Chairman of JLG. “It is designed to become one of the world’s largest integrated innovation sandbox, supported by scalable infrastructure, an open digital platform and enabling institutional framework. The result is an environment where Johoreans and Malaysians can participate meaningfully in the opportunities of the new economy”.
Low-carbon, future-ready and globally iconic
From the outset, IBTEC has been conceived as a low-carbon, future-ready innovation hub, not a conventional industrial park. Its compact land-use pattern, green mobility and renewable-ready infrastructure are designed to reduce emissions while enhancing liveability.
IBTEC stands as Malaysia’s first 5-Diamond–rated data centre parks and built industrial township under the national Low Carbon City Framework (LCCF) – the highest tier in the framework and a recognised benchmark for the next generation of industrial cities.
To signal Johor and JLG’s ambition on the global stage, IBTEC will feature Livilab at Exclaim Discovery City, a signature mixed-use nucleus designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, a globally acclaimed architecture and design firm. Conceived as a global icon for innovation districts, Exclaim Discovery City will serve as the symbolic gateway to IBTEC and Johor – placing the district alongside leading hubs worldwide in design, technology and sustainability.
Investor-ready platform aligned with national and state agendas
Beyond its physical master plan, IBTEC is structured as an investor-ready platform. Its core infrastructure, from utilities and transport links to data-ready systems are being coordinated so that companies can “plug and play” with greater speed and certainty, especially in high-value, technology-intensive sectors.
This model supports Malaysia’s New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030) and the 13th Malaysia Plan, which prioritise higher-value, tech-enabled, low-carbon growth and smart, inclusive cities, as well as Johor’s Maju Johor 2030 aspirations for sustainable, innovation-led development.
“IBTEC is where national and state ambitions becomes tangible,” said Datuk Sr. Akmal Ahmad, Group Managing Director of JLG and Director, Real Estate & Infrastructure Division, JCorp. “We are building the infrastructure, systems and execution capacity so that investors can come in faster and grow with more certainty.”
Shared, long-term benefits for Malaysia and Johor
As IBTEC matures, it is expected to create higher-value jobs, deepen SME participation in regional supply chains and catalyse new opportunities for local entrepreneurs – directly reinforcing Malaysia’s move towards a more complex, high-income and inclusive economy.
At the same time, IBTEC is being designed to shape the future of living in and around an industrial district. JLG’s development strategy ensures that this economic uplift is matched by resilient, people-centred communities – housing, amenities, public spaces and mobility options connected to digital services that can make daily life easier, such as predictive maintenance for shared facilities, more reliable transit, safer streets and more responsive urban services.
For SMEs and local businesses, IBTEC aims to make it easier to access infrastructure, technology and markets – from shared facilities and plug-in spaces, to collaboration with larger industry players and research partners within the same district.
“We will measure IBTEC’s success not only by the investments it attracts, but by how it helps Malaysians and Johoreans move up the value chain – as workers, entrepreneurs and communities,” Datuk Sr. Akmal said. “That is how we intend to prove the real impact of this ecosystem.”
JLG: redefining real estate through IBTEC
Through IBTEC and leveraging on JCorp’s wider ecosystem, JLG is setting a new benchmark for the role of a real estate player in Malaysia – moving beyond project-by-project delivery into a long horizon, ecosystem-led model that spans:
• Sustainable master planning of large-scale innovation districts;
• Coordinated delivery of physical and digital infrastructure;
• Attraction and curation of investors, operators and ecosystem partners; and
• Long-term operations, governance frameworks and asset lifecycle management.
“On a single, unified canvas, IBTEC allows us to do what a typical developer cannot – design industrial, urban and digital infrastructure as one system, and stay with it over the long term,” Datuk Sr. Akmal noted. “That is JLG’s differentiator, and IBTEC is our flagship proof.”