Southern Score wins RM146.8m Port Dickson data centre jobs

Southern Score Builders Bhd's 51%-owned unit SJEE Engineering Sdn Bhd signed two subcontract agreements worth RM146.8 million on 11 November 2026 for electrical work at two data centre projects in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, the company told Bursa Malaysia the same day. The filing does not name the data centres, their owners or the main contractor, which it describes only as a local construction company.

The two jobs

• Work: "Construction, Completion, Testing and Commissioning of Electrical Package 3 and Other Associated Works"
• Project A: RM67.41 million. Phase 1 is due for substantial completion by 22 October 2027 and phase 2 by 21 January 2028
• Project B: RM79.39 million. Phase 1 is due by 10 January 2028 and phase 2 by 10 April 2028
• Tax: the sums include all costs, charges and taxes, but not construction service tax, if it applies
• Earnings: the jobs are expected to add to earnings from the financial year ending 30 June 2027 until they are finished

Not the August job

On 6 August 2026 SJEE accepted a RM146.53 million letter of award for "Electrical Package 3 Works (MV)" at one data centre whose location was not given, due to finish on 15 January 2028. The new filing covers two projects, a different sum and later finishing dates, and does not mention it. JF Apex Securities, which covers the stock, says the August award was for another data centre and counts both in the order book, which it now puts at about RM2.05 billion.

Port Dickson's data centre build-out

The filing gives no site. Google's land company agreed in May 2025 to buy 389 acres at Springhill Industrial Park, Port Dickson, and Gamuda has since won four data centre building contracts there worth RM7.0 billion from a US technology company it does not name (our report). Tera Data Centers signed a conditional agreement in September 2026 to buy 222 acres at Eco Business Park 7, also in Port Dickson (our report). Other contractors have disclosed work there this month: ISF Group's RM83.2 million of water and sewer contracts for a hyperscale data centre in Port Dickson on 2 November.

SJEE's data centre awards in 2026

• 30 March: RM150 million for an electrical system at a data centre, plus RM39 million added to a job first awarded in October 2024
• 18 May: RM47.5 million for electrical, low-voltage, telecoms and security works
• 6 August: RM146.5 million, Electrical Package 3 (MV)
• 12 August: RM105 million for Electrical Package #3 at a data centre in Puncak Alam, Selangor
• 21 September: RM40 million for electrical works at a data centre in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan
• 11 November: RM146.8 million, the two Port Dickson jobs
• Total: about RM675 million in six filings (our calculation). Some sums include sales and service tax and some do not

The company

Southern Score Builders, formerly G Neptune Bhd, mainly builds homes as a turnkey contractor, with projects such as PV 22 Residences and Platinum Melati Residences, and owns 51% of SJEE, a mechanical and electrical (M&E) specialist. In the year to 30 June 2026 group revenue rose to RM491.0 million from RM221.1 million. M&E work brought in RM225.3 million, or 46%. It also took control of Nova Pharma Solutions Bhd, a laboratory design consultancy, through a takeover offer made in January 2026.