• AWC's dedicated data-centre engineering order book stood at about RM100 million in June 2026, before a further RM23.1 million contract secured in August
  • A separate RM99.1 million five-year TM facilities contract gives the group another route into data-centre work after construction

The fact

AWC Bhd's dedicated data-centre engineering order book stood at about RM100 million as of June 2026, according to Apex Securities Research, representing roughly 72% of the Engineering division's RM139.2 million order book at the time. The figure excluded a RM23.1 million contract secured in August. AWC has won three data-centre engineering contracts over the past 12 months, with subsidiary Qudotech supplying systems including cold water, plumbing, rainwater harvesting and sanitary infrastructure.

The August award covers plumbing, silo tanks and internal sanitary works and is due for completion in June 2027. An earlier RM42.3 million subcontract from Gamuda Engineering covers cold-water, rainwater-harvesting and sanitary systems at a hyperscale development in Puncak Alam, Selangor. Separately, AWC's Facilities division holds a RM99.1 million five-year contract with TM Technology Services for facilities management at TM data centres and buildings at TM Central 1, running until October 2030.

The assessment

AWC's data-centre work now sits in two separate contracting cycles. Qudotech competes for construction-stage packages that have to be installed before a facility is completed, while the Facilities division competes for maintenance work after infrastructure enters service. Winning one does not secure the other because data-centre owners can appoint different contractors for construction and operations.

That distinction changes how AWC's data-centre backlog should be read. Engineering orders provide work during construction but decline as projects are completed, so the division has to keep replacing them with new awards. Facilities contracts can run for several years, but they must be won through a separate procurement process rather than treated as an automatic extension of construction work.

For BTW readers, the useful test is whether AWC can keep both pipelines moving independently. Continued engineering awards would replenish work as existing projects finish, while additional multi-year facilities contracts would show that the group can also build recurring work around operating data centres.

What to watch

Watch for new Qudotech data-centre awards as the existing engineering backlog moves towards completion, alongside facilities-management wins beyond TM Central 1. Contract completion dates, order-book replenishment and additional multi-year maintenance mandates will show whether both sides of AWC's data-centre business continue to generate work.