Malaysian prefabricated data center company BrightRay has signed its first US letter of intent: a planned 10MW AI facility in Indiana, announced this week.

The agreement, struck with an unnamed US-based "mission-critical infrastructure partner," calls for BrightRay to deploy a 10MW prefabricated data center solution on a site located somewhere in Indiana. The company has not disclosed the partner's identity or the project's full financial details.

The single-story facility is set to host Nvidia's GB300 hardware, with delivery within 12 months of a definitive contract. The LOI expires in 12 months, though the US partner reportedly aims to issue a purchase order next month.

The deal marks BrightRay's entry into the world's largest data center market.

What does the LOI change for BrightRay?

The Indiana project is the company's first signed agreement in the United States. BrightRay said the LOI "marks an important step in its expansion into the world's largest data center market."

BrightRay, also known as BrightRay Science Inc., has previously developed a data center in Johor, Malaysia. The firm is also set to deliver a 40MW project alongside a partner in Macau. Nasdaq-listed BUUU Group Limited took a majority stake in BrightRay over the summer.

Bin Wang, founder of BrightRay, said: "Entering the US market is an important step in BrightRay's international development. The US has enormous data center demand, and customers face real pressure to turn their AI investments into usable computing power as quickly as possible. Our entry point is delivery: with our prefabricated data center solution, we move more of the work into the factory and run manufacturing in parallel with on-site works, with the aim of shortening the delivery period for this project to within one year."

How fast can the project move?

The timeline is concrete: a purchase order as early as next month, a definitive contract thereafter, and a 12-month delivery window from that contract. BrightRay's manufacturing model shifts construction work into the factory and runs it in parallel with on-site works.

Wang added: "We look forward to working further with our partner on the technical solution and implementation arrangements and to building delivery experience in the US market through this 10MW project. Addressing the power, cooling, and space requirements of next-generation AI equipment, we aim to bring the efficiency advantages of our prefabricated data center solution to the project and lay the foundation for the further expansion of our US business."

A purchase order next month would start the clock on BrightRay's first US build.