Developing Telecoms
Summary
The question of powering and cooling data centres is continuing to make headlines, with news that in one Asia-Pacific country they could need more power by 2040 than Malaysia uses annually now.
More precisely, the country’s Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra) is projecting data centre electricity demand to reach 12.9GW by 2030 and rise to 20.9GW by 2040.
In addition, the ministry is studying special water tariffs and mechanisms for sharing capital expenditure for water infrastructure by data centres, to improve water usage efficiency.
State governments are being advised to examine requirements so that data centres are zoned, use district cooling systems and prioritise the use of recycled water. State governments are also being advised to ensure the adequacy of raw water sources before any data centre development approval is granted.
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