VIDEO | Malaysia is rapidly emerging as a Southeast Asia hotspot for data centre development. In recent years, tech giants like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and ByteDance have flocked to the country.
Between 2021 and March this year, approved project investments reached RM144.4 billion.
However, these data centres – operating 24/7 – require massive amounts of electricity and water. As they scale up rapidly, can our power grid, renewable energy infrastructure, and regulatory mechanisms keep up? And why is the government revisiting the idea of nuclear power?
Join us as we dissect the challenges underlying this data centre wave.
This report was part of the “Dark Side of the Boom” collaborative reporting project on resource-intensive digital technology in Asia.
The project is a collaboration between Internews, Earth Journalism Network, SourceMaterial, the Pulitzer Centre’s AI Accountability Initiative, and 14 media outlets reporting across 11 countries.
Join the investigative reporters behind this series for an in-person fireside chat at 1.15pm on Nov 23 near KLCC to unpack the hidden costs of Asia’s digital revolution.
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