Striking while the iron is hot

Hyperscale data centre buzz

DESPITE the dour economic sentiment in the country, one area that seems to promise significant growth is hyperscale data centres (HDCs). These are vast data centres being built using thousands of computer servers and which consume copious amounts of electricity. They cater to the ever growing digitalisation in all aspects of our lives, boosted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Global giants in cloud computing and hosting are increasingly looking at Malaysia as a place to have their data centres. These include tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Tencent. They also include lesser known but equally big tech firms who have specialised in data centres such as GDS, Equinix and 21Vianet.