Data centre boom - at watt cost?


The actual spillover effect of data centres into local economies has yet to be verified. Perhaps more study should be undertaken on this before we invite more data centre investments.— Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik

IT is boom time for data centres in Malaysia, with massive investments pouring into setting up these facilities here.

Estimates are that the number of data centres could rise tenfold, especially with foreign investors coming in.

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