M’sia has room for more DCs despite rapid growth

Equinix Malaysia MD Cheam Tat Inn said Malaysia is not facing DC overcapacity despite the rapid build-out.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s rapid build-out of data centres (DC) is not expected to result in overcapacity, even as environmental concerns mount, with industry players arguing that surging artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and cloud deployments will keep facilities occupied.

Equinix Malaysia managing director Cheam Tat Inn said the government’s attempt at oversight in the DC space through the Data Centre Task Force (DCTF) is addressing the resource constraint issue surrounding DC developments.