Can ASEAN build a sustainable data centre future? Malaysian legal lessons may offer a wake-up call

Can ASEAN build a sustainable data centre future? Malaysian legal lessons may offer a wake-up call

Southeast Asia is embracing a digital revolution. With the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and cloud computing, the region is now home to some of the most ambitious data centre developments in the world. But while digital technology is transforming Southeast Asia’s economy, ASEAN’s legal and regulatory systems remain stuck in the pre-digital era. This raises a critical question: Can ASEAN truly build a sustainable, resilien…

One-third of SE Asia’s data centres can be powered by renewables by 2030: Report

There are concerns that the growth of data centres in the ASEAN region will lead to a spike in fossil fuel emissions Southeast Asia can become a global hub for data centres, but that would mean a sizable increase in power demand in the region. There are also concerns over environmental impacts of data centres.However, a new report by the London-based think tank Ember found that a third of Southeast Asia’s data centres could be powered by solar a…