Malaysia's data centres guzzling more power as temperatures soar, officials say

Malaysia's data centres are consuming more power as temperatures soar, leaving a 9 gigawatt gas-fired capacity gap for the government to fill by 2032, according to officials. The share of data centres in overall power consumption surged to a record 9.3 per cent in the second week of August, compared with an average of 7 per cent this year, Energy Commission CEO Siti Safinah Salleh said.

With the hotter weather, the cooling system requires a lot more energy, she said. Data centres could account for as much as 31 per cent of peninsular Malaysia’s power demand by 2035, said Zaharin Zulkifli, deputy director for economic statistics and research at the Energy Commission.

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