Data centre operators may have to disclose operational details
The information will include electricity consumption and the number of computer processing chips imported.
Investment, trade and industry minister Johari Ghani has proposed that data centre operators may be mandated to disclose operational details, including electricity consumption and the quantity of graphics processing unit (GPU) chips procured, according to a report from Malaysia's news outlet, <source>. Speaking at the launch of the government's MySaham mobile application, Ghani stated that this disclosure would enable the government to oversee data centre activities, identify operators and hyperscalers, and monitor their facilities' locations. He emphasised that monitoring is essential even after projects receive approval.
Ghani noted that data centre operators must ascertain their precise capacity requirements, as suppliers are required to allocate the capacity agreed upon in their supply contracts. For instance, if a data centre books a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) but only utilises 50MW, they would be billed for the remaining 50MW that remains unused, he explained.
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