{
  "id": 664899,
  "title": "Palm oil to cool data centres? Malaysia explores option as water demand surges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/palm-oil-to-cool-data-centres-malaysia-explores-option-as-water",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:10:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3363811/palm-oil-cool-data-centres-malaysia-explores-option-water-demand-surges"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Malaysia is taking palm oil from the frying pan to server racks, as it banks on its biggest agricultural commodity to crack a code plaguing its data centre boom – keeping servers cool. Researchers at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) are developing a palm-based liquid to cool computer servers without relying on copious volumes of water, as the country grapples with high resource demands to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}