- Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Alibaba and others are building data centers there - Malaysia is building their capacity the fastest in the region - For H1 2024, the potential electricity demand amounted to 850 MW - For Johor, about 50 projects have been implemented in three years - The capacity of data centers there has already increased 100 times in five years - Data centers have created about 40,000 jobs for the country - Malaysia has long aspired to become a global IT center - 1.2 million people were employed in the country's digital economy in 2023 - The digital economy contributes about 25% of the country's total GDP - The GDP of the SEA region could generate $1 trillion from AI as early as 2030 - Malaysia is expected to account for more than a tenth of it. - Meanwhile, water and power outages can occur near data centers - Widespread water shortages could happen in as little as five years - Also due to climate change, aging infrastructure, etc. - Demand for energy from data centers will exceed 5 thousand MW by 2035 - This is almost a fifth of the installed capacity for Malaysia