Johor, the Malaysian state emerging as a regional artificial intelligence (AI) data centre hub, is raising the bar for new projects as the authorities seek to curb the heavy water use that is straining local supplies. The state will stop approving applications for so-called Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centres that have more basic infrastructure and can guzzle as much as 50 million litres of water a day, The Star reported on Nov 26. That is equivalent to about 20 Olympic-size swimming pools. Such water use is up to 200 times larger than that of higher-tier data centres, the southern Malaysian state’s housing and local government committee chairman, Mr Mohd Jafni Md Shukor, was cited as saying.
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