Too Hot to Compute: The Water Crisis Behind Southeast Asia’s Data Centre Boom.
As AI workloads demand more processing power, the data centre industry is at an inflexion point. Sustainability mandates are tightening, and the heat is on Southeast Asia, where hyperscalers like Microsoft and Google have committed over a billion dollars in investments. The sector must innovate to meet the dual challenge of handling increasingly complex computing needs while mitigating environmental impact.
