The White Paper on Building Next Generation Data Center Facility in ASEAN, co-developed by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and Huawei, was released at the Global Data Center Facility Summit 2024 in Singapore. The white paper aims to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the data center industry in ASEAN.
Driven by global digitalization, digital transformation is booming in the ASEAN region. Massive data and huge computing demands have emerged, unlocking great potential in the data center market. However, opportunities always come with challenges. Due to the tropical climates of the ASEAN region, data centers feature high cooling requirements, high energy consumption, and power usage effectiveness (PUE) values far higher than the global average. Therefore, with local conditions in mind, ASEAN governments are promoting the application of renewable energy and energy conservation…
