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MALAYSIA’ S SCI-FI SOLUTION TO DATA CENTRE CARBON EMISSIONS
recent report by RimbaWatch highlights a critical
A environmental concern in Malaysia: the 14 new data centres planned for the country are estimated to generate 9.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
This figure is equivalent to the yearly emissions of two million cars and is due to Malaysia’ s reliance on a fossil fuel-powered electricity grid. RimbaWatch is urging the Malaysian government to limit approvals to data centres that commit to using 100 % renewable energy for their operations.
The recommendations include:
• Urging the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry( MITI) to develop a 1.5 degree-aligned sectoral-level carbon budget and decarbonisation pathway for data centres.
• Limit approvals to data centres that are committed to using renewable energy for 100 % of their operations.
• Urging the Federal Government to commit to phase out all coal and gas-fired power plants.
The report also explores a futuristic solution of moving data centres into space. Off-Earth data centres would benefit from continuous solar energy and natural cooling from the
vacuum of space, eliminating many terrestrial power and cooling challenges. This would allow for rapid deployment and expansion as demand increases.
However, the concept faces major obstacles, including the high cost of transport and the difficulty of maintenance.
Teraco has announced the completion of its JB4 Bredell
Campus data centre expansion located in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 30MW addition expands JB4 to being the largest standalone data centre built in Africa, servicing 50MW of critical IT power load.
This new phase at JB4 comprises six data halls, incorporates numerous new design enhancements and, in another African first, each hall supports 5MW of allocated critical IT power load.
The JB4 expansion, built to stringent global hyperscale specifications, contributes significantly to the South African and sub-Saharan African data centre footprint. This follows the recent completion of Teraco’ s new hyperscale JB5 Isando facility, which adds another 30MW of critical IT power load to Teraco’ s Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni.
Jan Hnizdo, Teraco CEO, said the company is well positioned to continue its exceptional growth, thanks to sustained demand from enterprises and hyperscale clients for hybrid cloud and cloud deployments.
The new data halls are fully liquid-to-liquid cooling enabled, allowing clients to deploy high-density, air-cooled cloud deployments and direct-to-chip cooling for denser AI workloads.
JB4 has been designed with sustainability at its core, incorporating a state-of-the-art closed-loop chilled water system that provides free air cooling, coupled with AI-enabled technology to configure data hall cooling in real time, based on IT load and load dispersion.
This innovative design achieves industry-leading Power Usage Effectiveness( PUE), significantly reducing energy consumption while using zero water during ongoing cooling – an important feature on a continent facing water scarcity and supply reliability.
TERACO COMPLETES SIGNIFICANT JB4 HYPERSCALE DATA CENTRE EXPANSION
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