The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) has urged local councils to mandate alternative water supply plans for new data centres, warning that reliance on treated water for...
With data centres ’ thirst for cooling threatening water supply, SPAN pushes for urgent conservation measures and alternative sources
SPAN proposed several solutions, including reclaimed water use, advanced cooling technology, rainwater harvesting, water recirculation, and real-time monitoring, while calling for federal and state cooperation to regulate water usage in data centres. “Before the local councils give approvals to build these centres which can be large scale, they must make sure to state to investors and respective parties the existence of rainwater harvesting, including clean water.Data centres currently use treated water — the same resource essential for drinking and cooking — to cool the intense heat generated by servers and electronic devices.
SPAN chairman Charles Santiago urges companies to prepare alternative sources of water and cooling mechanisms. — Picture courtesy of SPAN Utility provider Ranhill SAJ Sdn Bhd estimated that water requests will even rise until 614 million litres per day during that same period.
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