The proliferation of data centers worldwide has raised more than a few environmental concerns. The most obvious one is the power requirement, but regional water consumption has just as bad (or even worse) an effect, as people in rural Georgia data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o” data-url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>have come to realize. Government authorities everywhere have taken notice, including the Malaysian state of Johor, which is now reportedly data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/11/26/no-more-low-tier-data-centre-approvals-in-johor” data-url=”https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/11/26/no-more-low-tier-data-centre-approvals-in-johor” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>nuking all proposals for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers.
data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johor” data-url=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johor” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Johor is the nation’s tech hub and has attracted substantial…
