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 have come to realize. Government authorities everywhere have taken notice, including the Malaysian state of Johor, which is now reportedly nuking all proposals for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers.
Johor is the nation’s tech hub and has attracted substantial…

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