Set regulations on water usage limits for data centres, says SPAN

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SPAN chairman Charles Santiago says the federal and state governments play an important role in ensuring the sustainable development of data centres in Malaysia.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/21/set-regulations-on-water-usage-limits-for-data-centres-says-span/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #WaterUsageLimits #NationalEnergyTransitionRoadmap

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00:00The National Water Services Commission has urged the government to establish regulations

00:05on water usage limits for industries, including data centers, that are known to use large

00:11amounts of water.

00:12Its chairman, Charles Santiago, said the federal and state governments played an important

00:17role in the sustainable development of data centers, which consume vast amounts of water

00:22and power for their cooling systems.

00:24According to a study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a data center with a

00:29capacity of 100 megawatts uses about 1.1 million gallons of water per day for cooling, the

00:35equivalent of the daily water usage in a city of 10,000 people.

00:54Santiago said Malaysia had begun developing data centers in the most unsustainable way

01:06and should change its practice to align with the guidelines of the National Energy Transition

01:10Roadmap.

01:11He also recommended using rainwater and reclaimed water to power the cooling systems and urged

01:16local councils to not approve the development order for data centers if the companies failed

01:21to meet the criteria.

01:23Santiago said the environmental and noise impact assessments from the data centers over

01:27a five-year period should be completed for the benefit of residents and businesses in

01:32the area.

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