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- AI boom turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia's palm oil companies are earmarking some of the vast tracts of land they own for industrial parks studded with data centres and solar panels
- Malaysia’s palm oil estates earmarked for data centres amid . . .
Once a colonial-era crop, palm oil has grown into a global consumer staple found in nearly half of all supermarket products To keep up with rising demand, palm companies turned to deforestation, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, where vast stretches of tropical rainforest have been cleared to make way for plantations
- AI Boom Is Turning Malaysia’s Palm Oil Estates Into Data . . .
Malaysia also needs space to house server farms, and palm oil giants control more land than any other private entity in the country The country has been at the heart of a regional data center boom
- Malaysia Turns Palm Oil Plantations into AI Data Centers and . . .
Malaysia is transforming oil palm plantations into data centers and solar farms to meet AI and cloud computing demands, driven by environmental scrutiny on the palm oil industry With $34 billion in investments from tech giants like Google and Microsoft, it aims to lead Southeast Asia's digital infrastructure However, challenges include energy shortages, water usage, and limited local
- Malaysia’s New AI Frontier: Palm Oil Estates Pivot to Data . . .
Malaysia’s palm oil titans are undergoing an unexpected transformation — from climate villains to key players in Southeast Asia’s AI data centre boom Their vast estates, once associated with deforestation and haze, are now being earmarked for solar-powered tech parks designed to attract global hyperscalers
- AI boom transforms Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centers
Major palm oil firms are reserving thousands of hectares for data centers and solar farms in Malaysia
- AI boom is transforming Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data . . .
Malaysia’s major palm oil companies are increasingly redirecting portions of their vast land holdings toward the development of industrial parks equipped with data centres and solar power facilities The strategy aims to meet the rapidly growing space and energy needs of the global artificial intelligence sector By 2035, data centres in Malaysia may require at
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