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AI data-center boom fuels water protests as Johor capacity reaches 2.1 gigawatts

Nov 8, 2026 04:00 (23h ago)

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Batam residents protested data-centre construction amid severe municipal water outages.
2.1 gigawatts is Johor’s current data-centre capacity, up 200-fold in half a decade.
Authorities required developers to build seawater desalination plants for cooling in late September.