KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s status as South-East Asia’s fastest growing data centre hub will not only spur the growth of the digital economy but also be a catalyst in the nation’s transition towards renewable energy (RE).
Dr Jasrul Jamani Jamian, associate professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s Electrical Engineering Faculty, said the inflow of data centre players to Malaysia helps the government in optimising the country’s existing electricity generation capacity.
At the same time, he said, it will be a driver in realising the government’s efforts towards an RE generation capacity target of 70% or 56 gigawatts in the energy sector by 2050.
From 2021 to 2023, Malaysia approved investments worth RM114.7bil in data centre and cloud services.
It was also reported recently that Moody’s Ratings projected the power requirement for data centres in Malaysia to double to about 500 megawatts in the next two years.
“It’s high time for power generation using natural resources such as coal and gas, especially those that have been operational for 25 to 30 years, to be replaced with RE, which is more efficient and environmentally friendy,” Jasrul Jamani said
He said that in expanding electricity generation, there is a significant need to transition towards RE from low-efficiency operations.
”The government is actually already moving in that direction, such as through the implementation of the Fifth Large-Scale Solar (LSS5) programme currently and the upcoming LSS6,” he said.
He noted that under the National Energy Transition Roadmap, with the high RE penetration, the country will require a large energy storage capability to ensure a stable RE dispatch.
He said the development of a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) using state-of-the-art technology is in line with the rise in RE capacity.
BESS, he said, will ensure that there will be no energy supply disruption affecting data centre operations.
Jasrul Jamani said BESS will also help data centre operators in reducing electricity bill cost by storing energy outside peak hours and using it during peak hours.
“Therefore, the development of data centres in Malaysia is in tandem with national efforts to transition from conventional power generation to RE generation,” he said.He said the setting up of more data centres in Malaysia will bring revenue gains for Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) as the data centre industry requires a high and continuous supply of electricity.
According to him, TNB’s system has an excellent stability and capability level for meeting the needs of all consumers, including data centres, based on its projected power reserve margin of 28% to 36% in Peninsular Malaysia from 2024 to 2030.
- Bernama
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2024/09/02/growth-of-data-centre-industry-supports-countrys-transition-to-re
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Several factors make Malaysia an attractive location for data centre operators.
“The electricity tariffs here are among the lowest in Asean,” says Khong.
“For example, the average electric tariff in Thailand and Singapore are now well priced at
51 sen per kWh (THB3.99) and RM1.11 per kWh (S$0.3247) respectively.
In comparison, Malaysia charges 33.7 sen per kWh and 20.2 sen per kWh during peak and off-peak periods, respectively, for high-voltage industrial usage,” he adds.
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