Over the past few years, the country has attracted billions of dollars in data center investments, including from tech giants like Google , Nvidia and Microsoft .
Data center capacity is typically measured by the amount of electricity it consumes.
Until then, Japan followed by Singapore currently lead the region in terms of live data center capacity.
The index did not provide a detailed breakdown of data center capacity in China.
Kenanga Investment Bank Research estimates that potential electricity demand from data centers in Malaysia will hit a total maximum demand of 5 GW by 2035.
Persons:
James Murphy, APAC, Murphy, Byte's Murphy, it's
Organizations:
Luza, Getty, Malaysia, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, DC, Authorities, Kenanga Investment Bank Research, Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Locations:
Southeast Asia, Johor Bahru, Singapore, Asia, Malaysia, Japan, India, China, Hong Kong, Malaysian