Malaysia is anticipated so as to add 6–8 gigawatts of gas-fired energy by 2030 to deal with rising electrical energy consumption pushed by demand from information centres, an business official mentioned.
The nation is anticipated to see the quickest surge in information centre energy demand in southeast Asia, with its share of electrical energy consumed by information centres within the area to triple to 21% by 2027 from 7% in 2022, a joint report in Could by Bain & Co with others together with Google and Temasek confirmed.
Rising gasoline demand might see Malaysia, the fifth-largest exporter of liquefied pure gasoline (LNG), begin importing the super-chilled gasoline in 4 to 5 years, the top of state power agency Petronas informed the Power Asia convention this week.
Megat Jalaluddin, CEO of state utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad, mentioned he expects Malaysia so as to add 6–8 gigawatts of gas-fired energy by constructing new crops and increasing the lifetime of current ones because it appears to chop dependence on coal.
That represents a 40–54% enhance from the present 15 GW of gas-fired capability. Whole energy consumption in Malaysia is on monitor to extend 30% by 2030, and Malaysia has already invited business proposals for provide, he mentioned.
“We need to section out coal responsibly. Then the subsequent most suitable choice that may mainly take the place of coal is gasoline,” he informed Reuters on the sidelines of the Power Asia occasion.
Malaysia might additionally add as a lot as 10 GW of renewable capability by 2030, greater than doubling the 9 GW at present, as information centres push for entry to cleaner sources of energy, he mentioned.
Within the final two years, Malaysia has turned to its coal-fired energy crops to deal with surging demand which grew on the quickest tempo in 14 years in 2024, in keeping with power think-tank Ember.
Information centres are anticipated to require 19.5 GW of energy technology capability by 2035, accounting for 52% of Peninsular Malaysia’s electrical energy use, from about 2% now, Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof informed Reuters.
Expertise giants together with Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet’s Google and ByteDance have introduced billions of {dollars} in investments in Malaysia for the reason that starting of final 12 months, powering an infrastructure growth.
Malaysia’s southern state of Johor has emerged as Southeast Asia’s hottest information centre hub resulting from its proximity to Singapore, comparatively low-cost land and energy and sooner approvals, actual property consultancy Knight Frank mentioned in a report.
—Sudarshan Varadhan and Ashley Tang, Reuters
