Southeast Asia starts to rethink its AI data centre boom: โat what cost?โ
Southeast Asian governments are learning some hard truths about the data centre boom they spent years working to attract, analysts say โ it promises jobs, digital infrastructure and a foothold in the AI economy, but the rapid buildout is also straining power grids, land and regulatory systems. โThere is this enthusiasm to attract investments, but now it raises the question: at what cost and at what speed?โ said policy researcher Mark Manantan, a research fellow for the Centre for Global Security...