Flagship Essays in this Topic (7)
How to Build a Good Data Centre
Efficient does not just mean low power usage. It means built with consent, disclosed to the public, and governed by rules a community can actually see. Four APAC markets are already doing this. Most of the region is choosing not to.
The Grid Doesn't Care About the Investment Announcement
Amsterdam. Dublin. Frankfurt. The sequence from attraction to freeze is documented. Most of APAC is already past the point where Ireland's story became predictable.
The Data Centre Policy Gap
APAC is building 40% of the world's digital infrastructure. Most of it is going up without the standards that the rest of the world is making mandatory.
Not All Data Centres Are the Same Building
The word covers three ownership models, three cooling approaches, and now two entirely new construction formats. Here is what each actually means.
The Cloud Is Hungry. Someone Has to Feed the Grid.
Data centres draw power like industrial facilities. Grids and governments are only now catching up to what that means.
Data Centers Are Efficient. That Doesn't Mean They're Fair.
The industry has spent a decade improving its water metrics. It has been measuring the wrong thing.
What Is a Data Center?
The buildings that run the world — and why Asia Pacific is waking up to them.