" Worldwide data center electricity consumption is projected to double from 448 TWh to over 945 TWh by 2030. AI data center power demand will surge 160% by 2030, requiring 68 gigawatts of capacity compared to 10 gigawatts in 2025. "

Malaysia is experiencing a massive digital transformation, officially entering its "second wave" of the data center boom in 2026. The market size is projected to grow from around USD 5.48 billion in 2025 to over USD 13.5 to 16 billion by 2030/2031, supporting close to US$34.2 billion in economic output and over 30,900 jobs nationwide. However, the surging demand for power and water to run data centers have put a significant strain on today's energy infrastructures and resources. To ensure sustainable economic growth, Malaysia has frozen the development of new data centres not used for AI over power and water concerns.

What are the solutions? How will the sustainable data centers look like? What are the key technological innovations that will reshape the data center power system to support its high density workloads?    

The Data Center and Power Southeast Asia Summit 2027 is going to invite industry experts, thought leaders, policy makers, practitioners and key stakeholders of the data center industry in Malaysia and across the APAC region to dive deep on the most concerned topics, share real-life experience and market insights, showcase latest technological innovations, helping you establish win-win partnerships to deliver long-term business goals.

Join us in KL in January to explore more.