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Sime Darby Property has launched a RM2.6 billion green sukuk programme to finance data centre and logistics infrastructure development at Elmina Business Park, with completion targeted for 2027, positioning Malaysia as a leader in Islamic sustainable finance.
India is rushing to build massive data centres to compete in artificial intelligence, but residents in Visakhapatnam fear the environmental and economic costs will far outweigh promised benefits.
A grassroots coalition is staging coordinated protests across 125 US locations against accelerating data centre construction driven by artificial intelligence demands, marking rare bipartisan resistance to tech infrastructure expansion.
New York has implemented a statewide moratorium on new large data centres with capacities of 50 megawatts or more, marking the first such pause in the United States. The move reflects growing tension between technology investment and community concerns over resource consumption.
Authorities across North America, Europe and beyond are imposing construction freezes and bans on data centres, citing environmental strain, power consumption and resource depletion tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure growth.
The explosion in AI data centre construction is creating a mounting noise pollution crisis for residents living nearby, with limited regulatory remedies and companies citing economic benefits.