He also stressed that the state government is encouraging data centre operators to adopt water-recycling systems and technologies that could reduce water consumption for cooling purposes.

“We are encouraging the recycling of water … so that the processed water is not discharged, but instead recycled within each data centre,” he said.

Amirudin said the rapid expansion of data centres could also generate wider economic benefits by supporting the development of the electrical and electronics (E&E), chip and semiconductor sectors.

He added that Selangor had also introduced a 30 per cent policy to ensure small and medium enterprises (SMEs) benefited from data centre operations in the state. — Bernama