In less than three years, Malaysia has attracted RM760億 worth of investments related to data centre (DC) development. There are currently more than 40 DCs operating in Malaysia, with capacities of between 100MW and 150MW. But that number is about to be dwarfed by the DC development in the pipeline, which is expected to see an additional capacity of 1.4GW over the next five to 10 years. It is worth noting that DCs are not new infrastructure. But with the world becoming increasingly more digitised adopting cloud computing, artificial intelligence, online shopping and social media, demand for DCs has been on the rise.