Malaysia approves 30% renewable energy rule for new data centers

Malaysia's government has approved rules requiring data center operators to source at least 30 percent of their power from renewable sources. The Energy Commission is drafting the framework and guidelines, and operators are encouraged to deploy onsite solar. The Data Centre Task Force previously approved 5GW of additional capacity conditional on the threshold.

• Data centers must source at least 30% of power from renewables
• Task Force approved 5GW of new capacity on that condition
• Malaysia has about 8.3GW of data center capacity in the pipeline
• The mandate relies on the CRESS open grid access scheme