The Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association (APDCA) has launched a new white paper titled “Data centers as catalysts for infrastructure modernization in APAC,” highlighting how data centers are helping to strengthen the energy and water systems needed to support Asia Pacific’s future development.
As governments across Asia-Pacific look to harness AI, cloud computing and digital technologies to drive economic growth, data centers are emerging as critical strategic infrastructure underpinning the region’s development. The paper examines how the sector is contributing not only to digital growth, but also to the development and modernization of the utility infrastructure on which economies and communities depend.
Drawing on expert interviews with data center operators as well as insights from academics and civil society organizations, the report presents new evidence of how data centers are acting as long-term demand anchors for energy and water infrastructure, accele
