{"id":4242,"date":"2026-09-10T05:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T05:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=4242"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T05:30:23","slug":"developers-are-rethinking-data-center-design-as-the-ai-backlash-makes-its-way-to-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=4242","title":{"rendered":"Developers are rethinking data center design as the AI backlash makes its way to Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/55515443559_19700a1619_o-e1788949678659.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thailand\u2019s suspension of dozens of data center projects last week signals that the backlash against the AI boom\u2014long simmering in the U.S.\u2014is gaining ground in Asia. On Sept. 4, Thai authorities suspended construction of 49 data centers as regulators draft new rules on resource use and safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AI boom had persuaded many Asian governments to aggressively court data centers by offering tax breaks, discounts on land and easy\u00a0access to power and water. Big tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon have pledged billions of dollars for new data centers and AI infrastructure across Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although companies are clamoring for capacity, \u201cthere are physical limits to how quickly you can build data centers at scale,\u201d Kevin Guan, chief investment officer and executive vice president of Bain Capital-backed Bridge Data Centres said at the Fortune Leaders Forum in Macau on Sept. 8. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing significant delays and challenges\u201d with delivery, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of pushback at the moment in many parts of the world. I think we\u2019re all having to respond, and it\u2019s only right that we do so,\u201d said John Taylor, global critical facilities leader and principal at the architecture firm Gensler. \u201cWe need to move data centers from being perceived as industrial infrastructure to being something which is part of the civic infrastructure, which serves a community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In land-constrained Asian cities, data centers are already being built up to heights of 10 or 11 stories and sited close to residential areas, Taylor said. Clients are also experimenting with diverting excess data center heat to warm swimming pools in winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data centers typically require massive amounts of freshwater to keep computer chips cool. In Johor, Malaysia, Bridge Data Centres built a wastewater treatment plant on its campus to recycle municipal wastewater, minimizing its impact on the city\u2019s potable water supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we don\u2019t use, we return to the community in the form of clean water,\u201d Guan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data center operators and designers are also grappling with mismatched timelines. Data center buildings are designed to last as long as 20 years, while the latest AI chips may last less than five. Guan said Bridge is using modular construction materials to ensure that the hardware housed inside buildings can be swapped out \u201clike pieces of a Lego brick\u201d as needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite efforts to improve their sustainability, data centers continue to rely on energy generated by fossil fuels, raising questions about the net environmental impact. Roughly 56% of the energy consumed by data centers worldwide comes from coal and natural gas, according to the International Energy Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s posing a challenge to corporate climate targets. Gensler, for example, has committed to zero carbon by 2030, and Taylor didn\u2019t pretend the AI boom is making that easier. \u201cThat\u2019s looking extremely challenging,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Developers #rethinking #data #center #design #backlash #Asia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand\u2019s suspension of dozen&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[382,857,965,541,906,1255,4777,2125,7193],"class_list":["post-4242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-asia","tag-backlash","tag-center","tag-data","tag-data-centers","tag-design","tag-developers","tag-fortune-leaders-forum","tag-rethinking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Developers are rethinking data center design as the AI backlash makes its way to Asia - 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