Tokyo As the demand for power rises due to the rapid growth of data centres, Japan is facing challenges in achieving its decarbonisation goals. The problem is present for South Korea and Southeast Asia, where the market for data centres is expanding, as well as for Japan, which is attempting to update its fundamental energy policy by March 2025.
Online cloud service To handle and store the massive volumes of data that power people’s high-tech lifestyles, businesses are racing to construct data centres. The advancement of artificial intelligence also requires infrastructure. As a result, a lot of electricity is needed for processing data and cooling hardware. The International Energy Agency predicted in January that the world’s data centre power consumption could more than double between 2022 and 2026.
In the upcoming years, international technology companies such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle are anticipated to invest billions of dollars in Japan. Large data centres are mostly found in Tokyo and Osaka, but they are also being constructed in other places, including Hokkaido, an island in northern Japan.
An employee checks servers at Samsung Networks’ Telco Data Center. Global power demand from data centers may more than double by 2026, the International Energy Agency says.o Read:
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