Microsoft “aggressively” looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom
The tech giant will also “take a very close look” at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres
[SINGAPORE] Microsoft is looking into cross-border clean energy projects in South-east Asia to fuel its data centre growth in the region sustainably, the company’s vice president of energy Bobby Hollis told The Business Times.
“We’re looking at all of (the projects) as aggressively as we can,” said Hollis, when asked if the company plans to offtake power from any of the region’s cross-border energy projects, including those importing clean power into Singapore.
These projects are part of the Asean Power Grid (APG) – the bloc’s effort to link up its 10 members’ power systems by 2045.
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