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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Technology

Malaysia's resource anxiety tests Asia's fastest data centre build-out

After leapfrogging Singapore to become the region's fastest-growing data centre hub, Malaysia is facing intensifying scrutiny as the resources debate that has complicated the industry's growth spreads to emerging Asia.

Protests over a data centre complex in Johor state's southern tip - the epicentre of the boom - were the first of their kind in the country. In Selangor, the richest and most populous state, debate about the burden on communities has become politicised.

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