Analysis: Data Centers Raise Concerns for Energy-Burdened Households in the Philippines
By Guinevere Latoza
In a low-income community in the Manila suburb of Fairview, a large rectangular structure is rising near a busy highway clogged with vehicles, commuters, and commerce. Few passersby realize that this building is one of four data centers that will be built in Fairview. Together, they will draw up to 124 megawatts (MW) of electricity that will be used to power tens of thousands of data servers. That’s enough energy to electrify all five of the country’s poorest provinces.
Photo courtesy of panumas nikhomkhai.
Source: Earth Journalism Network (link opens in a new window)
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