Malaysia’s resource anxiety tests Asia’s fastest data center build-out

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Protests have erupted in Johor, Malaysia, over a rapidly expanding data center complex, marking the first instance of such dissent related to data infrastructure in the country. This highlights growing concerns about resource allocation amid Asia's fastest data center build-out surge.

Protests over a data center complex in Johor state's southern tip — the epicenter of the boom — were the first of their kind in the country.