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Energy

High costs, higher risks: Can the Philippines power its data centre hub ambitions?

The Philippines’ ambition to become a data centre hub is running up against high electricity prices and a coal-heavy grid.
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Manufacturing

Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn

EB Studio At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could deepen electricity and water pressures unless fabs overhaul how they source, use and conserve energy.
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Energy

Malaysian industries turn to AI and renewables to drive energy transition: survey

Over 70 per cent of organisations are investing more than 10 per cent of their capital expenditure in low-carbon initiatives as digitalisation and automation take centre stage.
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Waste

Why reuse – not recycling – should be Southeast Asia’s priority in the struggle against mounting e-waste

EB Studio Recycling e-waste can ease the demand for extracting new minerals, but pollution and unsafe recovery practices pose risks to Southeast Asia’s informal recyclers. The greener solution, says CH Toh of Arkiva, is to repair and reuse our devices.

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28 October 2025

Singapore's minister-in-charge, energy and science and technology, Tan See Leng, speaking at Singapore International Energy week 2025.

Energy

Singapore forges closer ties with the US on nuclear, plans 'low carbon' data centre

17 October 2025

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Energy

Malaysia could unlock more than US$700 million by shifting to real time clean power by 2030

10 October 2025

Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India,

Energy

Asia Pacific’s clean energy capacity set to nearly double over next five years

25 September 2025

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Energy

AI: Five charts that put data-centre energy use – and emissions – into context

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Energy

Analysis: India’s power-sector CO2 falls for only second time in half a century

10 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

China’s extreme weather AI tools can help countries adapt

3 September 2025

ACEN's SLTEC coal plant

Policy & Finance

Carbon trading rules in the Philippines are long overdue: experts

MTerra Solar Project

Policy & Finance

Clean energy mega-projects must benefit Filipino households: BDO Unibank on financing the world's largest solar facility

1 September 2025

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Manufacturing

In data: Demand drives up fast fashion emissions despite pledges

20 August 2025

Climate Finance Summit 2025

Policy & Finance

Malaysia vulnerable to land and resource exploitation in emerging joint ventures with Chinese and US conglomerates: anti-graft expert

12 August 2025

A Google hyperscaler data centre

Carbon & Climate

Malaysia's new AI data centres could release 10 million tonnes of climate pollution: study

1 August 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Bangladesh rebuilds brick sector but reforms bypass workers

30 July 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1%

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Carbon & Climate

The air conditioning dilemma: Cooling homes heats the planet

29 July 2025

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Food & Agriculture

UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity

28 July 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Can Malaysia’s AI data centres go green?

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