Malaysia plans separate wholesale power market for large consumers

First reported by Time at · Updated · 2 sources

Data center operators would be among the large electricity consumers served by the planned market, according to Bloomberg, citing the New Straits Times. The report describes Malaysia's intention to establish a separate wholesale electricity market covering major power users, rather than one exclusively for data centers.

Covered by 2 publishers within 32 hours of the first report.

Reporting2

Time Are Data Centers to Blame for Rising Electricity Prices? · John Farrell
Bloomberg Malaysia to Start Electricity Market for Data Center Operators · Benjamin Liu

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