Water Resilience in Indo-Pacific Data Development

This work explores the Indo-Pacific region as a global epicentre for the second major wave of data centre expansion. Questions are asked on the impacts from and mitigating considerations to this rapid digital industrialisation colliding directly with severe physical and climatic limits.

Explore ways policymakers can consider how to strategically invest water and energy resources to maximise economic benefits without compromising ecological boundaries and equitable, reliable services for local populations. What approach for investing in the sustainability and resilience of these systems is needed to provide for surging industrial demands within a highly unpredictable climate, without creating trade-offs for the environment or communities?