China Green Bulletin: Beijing Plans to Bolster Green Construction

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In Depth
Data centers have become a hot investment in China and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region, with investors pouring billions of dollars into the industry. But the facilities’ voracious appetite for electricity poses a major hurdle for developers, which are facing both soaring energy prices just as governments are trying to wean their countries off fossil fuels. Read more here for how electricity-hungry data centers are hamstrung in Asia by a shift in favor to more expensive renewable energy sources.
Caixin Insight, the research arm of Caixin Global, is a strategic advisory helping clients assess policy risk and macroeconomics in China.
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