Evolution Data Centres (EDC), a data centre provider in the Asia Pacific region, has entered into a strategic partnership with Banpu NEXT, a subsidiary of Banpu, a smart energy solutions provider, to power its data centers in Thailand and Vietnam using sustainable energy sources.
According to a press release, both companies are committed to a future Net Zero society. The data center market is growing in both Thailand and Vietnam, especially in wake of the huge surge in the demand for computing power due to the growth of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). But data centers are power guzzlers. Therefore, maintaining balance between energy efficiency goals and business growth will be a tightrope walk for any data center provider.
Acknowledging this challenge, Darren Webb, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Evolution Data Centres, said, “Building and operating greener, more sustainable, infrastructure is core to Evolution and more importantly is quickly becoming a critical requirement from the customer segments we serve. We recognise that to significantly reduce our carbon footprint, operators need to secure access to sustainable power at scale.” He explained, “Banpu NEXT will provide EDC with high-capacity renewable power, that will allow us to provide our customers with reliable, sustainable energy at our data centres in both Thailand and Vietnam.”
“Thailand and Vietnam are two of our key operating countries, we are therefore pleased to support EDC with our tailor-made solar power systems and other smart energy solutions. They efficiently meet our customers’ needs at full capacity to ensure sufficient and sustainable processing power across their hyper-scale data centres, while helping them reduce energy costs and cutting CO2 emissions annually,” said Smittipon Srethapramote, Chief Executive Officer, Banpu NEXT Co., Ltd. He further said, “We are committed to fulfilling up to 100% of the capacity needs for each individual site. This could be as much as 30MW for the initial site in Thailand and up to 50MW for the first site in Vietnam.”
