By Adrian Koh, Head of Secure Power Division Malaysia & Brunei

A universal conversation is taking place in businesses across all industries about how to combat an unprecedented talent shortage. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated record-breaking numbers of individuals quitting their jobs, which is being referred to as The Great Resignation or, less commonly, The Great Re-Evaluation. This mass departure, paired with the anticipated influx in retirement numbers, is continuing to shrink today’s already strained talent pool, putting increased pressure on today’s data centres and leaving enterprises of all sizes scrambling to recruit, upskill, and retain the best employees.  

Malaysia has a growing data centre market with a developing presence in Southeast Asia. According to the ASEAN Investment Report 2020 - 2021, there are approximately 44 data centres, 27% of which are foreign-owned in Malaysia. The local data centre market is expected to grow to more than US$800 million (RM3.37 billion) by 2025. 

by Christopher Quirk, SVP of Professional, Consulting and Managed Services

Today is International E-Waste Day. This year’s theme – “recycle it all, no matter how small” – reminds us that discarded, unused electronics, or e-waste, present one of the fastest-growing global environmental challenges of our time.  

It is estimated that more than 57 million tons of electronics will be discarded this year. This is equivalent in weight to 82,000 school buses or 4,700 Eiffel Towers – enough to cover the size of Manhattan – and that’s just e-waste production in a single year. Only 17.4 percent of that volume is recycled as e-waste each year.