KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra) will focus on the energy and water supply framework, supply provision and the framework for the data centre industry, said Deputy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.
He said Petra has given its views on sustainability, which is one of the main aspects of the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR) launched last year.
“NETR has opened the eyes of foreign investors to come to our country, and the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) is responsible for determining the policy for us to attract investments into the country, while Petra has organised the Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS),” he said when met at the “Forward Faster Now | Asia and Oceania” event today.
The event was organised by the United Nations Global Compact, in collaboration with 15 Global Compact Country Networks throughout Asia and Oceania.
Akmal Nasrullah said data centre industry investors must meet the demands of the sustainable development goals (SGDs) and that Petra has increased efforts to accelerate the renewable energy use in the country.
“We will contact the private sector over the CRESS process later,” he said.
It was earlier reported that CRESS will begin this September to increase corporate companies’ access to green electricity supply.
CRESS offers open-grid access, where a third party can supply (sell) or obtain (buy) electricity via the grid with a set system access charge.
Miti is expected to announce energy and water efficiency standards for data centres operating in Malaysia next month.
Meanwhile, according to the Asia and Pacific SDG progress report 2024, achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific will take an “extraordinary collective effort”.
To respond to the urgency to take action, unprecedented levels of coordination and cooperation and a renewed focus on credibility and accountability is the need of the hour, it said.
The private sector in the Asia and Oceania region has the decisive, action-oriented outlook to bridge the gap between commitment and action, it added.
— Bernama
