Alalahanin sa kapaligiran habang tumataas ang pangangailangan sa data center sa Pilipinas

Ang lumalaking pangangailangan sa AI ay nagdudulot ng paglago ng data center sa buong mundo, na may malaking epekto sa kapangyarihan at sustainability. Sa Pilipinas, ang gobyerno ay nagtutulak para sa higit pang data center upang maabot ang digital transformation, ngunit ang mainit na klima ng bansa ay nagdudulot ng hamon sa pag-cool at pagkonsumo ng enerhiya.

Ang mga data center, na mga pasilidad na nag-iimbak, nagpo-proseso, at nagte-transmit ng data, ay inaasahang lalago nang higit pa sa mga darating na taon dahil sa AI. Ayon sa ulat ng United Nations noong Hunyo, ang emissions ng apat na malalaking tech firm—Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, at Meta—ay tumaas ng 150% mula 2020 hanggang 2023 dahil sa paglago ng AI operations, na nangangailangan ng higit pang data center.

Ang International Energy Agency, sa ulat nitong Abril 2025, ay nagsabi na ang electricity demand mula sa data center sa buong mundo ay magiging higit doble sa 2030, na AI ang pangunahing dahilan. Sa Estados Unidos, ang mga bagong data center ay nakakaapekto na sa suplay ng tubig at nagpapataas ng gastos sa kuryente, na humantong sa protesta ng higit 300 environmental groups at pagre-reporma sa National Environmental Policy Act ng 1969 para sa mas mabilis na permitting, sa kapahamakan ng environmental reviews.

Sa Pilipinas, may 35 data center na ngayon, ayon sa datacentermap.com, at ang Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda ay nagplano para sa 1.5 gigawatts na output sa 2028, mula sa kasalukuyang 200 megawatts. Ang Singapore, na may 1.4 gigawatts, ay nahaharap sa katulad na hamon sa mainit na klima, tulad ng sinabi ni PS Lee ng Sustainable Tropical Data Center Testbed: “In thermal terms, Singapore is almost ‘permanent peak summer’ for a data center…. Cooling is both technically harder and structurally more energy-intensive here.”

Ang Pilipinas, na may average annual temperature na higit 27°C sa ilang lugar—higit sa optimal na 18-27°C—ay kabilang sa 21 bansa na may ganitong isyu, ayon sa Rest of World report noong Nobyembre 2025. Upang maging sustainable, kinakailangan ng mga polisiya tulad ng UN sustainability guidelines at EU Energy Efficiency Directive, na nag-oobliga sa reporting ng power use. Ang ESG-compliant designs at renewable energy integration ay mahalaga para sa mga investment, habang pinapanatili ang epekto sa komunidad.

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