Sustainability imperatives for data centres in Pakistan and the Gulf The digital economy is expanding at a historic pace. From AI-enabled financial services and e-commerce platforms to smart cities and e-government systems, data has become the new strategic asset. At the heart of this transformation lies a rapidly growing network of data centres — facilities that power cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing (HPC). Yet this digital acceleration carries an environmental cost. According to the International Energy Agency, data centres account for roughly 1% of global electricity consumption — a share expected to rise as AI workloads intensify. For…
