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Indonesians furious as Batam data centres drain taps: ‘we cannot cook without water’
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 8 Nov 2026, 03:51 UTC. The headline in use is “Indonesians furious as Batam data centres drain taps: ‘we cannot cook without water’”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Cooking and bathing became difficult when taps ran dry in Batam, an Indonesian island where residents are protesting against data centres springing up to power the global artificial intelligence boom. The area had suffered a “long drought” caused by low rainfall, the local water utility operator said, as a strong…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Indonesians furious as Batam data centres drain taps: ‘we cannot cook without water’
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