Northern Metropolis data hub to start phased operations in mid-2027: CLP Power

A planned supercomputing hub at the Northern Metropolis megadevelopment in Hong Kong’s border area will start phased operations earlier than expected in mid-2027, according to electricity supplier CLP Power. The power supplier said it had sufficient capacity to support energy demand not only for the Sandy Ridge data facility cluster, but for the equivalent of three to four supercomputing centres of a similar scale over the next decade. CLP added it planned to procure more zero-carbon energy from...