Data Center Boom To Boost Asia's LNG Demand

The rise of AI technology is fueling a global data center boom, which will need reliable 24/7 power generation. Asia is no exception to the recent surge in AI, cloud computing, and digitalization, and it will also require additional electricity to power up its data centers.   Natural gas, and in Asia's case LNG, could be the big winner in this technology boom as gas-fired power dominates the electricity mix in many of the developed Asian economies, with emerging data center markets preferring gas over coal to power AI due to emissions reduction…