Residents extend a supply hose to fill a barrel with clean water from a tanker truck in Kavling Bakau Serip, amid local water shortages linked to the intensive water requirements of the growing artificial intelligence (AI) data center developments at Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Riau Islands, on November 3, 2026. Cooking and bathing became difficult when taps ran dry in Batam, an Indonesian island where data centres are springing up to power the global AI boom despite residents' protests. (Photo by ANDARU / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore-Economy-Technology-AI-environment. FOCUS