A man fills a water storage tank from a clean water tanker truck in Kavling Bakau Serip, as local residents in nearby areas face clean water supply disruptions exacerbated by high water consumption demands from the expanding artificial intelligence (AI) data center hub 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