People walk near the DayOne data center on July 20 at Nongsa Digital Park (NDP) in Batam city, Riau Islands. Batam has attracted at least 16 new data centers in various stages, despite limited utility infrastructure of clean water and electricity.`

Batam residents protest data center expansion as water shortages worsen

Data centers can require substantial amounts of water, particularly for cooling servers. Large-scale facilities can consume as much as 5 million gallons a day, equivalent to the daily water needs of a city of 10,000 to 50,000 people.

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Pregnancies of two Sumatran rhinos raise hope for conservation efforts

The species is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, with fewer than 80 believed to remain in the wild.

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Assault on UI student body member renews intimidation concerns

BEM UI socio-political division coordinator Hafidz Haernanda, who held a prominent role in at least two student protests since June, was attacked and received death threats from unidentified assailants while riding a motorcycle in Tebet, South Jakarta.

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Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center) talks with student protesters after receiving them in a meeting on June 15 at the Vice Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta.

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Court ruling on Gibran’s diploma puts impeachment question in spotlight

The Constitutional Court’s ruling that found Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka did not complete senior high school has raised questions over his eligibility for future elections and whether other state institutions could move to impeach him.

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President Prabowo Subianto delivers a briefing to high-ranking Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police officers on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta.

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Prabowo tightens grip on security forces

President Prabowo Subianto is moving to further consolidate his authority over the military and police, gathering hundreds of senior officers at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday amid a recent police leadership change and speculation over a possible new military chief.

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Members of the all-women The Power of Mama (TPoM) volunteer firefighting team and soldiers work on Sept. 27 in a peatland fire area near Tanjungpura village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighboring Malaysia and Singapore.

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Filling the void: Mothers, volunteers step up to fight wildfire

Local volunteers are eager to help put out forest fires across the country, but some have received little to no support or resources necessary to perform their duty.

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Personnel from the East Java Regional Police’s Gegana bomb squad inspect the site of an explosion on Oct. 6 at a shopping street in Pakuwon City, Surabaya, East Java. The blast injured five people, and police said an initial investigation indicated that it was caused by an LPG leak at a restaurant.

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Five injured in suspected LPG explosion at Surabaya restaurant

According to preliminary accounts from restaurant employees, cooking had just begun when the explosion occurred. The leaking gas is believed to have accumulated in several rooms before igniting.

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