Adaptation through Water 2025

Water supply source, major SEA countries (billion m3/year, 2021)Water withdrawal by sector, major SEA countries (billion m3/year, 2021) Indonesia Philippines Viet Nam Thailand Indonesia Philippines Viet Nam Thailand188 (84%) 84 (94%)51 10 80 (98%)47 (83%)190 (85%) 68 (76%)78 (95%) 52 (90%)35 Surface waterGroundwaterMunicipalAgriculturalIndustrial39 1291 3324Water supply by source and water withdrawal by sector, major Southeast Asian countries, 2021 FIGURE 7 Source: Global Water Intelligence (GWI).13 However, water scarcity does not simply affect agriculture and other existing industries; it can stifle the expansion of Southeast Asia’s tech sector too. Data centres, which power activities such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and online banking, promise economic growth – but their voracious energy and water needs raise concerns in fast-growing Southeast Asian markets around the pressures they add to an already stressed water and energy supply (see Box 2). Adaptation through Water: Mobilizing the Private Sector for Climate Adaptation in Southeast Asia 13