FTSE China A50 index futures opened 0.1% higher.

AEMO’s biennial Integrated System Plan says data-centre electricity demand will surge over the next 25 years, almost doubling consumption on Australia’s main grid by 2050. Data centres could make up nearly 10% of National Electricity Market (NEM) underlying demand by 2050, about four times today’s share. AEMO identifies a renewables-led, network-connected system—backed by storage and gas—as the lowest-cost pathway. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the government intends to deploy domestic solar and wind to deliver cheaper, cleaner power and shield the grid from global market volatility.

Iran's oil minister Paknejad held talks with his Indian counterpart on energy cooperation and the Chabahar port on the sidelines of a BRICS energy conference, the oil ministry website Shana reported.