make datatables faster to load

I have this code:

<p>
<?php echo Html::anchor('admin/reports/download/customerprofile/csv', 'Download CSV'); ?> 
</p>
<?php if ($columns && $rows): ?>
<table class="table table-striped" id="list-table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
    <?php foreach($columns as $key => $label): ?>
      <th><?php echo $label; ?></th>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>

  <?php foreach($rows as $row): ?>
    <tr>
    <?php foreach ($columns as $key => $label): ?>
      <td><?php echo $row[$key]; ?></td>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
    </tr>
  <?php endforeach; ?>  
  </tbody>
</table>

<?php else: ?>
<p>No Customers.</p>

<?php endif; ?>

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As you can see I am using fuel, however the data is about 874 pages (im using datatables) and it takes forever to load. I found there is a way to load each page on its own with server-processing, but i'm not sure how to to the server-processing script since the query is from many tables, and the columns arent exactly shown, any ideas on how I can make the loading faster?