Singapore to be 'more selective’ of data centre investments: Gan Kim Yong

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SINGAPORE: Singapore continues to welcome data centre investments but it intends to be \u0022more selective” of such projects moving forward, said Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Tuesday (Jan 11). “In particular, we seek to anchor data centres that are best in class in terms of resource efficien

Data centres form the backbone of a booming digital economy around the world, but they are also huge energy hogs. Everything from the servers, storage equipment and cooling infrastructures have a large appetite for electricity and water.It embarked on a review of the industry in 2019 and imposed a “Mr Gan said the review was necessary due to data centres being intensive users of resources.

“We had to find a way to manage the growth of data centres in a sustainable manner consistent with our climate change commitments,” he said. He noted that this review was recently completed and authorities will engage the industry soon to share details and gather feedback.

 

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