Singapore hosts more than 1.4 gigawatts of installed data centre capacity, and demand is expected to climb as artificial intelligence (AI) workloads expand. Given the city-state’s natural resource constraints, it is crucial to ensure the growth of data centres is sustainable.
The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) will table legislation in Parliament later this year to mandate stricter energy-efficiency and cybersecurity standards for data centres and major cloud service providers (CSPs), says Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How.
The proposed Digital Infrastructure Act (DIA) will require all data centres operating locally, including existing facilities and future developments, to meet specified power usage effectiveness (PUE) standards.
