According to both parties, a barge-based configuration offers structural advantages well-suited to Singapore’s operating environment. These include optimisation of scarce land resources through offshore or nearshore deployment, enhanced safety risk segregation between hydrogen handling infrastructure and core data centre operations, and greater flexibility in hydrogen transport and storage leveraging Singapore’s maritime ecosystem.
To advance the adoption of low-carbon energy by the data centre sector, Singapore-headquartered firms, Concord New Energy (CNE) and Bridge Data Centres (BDC), are collaborating to develop the republic’s first barge-based hydrogen power generation solution for AI-ready data centres.
Under an MoU signed by the Mainboard-listed CNE and BDC, both parties will jointly explore advanced power architectures which integrate renewable energy and hydrogen solutions with a focus on developing barge-based or floating hydrogen-fueled power generation systems available on a flexible and modular basis.
