The SG6 CIF will have an initial investment of US$4 million ($5.38 million) from Equinix. It will innovate and trial the integration of clean and renewable energy sources and alternative power generation, with the aim of assessing their ability to operate at scale.
Global data centre company Equinix is launching a research and testing hub for sustainable technologies in its sixth data centre, named SG6, in collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s Centre for Energy Research & Technology (CERT).
The hub, called a co-innovation facility (CIF), is only the second in the world to be set up, following the first fully operational CIF in Washington DC launched in 2022.
