Equinix boosts its renewable energy portfolio with a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with Sembcorp Power. This strategic move secures 58.5 MWp of solar energy in Singapore, advancing the commitment to sustainability.
Equinix is investing USD $260 million to develop SG6, a sustainable data center in Singapore, designed for AI and compute-intensive tasks. Featuring renewable energy, liquid cooling, and rainwater harvesting, SG6 aligns with Singapore’s Green Plan 2030.
NTT Group is exploring a billion-dollar Real Estate Investment Trust in Singapore, potentially featuring $3 billion in data center assets. This initiative could raise $1 billion, marking it as Singapore’s largest IPO since 2017.
Singapore’s leading telecommunications company, Singtel, has launched their cutting-edge network automation platform called Liquid Infrastructure. The platform is designed to help enterprises configure their networks, bringing deployment control and agility to the next level. Singtel presents Liquid Infrastructure as the ideal solution to ease the digital transformation process for companies, and at the same time helping to manage their network resources, saving time and money. “With Liquid Infrastructure, Singtel revolutionises the way network services are delivered to enterprises. We have integrated software-based network services to this platform to provide a versatile, robust and scalable solution that delivers critical network services where and when they are needed. By having the control of connectivity in the hands of our customers, we facilitate their transformation to the digital era through a superior and more agile network deployment and management experience,” said the Vice President of Global Products at Singtel’s Group Enterprise,…
Singapore has long been known as the south-east Asian center for network expansion, due to its booming data center industry. The technology giant Google has revealed plans to expand their network in the region by building a 3rd data center in Jurong West, thereby increasing their long-term investment in Singapore’s data centers to $850 million. Google’s first data center was built in Singapore in 2011, followed by the second in 2015, while the 3rd building is expected to be ready by 2020. “In the three years since our last update, more than 70 million people in Southeast Asia have gotten online for the first time, bringing the region’s total to more than 330 million–that’s more than the population of the United States,” commented the vice president of Data Centers at Google, Joe Kava. The newest facility will be built nearby the previous two, and will continue Google’s environmentally friendly approach…
