Singapore: 76 data centres, 32 operators, 1,242 MW live

• 10 Sept 2026Legislation

  Singapore tables Digital Infrastructure Bill with data centre licensing requirements

  Singapore's Parliament received the Digital Infrastructure Bill for First Reading on 10 September 2026. The proposed legislation establishes two licensing regimes administered by IMDA: one covering major co-location and cloud data centres with critical IT load of at least 10 MW and major cloud service providers generating at least S$100 million (US$79 million) in annual revenue from Singapore users, requiring operational resilience measures; and a second requiring all data centre operators with critical IT load of at least 3 MW to meet facility-level energy-efficiency requirements including Power Usage Effectiveness standards. The Bill covers technical failures, power and cooling issues, fires and other incidents, and will enforce strategic and environmental commitments made during capacity allocation.

• 27 Aug 2026Standard published

  Singapore launches liquid cooling standard for tropical data centers

  Singapore released the Singapore Standard (SS) 726:2026, believed to be the world's first national standard for liquid cooling systems in tropical data centres. The standard was jointly developed by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Enterprise Singapore through the Singapore Standards Council in consultation with industry, and provides technical guidelines for data-centre operators to design, deploy and operate liquid cooling systems safely while managing tropical risks such as high temperatures, humidity and equipment corrosion. Liquid cooling can reduce energy consumption by more than 30 per cent and complements Singapore's Green Data Centre Roadmap for sustainable growth of data centres.

• 21 Aug 2026Announced

  Singapore awards 800 MW to four data centre operators under DC-CFA2

  Singapore's Economic Development Board and Infocomm Media Development Authority announced that Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres have won allocations of 200 MW each under the second Data Centre Call for Application (DC-CFA2) exercise. The four winners were selected from 20 proposals through a competitive process and will develop facilities on Jurong Island at a 'Sustainable Data Centre Park'. All operators committed to exceed sustainability requirements, powering at least 50% of capacity from green energy sources and adopting advanced technologies including liquid cooling. The authorities indicated they will consider a third Call for Application in 18–24 months.

• 19 Aug 2026Announced

  VivoPower to spin off non-Nordic AI data center assets into Singapore platform

  VivoPower announced a plan to spin off its non-Nordic AI data center assets into a new Singapore-based platform.

• 18 Aug 2026Financing20 MW

  DayOne secures US$415m green loan for hydrogen-powered Singapore data centre

  Singapore-based data-centre operator DayOne has secured a SGD 530 million (US$415 million) green loan from banks DBS, OCBC and UOB to finance its first data centre in Singapore. The 20 MW facility, SG1, located in western Singapore, will integrate Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) hydrogen power generation technology alongside vertical building-integrated photovoltaics and hybrid cooling. The facility broke ground in July 2025 and is expected to be operational by Q1 2027; it has already achieved BCA Green Mark Platinum (Provisional) certification in December 2025.

• 18 Aug 2026PPA12 MW

  Equinix signs 11.5 MW virtual power purchase agreement with Flo Energy in Singapore

  Equinix has signed an 11.5 MW virtual power purchase agreement with Flo Energy in Singapore.

• 18 Aug 2026Announced

  DayOne partners with Cortical Labs and NUS Medicine on Singapore's first biological data center

  DayOne has partnered with Cortical Labs and NUS Medicine for the deployment of Singapore's first biological data center prototype.

• 13 Aug 2026Earnings

  NTT DC REIT reports Q1 results with 10.6% beat on distributable income

  NTT DC REIT, a pure-play data centre REIT, reported Q1 FY26/27 distributable income of US$22.6 million, exceeding its IPO forecast of US$20.5 million by 10.6%, driven by lower property taxes and operating costs despite gross revenue of US$58 million falling 1.1% short of forecast. The REIT's six-asset portfolio across the US, Singapore and EMEA regions achieved 95.9% occupancy by IT load, up from 95.1% in the prior quarter, with committed contracts bringing total occupancy to 99.2%. Net property income reached US$27.9 million, 5% above the US$26.6 million forecast, with a weighted average lease expiry of 4.3 years and rental reversion of 13.4%.

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