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Singapore Gov't Launches Data Center Efficiency Standard

The Singaporean government has launched a new standard to support data center operators. The standard - SS 715:2025: Energy Efficiency of Data Centre IT Equipment - aims to save energy consumption of IT equipment in data centers by at least 30 percent.The standard will also aid data center use...

August 29, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Vena Launches AI-ready Data Center Subsidiary

Singaporean infrastructure developer Vena Global has launched a new subsidiary focused on the development of AI-ready data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region, with plans to create a digital infrastructure developer that is highly integrated with low-carbon energy development....

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo

Global private markets firm Partners Group is set to acquire Singapore-based Digital Halo- a data center operator with facilities located across Southeast and North Asia. The company is currently owned by Arch Capital, which will remain a minority shareholder in the business.Following the term...

May 20, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Keppel looks to buy facilities in Singapore

Keppel DC REIT this week announced the proposed acquisition of two hyperscale data centers at the Keppel Data Centre Campus in Singapore from a joint venture owned by its parent company. Keppel will continue to operate and manage the two facilities post-acquisition.The deal would be for S$1.0...

November 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud services

A data center fire incident in Singapore has caused issues to Alibaba's cloud services. The company said it occurred in Availability Zone C of its Singapore region."At 10:20 on September 10, 2024 Beijing time, Alibaba Cloud monitoring detected network access anomalies in availability zone C of...

September 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

PDG acquires new data center in Singapore

Princeton Digital Group this week announced the acquisition of Yahoo’s Singapore data center, SG3 which offers 5MW across 5,400 sqm (58,125 sq ft). Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Yahoo will continue to host its infrastructure at the facility. Rangu Salgame, chairman, CEO and co-fo...

August 14, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Quantinuum signs MoU in Singapore for city-state’s quantum sector

Quantinuum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with several Singaporean institutions to provide the city-state with access to it's H-Series and Helios quantum computers and collaborate on quantum computing use cases. Other signatories of the MoU include Singapore’s National Quantum Offic...

July 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

Alibaba has revealed that it is now slashing its prices by as much as 59 percent for customers "from the US to Singapore." This comes shortly after the company's March 2024 announcement that it would be cutting cloud costs for its Chinese customers by up to 55 percent with the hope of winnin...

April 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

Singaporean real-estate firm Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Limited (APS) this week announced plans to acquire a 100 percent stake in Taiwanese sustainable data solutions provider, Mobii Genius Co., Ltd., for US$150 million. “Creating green data processing and storage facilities is of par...

April 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Cyxtera and Evoque to rebrand under new Centersquare moniker

US data center firms Cyxtera and Evoque are rebranding under the new Centersquare moniker. Cyxtera was acquired by Brookfield last year and is being combined with the investment firm’s other data center company, Evoque.Mullee said: “The birth of Centersquare is more than a name change. It’s a...

April 02, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cyxtera Technologies

Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

Telkom Indonesia has consolidated its Singapore data centers under one umbrella unit ahead of a potential sale. The company wrote on LinkedIn that this marks a “significant milestone in our journey toward becoming a regional powerhouse in the data center industry,” “The rationale behind this ...

March 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Empyrion DC secures S$133 million green loan

Empyrion DC, a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green loan worth S$133 million (US$98 million) to refinance its SG1 Dodid data center in Singapore, with proceeds used to “support existing operations” at the 12.5MW facility. This financing was provided by the UOB bank. Mark ...

February 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Singapore-based startup receives $12.5 million in funding for electricity transformers

Singapore-based startup Amperesand, which makes SSTs that could replace standard transformers in electricity distribution, has been given $12.5 million in funding to develop solid-state transformers (SSTs), which could make electricity grids more efficient and flexible. "We are thrilled to par...

February 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Singapore considers making data centers and clouds "critical infrastructure"

Singapore’s government is currently contemplating marking data centers and clouds as "critical infrastructure,” and extending oversight to cloud service providers and data center operators. A decision in this regard is expected to be made by January 15, 2024. Currently, the Cybersecurity Age...

December 22, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding

Singapore-based Seraya Partners has closed an $800 million fund dedicated to digital infrastructure and energy transition investments. Half of the fund has already been dedicated to three companies: data center operator Empyrion DC, offshore wind vessel operator Cyan Renewables, and solar, win...

December 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Court approves Cyxtera sale to Brookfield

The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey this week approved the sale of substantially all of the Cyxtera assets to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners for $775 million. Both companies expect this deal to be finalized by the first quarter of 2024. Nelson Fonseca, Cyxtera CEO said, ...

November 18, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cyxtera Technologies

6Estates launches Nvidia DGX BasePOD for AI offerings

Singaporean large language model provider 6Estates recently launched an Nvidia DGX BasePOD based on Nvidia GCX H100 systems to develop its AI offerings. The company will use this BasePOD for its "Model Solutions" offering, which provides users with personalized large language models. The clust...

October 11, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Cyxtera property sought after by Brookfield and Digital Realty

Reportedly, Brookfield and Digital Realty are interested in acquiring the struggling Cyxtera. According to Bloomberg, several parties, including Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Digital Realty Trust, are interested in purchasing the assets of the insolvent colocation company. The firms r...

August 16, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cyxtera Technologies

Cyxtera files plan of reorganization with bankruptcy court

Cyxtera has submitted a reorganization plan to the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Lenders with over two-thirds of the company's outstanding first-lien debt support the proposal.The proposal would get rid of more than $950 million in pre-filing debt for Cyxtera. In either a...

August 11, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cyxtera Technologies

Cyxtera refuses leases at two data centers in Silicon Valley owned by Prime

Cyxtera plans to decline leases for two data centers held by Prime DC in Santa Clara, California. In June, Cyxtera filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to continuing losses and upcoming debt maturities. The organization is seeking a buyer or new investor. According to DgtlInfra, Cyxtera intends...

August 01, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cyxtera Technologies

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