Singapore cluster

Equinix · ST Telemedia · Digital Realty · Singapore, —, Singapore

Water — consumed, not returned

Where the water comes from

Municipal potable supply

Cooling

Evaporative — tropical humidity makes free cooling impossible

Basis

Modelled from cooling design — WUE 1.12 L/kWh

Air — what the stacks emit

Where it burns

Singapore — EMA

Generation mix

Gas 94 · Solar 2

CO₂e

2,680 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

Who wanted it

Who asked for it

Regional cloud, banking and platform customers across Southeast Asia

Who approved it

Singapore froze new data center capacity from 2019 to 2022, then reopened with a competitive allocation requiring PUE ≤ 1.3 and disclosed water efficiency

What it serves

Southeast Asian cloud regions, financial networks and subsea cable landings

IT capacity

1,000 MW running of 1,400 MW announced

The first government anywhere to cap data center growth outright. Singapore imports most of its water and generates 94% of its power from gas, so every megawatt here is both carbon- and water-expensive — hence the cap.

Where it is

1.3300°, 103.8500°

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Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors. Full method.