Singapore is setting aside land on Jurong Island for a new data center complex.
About 300 hectares (741.3 acres) on the island’s western side, or about 10 percent of the island’s total area, will be designated for renewable energy projects and low-carbon fuel production, including 20 hectares (49.4 acres) for a new data center park, Reuters reported. Jurong Island serves as the manufacturing and energy hub, with two of the country’s three refineries operated by ExxonMobil, Chevron and PetroChina on the island.
The 700-megawatt data center park will be the centerpiece of the expansion. It will be the city-state’s “largest low-carbon data center park,” Tan See Leng, minister-in-charge of science, energy and technology, said at a Singapore International Energy Week conference yesterday, per Data Center Dynamics.
The 700-megawatt development will add to Singapore’s burgeoning data center market as artificial intelligence takes off in Asia and beyond. As of January, the country had about 1 gigawatt in live capacity and another 500 megawatts’ worth of projects under construction and moving forward toward completion.
With the new 700-megawatt facility on Jurong Island, Singapore’s total supply will increase by about 50 percent. It’s a mark of astronomical growth as the country only started lifting its moratorium on data center developments in 2023.
The announcement of the new data center park came as the government shared its “Green Data Center Roadmap,” in which the Singaporean government plans to use funding and tax incentives to incentivize developers to become more energy efficient and to transition to renewable energy.
Operators using the new 700-megawatt facility will purportedly be able to take advantage of a series of newly announced energy projects, including an expanded battery storage facility, solar power sources, sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen-ready power plants and low-or-zero carbon ammonia power generation.
Jurong Island will continue its diversification and attract more opportunities for growth in the specialty chemicals and sustainable products space. “There has been increasing interest from specialty chemicals players to grow their presence in Singapore, driven by growth in regional demand for higher-quality products,” Tan said.
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