Singapore unis launch a "cool" testbed for data centers in the tropics
Singapore unis launch a “cool” testbed for data centers in the tropics By Both NUS and NTU will collaborate to build a data center testbed by October 2021, under a new S$23 million research program. The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) will promote the co-creation and demonstration of advanced cooling technologies. Of all the data centers in Southeast Asia, Singapore supplies about 60% of on-premise storage – consuming nearly 7% of the country’s total energy needs. That figure is projected to reach 12% by 2030, raising alarms about the need to reduce unsustainable pow...