Keppel’s latest data centre in Singapore, Keppel DC Singapore 8, has achieved the BCA Green Mark Platinum Award, the highest green accolade conferred by Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) for new data centre developments.
Built to Tier 3 equivalent, Keppel DC Singapore 8 is a six-storey data centre, which is the second of three planned complexes located within the Keppel Data Centre Campus at 82 Genting Lane.
The first complex, Keppel DC Singapore 7, was awarded the BCA-IMDA Green Mark (Platinum Award) in 2022.
The Keppel Data Centre Campus will have an overall Power Usage Effectiveness of about 1.3 and support the adoption of greener data centre solutions, as well as offer additional capacity to support the growth of Singapore’s digital economy.
According to a July 23 announcement, Keppel DC Singapore 8 features advanced equipment and designs that reduce water consumption, as well as improve the energy-efficiency of its data hall cooling and facility management systems to enable more sustainable operations.
Methods to reduce construction waste have also been adopted in the development of Keppel DC Singapore 8.
Keppel and Cuscaden Peak Investments, through their respective subsidiaries, have a 60:40 stake in a joint venture, Memphis 1, which holds the leasehold interest in the site where the campus is situated.
The development of the first two complexes is partially funded by capital from Keppel’s private fund Alpha Data Centre Fund, which is managed by Keppel Fund Management.
Keppel DC Singapore 8 has a net lettable area (NLA) of approximately 100,882 sq ft (9,372 sq m) and is fully leased to clients from across the cloud services, internet enterprise and telecommunications sectors.
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The strong demand from clients is testament to Keppel’s reputation and reliability as a leading provider of scalable data centre solutions, Keppel says in a press release.
The completion of Keppel DC Singapore 8 is taking place in phases, with the first phase of the complex expected to be ready for service in 3Q2024. Keppel’s Connectivity Division will serve as the operator and facility manager for Keppel DC Singapore 8.
With Singapore aiming to provide at least 300 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity in the near term, the ability to make data centre operations more energy-efficient and less carbon-intensive is imperative for Singapore’s sustainable growth as an international digital hub, Keppel adds.
