Data centres in Singapore are ramping up demand for renewable energy.
Such facilities that store and process vast volumes of digital data guzzle large amounts of electricity to operate servers and cooling systems.
Each centre can use up to 33 gigawatts of energy annually — enough to power 900,000 households.
Technology giants in the US like Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc are investing in nuclear energy to power their data centres and support a growing demand for artificial intelligence.
In Singapore, many operators are exploring hydrogen and solar power for their increasing needs and to cut carbon emissions.
Some are also looking at the option of nuclear reactors, but industry watchers said there is still some distance to go before realising the ambition.
For a start, they are pushing for an advisory framework that conducts feasibility studies and grows technical expertise in the field.
