Singapore continues to play a key role in the global digital ecosystem as a gateway into South East Asia and the wider Asia Pacific region. Additionally,  digital demand is generated by its role as a major financial, commercial and logistics hub.

How will Singapore’s role change over the next few years? What will be the challenges? And the opportunities?

The digital economy heavily relies on data centers, cloud computing, and other digital infrastructure that require substantial amounts of energy. Businesses need to ensure their data centers can withstand the effects of climate change by improving energy efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy sources. Because if left unchecked, the growing carbon footprint will impact data center resiliency, amplifying the challenges faced by data center owners and operators today.

The demand for data centers continues to soar in Singapore and Southeast Asia and operators need to address the challenges of serving this growing market. In this keynote, we will explore two critical aspects: “Building hyperscale capacity to serve the demand in Singapore and SEA – PDG’s unique SG+ strategy” and “Designing and building the sustainable tropical data center.”, delving into strategies for building highly scalable, sustainable, optimised data center solutions especially suited to SEA.

While data centers initially emerged from the predominantly temperate markets of North America, Europe and Japan, the strongest growth is now to be found in the tropics – Singapore and South East Asia, India, Nigeria and East Africa, Brazil and Mexico. The tropical data center has commanded special attention over the past decade as it became clear that the principles of design and operation needed to be rethought with tropical conditions in mind. Key industry players in Singapore supported by the (then) IDA and global facility technology specialists set out to develop technologies and standards to improve efficiency without compromising resilience. SS 697:2023 represents the analysis of data from production servers monitored by the TDC research team and the recommendations derived from this in terms of the operation of the Tropical Data Centre.

So, based on what is now known about the operation and performance of the Tropical Data Centre, how have specific innovations in design and operation enabled this? how will these innovations evolve into the future? what has been learned about the operational costs and investment performance of the tropical data center, and what are the implications for SLAs?

In an era driven by technology, data centers are pillars of power consumption, contributing significantly to the global carbon footprint. It is critical for us and our stakeholders in the data center space to step up and play a more significant role in making an impact in this power-hungry industry. Join Schneider Electric as we share strategies to optimise and decarbonise your data centers, going towards path of a greener and more sustainable future. Let’s embark on this transformative journey together, reshaping the landscape of data centers and paving the way for a brighter tomorrow.

The growth of datacenters investment has increased significantly in the recent years and cloud services has become a vital requirement for many enterprises. This has pushed the boundaries of datacenter’s requirement in value engineering optimized and future-proof solutions. Panduit has the answers to it with our high density network solutions which can optimize space consumption and deployment time in a simplified operation.

With the rise of AI, data is the new oil. AI thrives on data – it is the lifeblood that empowers AI systems to make intelligent decisions.

Investment opportunities in AI could come in the form of “pick-and-shovels” companies. Among these, Data Centres are pivotal players in supporting the expansive demands of AI.

The SIJORI Growth Triangle, also known as the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle, is an economic cooperation initiative between three neighboring countries in Southeast Asia: Singapore, Johor (Malaysia), and Riau Islands (Indonesia). The name “SIJORI” is derived from the initial letters of these three regions. MDEC will provide us with an update on the state of digital infrastrcuture investment since the establishment in 1989.

What is the current view of datacenters among the investment community? What are the factors influencing sentiment? Which locations are attracting interest? What role do areas nearby to Singapore such as Batam, Bintan, and Johor play in meeting infrastructure demand? What is the future view of the sector?

The data centre industry is the bedrock of the digital economy and advances have been made in strides to ensure operational efficiency and optimal performance. Join this session and unpack how Onions’ Data Centre OpsWare is driving digital transformation for the data centre business.

As the APAC data centre market sees explosive growth, the race is on to deploy IT infrastructure quickly, yet efficiently. Aside from the pressure to scale fast, operators are now expected – sometimes even mandated – to adopt sustainable practices to reduce their impact on the environment. How can hyperscalers pave the way for sustainable practices in the region? Learn from our expert on sustainable data centre design and how to scale infrastructure more responsibly.

High-performance computing (HPC) applications have become synonymous with artificial intelligence use cases in general. The exponential growth of data generated by such workloads necessitates robust and scalable data centres that are equipped to not only handle massive data volumes, but also support high-speed processing and storage capabilities. In this presentation, we explore how forward-thinking technologies and strategies can pave the way for high-performance yet sustainable data centres, ensuring optimal efficiency and supporting the evolving needs of next-gen workloads.

India is witnessing an exponential growth of data center infrastructure. Driven by a growing internet economy, enterprise digital transformation, increasing adoption of cloud and emerging technologies such as AI, ML, IoT among others, coupled with government reforms and consumer-led demand, India is seeing proliferating investments in this space. With the country’s data center market expected to be worth $10.09 billion by 2027, India is poised to lead APAC’s data center growth.

The trend of investment in this space is only expected to grow as global and domestic data center service providers continue to remain bullish on this market. This presents a slew of opportunities for businesses – whether they are looking at marking their foray, or expanding their existing presence in India. Further, with world-class data center infrastructure, global connectivity, vast talent pool, ease-of-doing business, cost advantage and a promising consumer market, there’s no dearth of reasons why India is fast emerging as the preferred destination for enterprises.

In this keynote, Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, MD & CEO, Yotta Data Services will share all about India’s data center growth story, how Yotta is fuelling India’s data center growth engine and taking businesses’ digital transformation to the next level.

The city-state ended a three-year pause on new data center projects last year and called for applications to build new facilities but with higher green standards. In Southeast Asia, however, neighbors like Malaysia and Indonesia have benefited from Singapore calling a pause on new projects. Will Singapore lose competitiveness in the SEA data center market and what are the industry experts predicting Singapore’s future?

Over the next few years as digital demand increases, AI and 5G kicks in, the need to access data on the basis of low latency increases also. The world will continue to show strong growth in data center and network investment. Govenment regulatory bodies and industry standards will play an increasing role in influencing this fast evolving digital economy. The industry experts will share thier predictions that will shape the future of digital infrastructure.

Data centers store vast amounts of critical data, making them prime targets for cyberattacks when adequate risk mitigation strategies are not implemented. Let’s delve into the present security landscape of data centers and examine the emerging trends aimed at minimizing the risk of such attacks. What is the state of cybersecurity in data centers today? What are the latest trends in cybersecurity in data centers? What steps are needed to reduce the risk of attacks?

中国作为全球第二大的经济体，正以举国之力开创新的发展机遇。 在这种创新驱动力中，可有效计算的数据是核心生产要素，据官方统计，2022年中国数字经济规模超过了50万亿，占GDP的41%。并预见到2025年，超过40%的全球经济将由数字经济所驱动。 数据中心是数字经济的基础，是数据有效计算的平台，在这其中，有很多挑战：如何在发展中实现碳中和、如何优化从能源、能效到计算效率、全面布局中国数字基础设施和算力网络等，是中国数据中心行业可持续发展的关键与重任。 感谢此次大会的组织，使我们在东南亚地区交流数据中心的观点与经验，希望借此机会，展开更为深入的讨论与合作，为数字基础设施推动亚洲经济的发展、文明的提升贡献力量。

What are the key energy efficiency strategies and technologies being utilized by Chinese hyperscalers? What will China’s influence on the Southeast Asia DC market look like in the coming years regarding DC technology innovations? How do they view the Tropical DC Standard, and will this affect their strategies or technology deployment? How do DC operators accomodate to the multiple pressures from government initiatives, competition, customer demand, and more?

The evolution of the digital world where datacenter and cloud play a central role has meant the weight of demand has shifted east and south, from the established markets of Europe, North America and North Asia to younger markets in Latin America, Asia and Africa. With this change comes the revaluation of key opportunity and risk factors in decision making and a range of changing social, economic and geo-political impact factors. How will this shape the future for markets and cities reliant on inward investment?

Many companies may look to be associated with sustainability but not want or know how to act on this. It is not surprising that we see an acceleration in the number of debates, discussions, articles and papers today revolving around sustainability. Let’s not forget the elephant in the room: is the industry progressing in sustainability as fast as it clearly intends to, if not, what more can be done to assist the industry to translate good intentions into positive actions? What will be the role of legislators, industry leaders, technology, public opinion in that process?