A data center caught fire in Singapore early this morning involving a server rack. According to reports, the blaze was put out with a dry powder fire extinguisher. The data center, SG.GS, which is the cloud data centre provider partner of Singapore Internet Exchange, reportedly said it was caused by an “explosion”. It added that further updates will be released once their engineers have more information.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to the blaze that took place at 750C Chai Chee Road at around 6am. One person was sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
At the time of writing, investigations are still ongoing over the cause of the fire.
In September 2024, Digital Realty’s SIN11 data center in Singapore caught fire which was linked to lithium-ion batteries. Firefighting efforts lasted 36 hours with no casualties reported.