Singapore is actively addressing the surge in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption by ensuring energy-efficient data centers and secure handling of government data for model training.
The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) states that the government aims to grow the data center market sustainably in alignment with international climate commitments. Strategies include improving data center energy efficiency, promoting liquid cooling for AI workloads, and providing grants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Singapore is developing sustainability standards allowing higher operating temperatures in data centers, potentially saving 2-5% energy for every degree Celsius increase.
The country recently launched the world’s first data center testbed for tropical environments. MCI emphasizes the importance of investing in green computing methods beyond infrastructure, such as coding optimization and standards for low-data, low-energy AI models.
To protect sensitive information used in AI models, Singapore adopts a risk-managed approach, ensuring highly sensitive applications and data are not accessible online.
The government is implementing technical and governance measures and reassessing their effectiveness as technologies evolve. Additionally, Singapore initiated the National Multimodal LLM Programme to develop a language model tailored for Southeast Asian demographics.
