Singapore’s long-awaited floating data centre project, a first on the island nation, will finally see the light of day when construction which began in Q1 2026 is expected to complete in 2028, according to Keppel Ltd’s Q1 2026 earnings update. The 25 MW project which was funded by Keppel Data Centre Fund II, had already secured a hyperscale customer.
w.media published a magazine article in April 2025 on floating data centers which cited the Keppel floating data center project as an ‘experimental’ project featuring a modular design and aiming to harness seawater for cooling. At the time, it was believed that its proposed seawater district cooling system would be 10 times larger than the largest built in the world. The data center was also envisioned to optimize energy usage by integrating LNG and possibly hydrogen infrastructure for onsite power generation.
The idea for a floating data center in Singapore was first floated around 2019. In 2023, the project received regulatory approval.
According to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) published in June 2025 by Keppel, the proposed floating data center would be four storeys high, occupying 9,870 sqm (106,240 sq ft) of land and 7,580 sqm (81,590 sq ft) of sea space in Loyang.
The facility will operate a closed-loop seawater cooling system, utilise low-GWP refrigerants, and include bunded underground diesel storage to ensure environmental safeguards are met.
The shoreside infrastructure would comprise substations, offices, diesel storage tanks, pipe racks, photovoltaic panels, walkways, and administrative facilities.
The site will focus on green energy including potential solar farming at sea.