Extra tags: Data CentreDigital Transformation
Singapore, tied with Silicon Valley, is the world's second-largest data centre market, and it leads the Asia-Pacific rankings thanks to its healthy ecosystem, excellent connectivity, continuous demand, and local presence of all major cloud providers. Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company™, announced an investment of US$86 million to build its fifth International Business Exchange (IBX®) data centre in Singapore, SG5, to meet the growing demand for digital infrastructure needed to fuel Singapore's digital economy.
The facility is awarded the Singapore Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark Platinum certification for its leading-edge sustainable design and practices. This is in line with the Singapore government’s emphasis on energy efficiency in new data centre construction.
Yee May Leong, Managing Director, Equinix South Asia commented, "The expanded capacity of SG5 allows us to meet the rapidly increasing demand for digital infrastructure. Our digital infrastructure empowers public and private organisations with the capabilities necessary for innovation, participation, and success in the digital economy. This is crucial as enterprises in Singapore continue their drive towards digital transformation, solidifying Singapore’s status as Southeast Asia’s premier business and technology hub. The BCA Green Mark Platinum certification is a testament to our ability to build sustainable data centres, which is in line with the government’s National Green Plan 2030 and Smart Nation agenda.”
Inligo Networks has chosen Equinix to build a cable landing station in Singapore for its Asia Connect Cable System (ACC1) subsea cable. ACC1 will connect Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and the United States with low latency and large capacity. Equinix's Singapore data centre campus is connected to 14 major undersea cable networks, including ACC1, demonstrating the company's long-term commitment to Singapore's Digital Hub goals.
Simon Zettl, Chief Revenue Officer, Inligo Networks, “Equinix emerged as the partner of choice for us due to its entrenched global footprint, as well as its extensive ecosystems of major network and cloud service providers that facilitate the connectivity necessary to maximise outcomes in today’s digital world. With Singapore’s status as a gateway to Asia-Pacific, we look forward to working with Equinix to deliver optimal functionality and value for fast-digitalising organisations and economies throughout the region.”
Key Highlights
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The SG5 expansion adds more than 1,475 cabinets to meet the digital connectivity requirements of both current and new customers. This increases SG5’s capacity to more than 2,950 cabinets – with more than 83,000 square feet (more than 7,700 square meters) of colocation space. At full buildout, SG5 is expected to offer 5,000 cabinets, with a total colocation space of close to 129,000 square feet (approximately 12,000 square meters).
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SG5 IBX is a nine-story facility located at the Tanjong Kling data center park. It strengthens Equinix’s cross-island presence and location diversity, with all five of Equinix’s current IBX data centres strategically spread across the island.
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The BCA Green Mark is an internationally recognised green building benchmarking scheme, which aims to achieve a sustainable built environment by incorporating best practices in environmental design and construction, and the adoption of green building technologies. SG5’s Platinum certification represents the highest tier of the BCA Green Mark, reaffirming Equinix’s leadership in data centre sustainability. All of Equinix’s data centres in Singapore are certified by BCA to meet rigorous environmental and energy management standards.
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Equinix's data centres in Singapore achieved 100% renewable energy in 2020 and use energy-efficient technology and energy savings initiatives, such as adaptive control systems and cold/hot aisle containment, to support Singapore's strong commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and achieving its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by or around 2050. The Equinix Cooling Array, a customised and revolutionary surface cooling system developed by Equinix, supports high-density customers while decreasing water and energy consumption.
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Spanning a distance of approximately 18,000 kms Inligo Networks’ ACC1 connects the growth regions of Southeast Asia (Singapore and Indonesia) with Australia, Timor Leste, Guam, and through to Los Angeles, California in the US. ACC1 design has been completed with construction to commence in 2022.
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In Singapore, Equinix boasts the most network-dense data centres, with over 225 international and regional networks connecting South Asia. More than 855 companies, including more than 315 businesses, use its Singapore data centres as a business hub. Customers can interact directly with other customers and partners in their digital supply chain, as well as access over 255 cloud and IT service providers.
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Currently, Equinix has 240 IBX data centres in 66 metros across 27 countries around the world. In Asia-Pacific, it operates 52 IBX data centres in Singapore, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Korea.
