Aug 29, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
The Singaporean government has launched a new standard to support data center operators. The standard - SS 715:2025: Energy Efficiency of Data Centre IT Equipment - aims to save energy consumption of IT equipment in data centers by at least 30 percent.
The standard will also aid data center users in choosing IT equipment that meets international energy efficiency baselines and adopt best practices in IT energy management, such as workload consolidation and virtualization, to increase IT equipment utilization. The aim is to increase compute workloads with the same or less energy.
Aileen Chia, deputy chief executive of Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), said: “Data centers provide a critical foundation for Singapore's digital economy, enabling innovation and growth. This new IT EE standard builds on the progress made following the launch of the Green Data Centre Roadmap, and the Tropical Data Centre standard to accelerate both facility and IT energy efficiency in data centers. We will continue to work closely with industry to advance sustainable green data center growth in Singapore.”
