Implications of Increased Electricity Demands and Measures to Support Sustainable Growth and Expansion of Data Centre Capacity

1 Ms He Ting Ru asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry in light of the second Data Centre Call for Application issued in December 2025 (a) what assessment has the Government made of the implications for electricity demand; and (b) what consideration is being given to accelerating or increasing renewable electricity development and import targets to support sustainable growth of data centre capacity.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: The development of data centres in Singapore is carefully managed. The second Data Centre – Call for Application (DC-CFA2) exercise was launched only after carefully assessing the availability of electricity and other resources needed to support new data centre capacity without compromising other needs.

Under the DC-CFA2 requirements, at least half of the new data centres' energy requirements must be powered by one or more of the green energy pathways stipulated in the exercise. This requirement is in line with the Green Data Centre Roadmap launched by the Infocomm Media Development Authority in 2024, which guides data centres on improving energy efficiency and using green energy to support our ambitions for the digital economy.