FILE PHOTO: A view of an operations nerve center at a Keppel data centre in Singapore July 3, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File PhotoSINGAPORE: Greener data centres, a cloud-based platform for all public healthcare institutions, and a nearly S$300 million boost for Singapore’s quantum technology sector.
The plan involves getting operators to work with their energy providers and clients to cut energy use. While data centres are key to Singapore's digital economy, they are also one of the largest carbon emitters in the infocomm tech sector.To get more on board, the government will give grants to data centres to switch to greener hardware, and set higher standards on energy efficiency by next year.
When asked whether the push to become greener will make Singapore less competitive as a data centre hub, Dr Puthucheary said there is little choice but to head in such a direction, given the nation’s commitments on carbon emissions and energy constraints. Providing meaningful demand for the consumption of green energy will, in turn, encourage and catalyse investment for green infrastructure and could ramp up energy transition, said Mr Wong, who is also chair of SGTech, a trade association for Singapore's tech industry.
Healix will store anonymised data to safeguard private information. The move is in line with a framework finalised by IMDA on Thursday to promote the responsible use of AI.Singapore will also take such knowledge to an international level, working with Rwanda on a playbook to address challenges that small states face in developing and adopting AI.
Nearly S$300 million will be pumped into the field to drive research over the next five years. It is the largest single investment ever made, building on over S$400 million spent since 2002."We still don't know how to construct the best quantum computers. This is a race. This is really a fight on the planet and we are progressing very fast,” said Professor José Ignacio Latorre, director of the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies.