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Singapore’s plan for a 700MW data center park on Jurong Island is as much about kickstarting a renewables economy as it is about expanding capacity.
Though data centers don’t need a lot of the shared infrastructure created for the petroleum industry, some existing services make sense, such as demineralized water, water for firefighting, and seawater cooling circuits, along with wastewater treatment facilities. Others could be explored, including district cooling, pooled diesel fuel storage, and off-site Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The idea is to leverage economies of scale for cost savings, or to tap into capabilities that would otherwise not be practical, such as off-site BESS.
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