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The idea of floating data centers has been bobbing around for some time now. The latest announcement of a floating data center about to be built off Yokohama in autumn 2025 has people excited again. Although only a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by a consortium of Japanese companies, the prospect of an offshore floating data center utilizing 100% renewable energy is looking very bright indeed.
Singapore’s own experimental floating data center project, a first on the island nation, is still in the preparatory stage. The Keppel Data Centres’ Floating Data Centre Park (FDCP) project aims to alleviate land, water and energy constraints of traditional data centres.
Similar to the Yokohama debut model, the FDCP also features a modular design and aims to harness seawater for cooling, thereby increasing cooling efficiency by up to 80%, by their estimate. Indeed, the proposed seawater district cooling system will be 10 times larger than the largest built in the world.
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