Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association pushes for stronger sustainability frameworks
The Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association (APDCA) has launched a brand-new white paper calling for better guideline and market partnership to boost power sustainability around data centres in the region.
” Balancing power sustainability with the increasing need for electronic facilities is just one of APAC’s defining challenges,” says Jeremy Deutsch, chair of APDCA. “With the best policy frameworks, Asia-Pacific governments can ensure that electronic change developments hand in hand with net-zero ambitions.”
Among the examples presented is Singapore’s BCA-IMDA Green Mark for Data Centres (GMDC)– an accreditation system jointly developed by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) to identify data centres with strong efficiency and energy-efficient practices.
The white paper highlights best methods to boost energy efficiency throughout the information centre lifecycle– from site choice, design and building to operations and monitoring. It additionally recommends plan measures to increase access to clean and renewable energy with stronger grid framework and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
Steered by cloud adoption, digital services and artificial intelligence (AI), local need for information hubs is forecasted to increase close to 20% each year through 2028. The International Energy Agency (IEA) anticipations that Southeast Asia’s information centre electricity use will almost double by 2030 compared to 2024– a pattern mirrored across the bigger APAC area.
The APDCA participants consist of leading global providers, such as AirTrunk, Equinix, Digital Realty, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, and Princeton Digital Group.
Titled Data Centres and Energy Sustainability: A Regional Perspective on Best Practices and Policy Frameworks, the paper was released on Oct 27 and outlines methods to lower the environmental influence of data centres while meeting the rising demand for electronic framework in Asia-Pacific (APAC).
Developers are encouraged to work together very closely with regulatory authorities and market associates to develop consistent energy efficiency criteria across the APAC markets.
