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Singapore unis launch a “cool” testbed for data centers in the tropics
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Both NUS and NTU will collaborate to build a data center testbed by October 2021, under a new S$23 million research program.
The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) will promote the co-creation and demonstration of advanced cooling technologies.
Of all the data centers in Southeast Asia, Singapore supplies about 60% of on-premise storage – consuming nearly 7% of the country’s total energy needs. That figure is projected to reach 12% by 2030, raising alarms about the need to reduce unsustainable power consumption in the city-state.
That is exactly the motivation behind the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), who are working together with key stakeholders in Singapore’s data center industry to lower the sector’s carbon footprint.
Taiwan cranks up EV battery development
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A large part of Taiwan-based battery suppliers have been assembling battery modules for Taiwan’s ICT industry.
ProLogium, a Taiwan-based supplier that is pushing the development of solid-state batteries, while working with China-based companies.
Taiwan-based manufacturing giant expects to develop a sample solid-state battery this year and to start commercial production in 2024.
In Taiwan, the supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) components is relatively complete. Companies such as Tesla rely heavily on Taiwanese suppliers for a majority of their EV parts. When it comes to EV battery development, the country’s electronics manufacturing giant, Foxconn Technology Group, is working towards commercializing solid-state batteries by 2024.