The city-state’s corporate tax rate of 17% (the lowest in the APAC region) and generous economic incentives have also aided Singapore’s bid to attract entrepreneurs and foreign investment.
Singapore is one of the fastest-growing data hubs in Asia. With its own Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN), Singapore is interconnected with over 15 international undersea cables. Singtel is the local incumbent since deregulation, with other major telecommunications providers being Superloop, Starhub and M1. Singapore is considered the #2 shipping port in the world and #1 for international competitiveness.
The Republic of Singapore is an island city-state in the Asia Pacific region. An important financial and intercontinental connection point for the world, Singapore has a population of over 6.20 million, and an internet literacy rate of 81% (4.68 million internet users).
Data Center & Telecommunications Economy
Singapore’s telecommunications sector is considered one of the most advanced globally, boasting an enviable network infrastructure and first-class connectivity. And with a strong government influence advocating innovation and growth, Singapore has placed in the top two countries in the World Economic Forum’s Network Readiness Index (NRI) for the past decade since 2010.
The total GDP of Singapore is over US $293 billion and with a contribution of 7% from the digital economy, Singapore’s data center industry is thriving. Besides Singapore’s data centers, the digital economy includes 2 million fixed line telephone subscriptions and 8.57 million mobile telephone subscriptions.
Data Center Markets
Home to 24 submarine cables, Singapore is also one of the most cloud-connected locations in the world, with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM Softlayer and Google Cloud present in the island city-state. Alibaba also recently revealed that it had selected Singapore as one of seven locations to host its research labs, part of the company’s new US $15 billion global research programme.
A major interconnection point for intercontinental traffic between Asia and America, Singapore has 99 data centers. The region’s large carrier neutral data centers feature rich ecosystems and state of the art equipment, ensuring maximum uptime and connectivity to 1,200 service providers.
Energy Distribution
Energy is a significant issue for data centers worldwide, while Singapore has reliable power infrastructure, its green energy is rather limited at 2%. Nonetheless, data center enterprises enjoy a range of PUE scores in Singapore, between 1.20 and 1.90, with the average PUE for Singapore’s data centers sitting at 1.47. Singapore’s colocation facilities provide over 570.28 MW of power and has a range of rack power options from 1.50 kW to 5.40 kW.
Cloudscene Stats on Singapore
- Total number of data centers in Singapore: 99
- Total number of cloud service providers: 1,200
- Total number of network fabrics: 23
- Latest data center added: Singapore
- Latest data center service provider added: Orange Business Services
- Number of certified colocation facilities in Singapore: 42