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Singapore sets Southeast Asia’s first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy
After a 2019 pause and two rounds of limited tenders, Singapore joins China, Germany and Japan in regulating data centre efficiency by law, while making operators' clean energy pledges binding.
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