IMDA
Singapore's statutory regulator for the digital economy and infocomm media sectors.
On 8 September, Singapore’s proposed data-centre licensing law named IMDA as the enforcement body for security and energy-efficiency licences, placing the regulator at the centre of new capacity conditions.
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What conditions does IMDA require before approving a new Singapore data centre?
Timeline for IMDA
Singapore to license data centres by law
Data Centres: Boom and BacklashCo-issued the liquid-cooling standard
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Singapore issues SS 726:2026 on coolingCo-selected the four provisional awardees
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Singapore splits 200 MW four waysLaunched the Green Data Centre Roadmap setting PUE and cooling mandates for capacity release
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Singapore prices its conditions up frontBackground
IMDA, the Infocomm Media Development Authority, is Singapore’s statutory regulator for the digital economy and infocomm media sectors. Its REMIT covers the rules and technical standards that govern communications, media and digital infrastructure.
Singapore’s Green Data Centre Roadmap, launched on 30 May, placed efficiency, cooling and green-energy conditions around 500 MW of new data-centre capacity. On 8 September, proposed legislation named IMDA as the enforcement body for data-centre security and energy-efficiency licences.
That role makes IMDA the regulator to watch when Singapore converts environmental and technical standards into conditions for operating digital infrastructure.
IMDA gains a licensing role
On 8 September, Singapore tabled legislation that would make data-centre security and energy-efficiency licences a legal requirement. The bill names IMDA as the body that would enforce both licences, extending its role from setting technical conditions to enforcing them.
IMDA had already helped shape the terms of Singapore’s capacity release. On 30 May, the Green Data Centre Roadmap opened 500 MW of capacity subject to efficiency, cooling and green-energy conditions. On 21 August, IMDA and the Economic Development Board selected four operators for 50 MW each.