Equinix has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Sembcorp Power for 58.5MW of power from a solar project in Singapore.
The solar energy will be delivered from a solar installation on 60 hectares of vacant land and the rooftops of five JTC Corporation buildings, including the Jurong Rock Caverns above-ground facilities and Jurong Island Checkpoint. The project is projected to start generating power in 2029.
The PPA's duration was not disclosed.
“We are pleased to deepen our ongoing partnership with Equinix, supporting them in advancing their sustainability goals and helping to shape a more sustainable digital economy,” said Vickrem Vijayan, head of energy commercial (Singapore) at Sembcorp.
"We look forward to future collaborations that will drive the energy transition and support Singapore’s 2030 Green Plan."
The PPA is the second signed between the two companies in the Singaporean market. In April, the companies signed an 18-year agreement where Sembcorp Power will supply Equinix with a maximum capacity of 75MW from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfolio.
Equinix operates five data centers across Singapore - the last opening in 2022 - and was one of four parties to be granted new capacity last year under a pilot scheme to relax Singapore’s ongoing data center moratorium. Last month, Equinix broke ground on its sixth International Business Exchange facility in Singapore, SG6. Expected to open in Q1 2027, the nine-story facility will offer 20MW.
In addition, last week, Equinix partnered with the National University of Singapore to establish a Co-Innovation Facility in the SG6 facility to focus on sustainable solutions for the data center sector.
Equinix has also signed several other PPAs in 2024. Last month, it signed a ten-year PPA with Neoen for 53MW of energy from its solar projects across northern Italy.
Before this, it signed its first PPA in the Indian market, inking a 33MW agreement with CleanMax to power its Mumbai data center portfolio.
In February, it signed one of its biggest PPAs to date with wpd for 100MW of capacity over 20 years in the French market.
