Equinix has opened SG6, its sixth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Singapore.

The facility supports AI, high-performance computing and other data-intensive workloads, while its liquid-cooling capabilities accommodate power-intensive GPU infrastructure.

The company has invested approximately US$290 million in the initial development of SG6.

Its first phase provides 8MW of capacity across roughly 1,550 cabinets, with the facility expected to reach up to 20MW of IT capacity at full build-out.

SG6 is among the first data centres developed under Singapore’s Data Centre Call for Application (DC-CFA) framework, through which the government allocates new data centre capacity.

For financial services firms operating through Equinix’s Singapore ecosystem, SG6 provides additional capacity for high-density AI deployments while supporting private interconnection to cloud platforms, networks and business partners.

“Equinix has been investing in Singapore for nearly 25 years, and our new facility will further expand our presence as the neutral exchange where enterprises connect to the clouds, networks and partners they need to innovate and grow,”

Equinix designed SG6 to achieve a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.20.

PUE measures a data centre’s total energy consumption against the energy used by its IT equipment, with a figure closer to 1.0 indicating greater energy efficiency.

The company is targeting Green Mark Platinum certification for SG6, the highest tier under Singapore’s green building rating scheme.

Sustainability features include rooftop and facade solar panels, rainwater harvesting and lower-embodied-carbon construction materials.

Equinix’s Singapore data centres have maintained 100% renewable energy coverage since 2020.

Globally, the company aims to achieve 100% renewable energy coverage across its retail IBX data centres by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2040.

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