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# Sembcorp gets green light to invest in 90MW Vietnam data centre
- URL: https://www.techstories.co/sembcorp-gets-green-light-to-invest-in-90mw-vietnam-data-centre/
- Published: 2026-03-29T16:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-04T16:06:23.000Z
- Description: The energy giant supplies a third of Singapore's data centre power goes to Vietnam.
- Author: Paul Mah
- Tags: Data Centres

Singapore's Sembcorp just got the green light to invest in a [90MW data centre](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/sembcorp-units-90mw-data-centre-campus-ho-chi-minh-city-gets-green-light?ref=techstories.co) in Ho Chi Minh City, its first step from powering data centres to owning them.

### Vietnam data centre

The data centre campus will be built through a 49%-owned joint venture with [BB Holdings](https://bbholdings.net/?ref=techstories.co), known as StarMason Joint Stock Company. With the approval, StarMason plans to progress evaluation and detailed development planning for a data centre campus of up to 90MW.

The stated goal is to meet rising demand for cloud and AI. The facility will be located in Saigon Hi-Tech Park on 4.5 hectares of land, designed to Tier 3 standards, and built in phases. 

According to its [press release](https://www.sembcorp.com/vn/en/news-and-insights/news/2026/sembcorp-development-secures-investment-approval-to-develop-proposed-hyperscale-and-ai-ready-data-centre-campus-in-ho-chi-minh-city/?ref=techstories.co), Sembcorp is looking to Uptime Institute standards and hopes to achieve Tier IV classification for its hyperscale facility, a notable ambition for a first data centre venture.

### Sembcorp: global energy firm

Sembcorp is a global energy company with operations in 11 countries and some 25GW of total capacity, of which 17.2GW comes from renewable sources. It supplies over 690MW of power to high-tech manufacturing in Singapore, including a recent 150MW deal with Micron, a leader in memory solutions.

While Sembcorp doesn't operate any data centres today, it supplies roughly a third of all data centre energy demand in Singapore, making it the dominant green energy provider for the sector here. That positioning gives it a unique vantage point. Few companies understand the energy requirements of data centres as intimately as the firm that powers so many of them.

### The wind is shifting

The move into Vietnam is not an isolated play. Apart from the StarMason joint venture, Sembcorp [signed an MOU](https://www.neutradc.com/news/50853/neutradc-summit-2025-driving-global-collaboration-launching-ai-innovations-and-signing-strategic-mou?ref=techstories.co) with NeutraDC in Indonesia last August to build sustainable data centres across Southeast Asia. The pattern suggests a deliberate pivot from energy supplier to infrastructure owner.

For a company with 17.2GW of renewable capacity and deep relationships with data centre operators across Singapore, the transition from powering data centres to owning them is a logical one. The question now is where Sembcorp will develop its next facility.