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# Singapore is still very much in the data centre game
- URL: https://www.techstories.co/singapore-is-still-very-much-in-the-data-centre-game/
- Published: 2025-12-08T08:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-13T08:31:11.000Z
- Description: Three takeaways from an evening of non-stop conversations with data centre leaders.
- Author: Paul Mah
- Tags: Data Centres, Sustainability

As over 200 top data centre executives and professionals gathered at the [w.media Asia Awards 2025](https://w.media/awards/?ref=techstories.co) last Friday, here's what I picked up.

It was an evening of non-stop conversations as I caught up with old friends and met new contacts from the data centre industry. Here are three things I could share.

### Singapore's data centres

If there's one thing that's clear, it's how Singapore remains very much in the game for data centres. Case in point: the recently announced DC-CFA2, with 200MW up for new data centres, is small in comparison to capacity elsewhere.

But really, which player in the room isn't involved in some form or other?

### Massive manpower crunch

The incredible surge of data centres in the region has created a severe manpower crunch that is making itself felt. A CEO told me how hard it was to hire, even as experienced team players are being hired away.

### Singapore's renewables play

Singapore has a strategy, and it fully intends to bring it to completion. I've previously written about its plan to build a green energy hub and unlock sustainable data centre growth.

So Singapore hasn't thrown in the towel; it has merely embarked on an entirely different game that could potentially see it leap ahead.

I plan to write more about the DC-CFA2 this week, so stay tuned.