Singapore has launched a new standard to support data centre operators and users to deploy energy-efficient IT equipment, making us one of the first in the world to introduce data centre standards for IT energy efficiency in the tropics. Through selecting and optimising the operation of IT equipment for energy efficiency and at higher temperatures, the standard “SS 715:2025: Energy Efficiency of Data Centre IT Equipment” aims to save energy consumption of IT equipment in data centres by at least 30 per cent. The energy consumed by data centres is expected to increase further with the growing use of Artificial Intelligence, where the IT compute energy consumption is more intensive. Data centre end-users can tap on IMDA’s Energy Efficiency Grant for the DC sector to support the upgrade of their IT equipment to meet the energy efficiency baselines defined in the new Standard. This new IT EE standard builds on the progress made following the launch of the Green Data Centre Roadmap, and the Tropical Data Centre standard to accelerate both facility and IT energy efficiency in data centres.