Singapore, 31 January 2024 - Red Dot Analytics (RDA), a Singapore-based company specialising in AI and digital twin technologies for data centres, is collaborating with Nxera, the new data centre brand launched by Singtel, to develop a smart IoT and digital twin platform for data centre operations.
The collaboration was announced during the launch of Nxera’s new regional data centre initiative, attended by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat. According to the announcement, the initiative brings together ecosystem partners across AI, renewable energy, sustainable technologies, and talent development to support the next phase of AI-ready digital infrastructure in the region.
As part of the initiative, Nxera intends to work with RDA to develop a smart IoT and digital twin platform designed to monitor, manage, and optimise data centre operations using predictive analytics and simulation capabilities. The platform is intended to support improvements in energy efficiency and operational resiliency across Nxera’s data centre infrastructure.
The collaboration forms part of Nxera’s broader sustainability and AI infrastructure strategy as the company expands its regional data centre footprint across Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.
According to the announcement, Nxera aims to achieve operational net-zero emissions for its data centre business by 2028 while supporting the development of AI-ready and energy-efficient infrastructure. The company is also exploring technologies including liquid cooling, immersion cooling, and water-saving solutions as part of its sustainability roadmap.
The announcement further stated that Nxera’s upcoming DC Tuas facility in Singapore is designed to achieve a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.23 at full load.
RDA’s collaboration with Nxera reflects the growing role of AI and digital twin technologies in supporting operational optimisation, infrastructure visibility, and sustainability initiatives across next-generation data centre environments.
“We are proud to partner with Singtel in their journey developing next-generation green sustainable, highly efficient and resilient data centres to support the wide adoption of AI. Leveraging Red Dot Analytics' cutting-edge digital twin technology and Singtel's state-of-the-art AI ready data centres, we plan to pioneer some of the industry's first AI DC focused use cases and solutions to tackle the unique challenges brought by extremely high rack power density and air-liquid hybrid cooling. We are very excited and looking forward to kick-start our collaborations soon" said Henry Xu, CEO of RDA.
Original source: Singtel / Nxera announcement
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