S’pore May Use Nuclear Energy By 2050, Cites Improvements In Safety & Reliability

[inlinesix]

On 5/6/2024 at 10:10 AM, SGMCF328 said:

Another reason to go for nuclear energy. Singapore halt the setting up of new data centre due to high energy consumption and now our neighbor up north is getting a share of the big pie.

But to me, the elephant in the room is our high overhead, contributed by land, energy and labour cost. IMO our current currency policy may do more harm than good in the longer term as we are pricing Singapore out of the competition with too strong curency.

 

Johor’s data centres getting a boost from the Singapore factor; water, power remain bottlenecks

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-johor-data-centres-nvidia-ytl-kulai-sedenak-sez-us-china-trade-war-4310496

KULAI: Johor’s Kulai district, some 70 kilometres north of Singapore, is known for its rubber plantations and oil palm estates. 

Within three years, the sites will become industrial parks hosting multiple data centres – buildings that house large groups of high-speed computers, servers and routers that store, process as well as distribute vast amounts of data.

The world’s growing reliance on cloud-based technology has fuelled the growth of data centres, and Johor has become one of the hotspots in Malaysia.

In particular, southern Johor, with its proximity to the Singapore's financial hub and comparative advantages like abundant land and cheaper power, could be well-positioned to be a key regional player, experts say. Johor’s data centre boom is driven by its proximity to land-scarce Singapore which, between 2019 and 2022, paused new data centre development.

Johor’s proximity to Singapore has led many multinationals based in the city state to expand across the Causeway to take advantage of Johor’s cheaper land, construction costs as well as operating expenses, particularly electricity tariffs, for their data centres.

Major data centre players like Nvidia, AirTrunk, GDS International, YTL Power as well as Princeton Digital Group have set up operations there, and tech giant Microsoft has reportedly purchased land in Kulai to open a data centre. 

According to resource site Baxtel, Johor has 13 data centre facilities across more than 1.65 million square feet of land mass. The state is also ranked as the largest data centre market in Malaysia and ninth-largest in Asia Pacific. Baxtel added that four other data centres are being constructed in Johor. 

Johor is expected to pull RM17 billion (US$3.6 billion) in new data centre investments this year, building on RM51.1 billion in investments in 2022, according to Malaysian property agency Zerin Properties.

The Malaysia government has also supported Johor’s data centre ecosystem by building industrial parks with suitable infrastructure. Two of the biggest are the 745-acre Sedenak Tech Park (STeP) and 509-acre Nusajaya Tech Park.

The proposed Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) should also boost Johor’s data centre investments, said Dr Ong.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the SEZ was signed between Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong and Malaysia’s Minister of Economy Mohd Rafizi Ramli on Jan 11, with a full-fledged agreement expected by the end of the year.

The deal will see Singapore and Johor work towards boosting the cross-border flow of goods and people. Singapore and Malaysia are also exploring other initiatives leading up to the SEZ, including a passport-free clearance system on both sides of the border. 

A Singapore firm which has opened data centre operations in STeP is Princeton Digital Group (PDG). The firm’s flagship greenfield facility, with a 150 MW campus, is set to open this year.

It is PDG’s sixth campus after Singapore, China, Indonesia, India and Japan. 

Mr Asher Ling, chief technology officer and managing director of PDG, Singapore, told CNA that expanding into Johor is in line with the SG+ strategy. He cited Sedenak’s pull factors such as “distance and connectivity”.

“In addition to its strong power and connectivity infrastructure, the area also offers proximity to high-growth tech markets such as Singapore, which is about 40 minutes away,” he added.

Mr Lee Ting Han stressed that the southern state sees itself not as a competitor to Singapore on this front, but a partner.

The Johor state government is pushing for the SEZ to be in place by the first quarter of 2025 as it hopes to leverage both sides’ “complementary strengths” across sectors including the digital economy and data centres. 

Data Centre has very high carbon footprint.  Operators need to pay a lot of carbon tax.

[Karoon]

https://indonesiabusinesspost.com/risks-opportunities/hurdles-in-establishing-indonesias-first-thorium-based-npp/

It seems Indo govt gave the approval this week. Instead of uranium, it uses thorium... supposedly safer, but no commercial sized plant yet. Guinea pig plant in our region... Ah... what could go wrong in the hands of our neighbours? 

[Kopites]

On 9/13/2024 at 7:39 AM, Karoon said:

https://indonesiabusinesspost.com/risks-opportunities/hurdles-in-establishing-indonesias-first-thorium-based-npp/

It seems Indo govt gave the approval this week. Instead of uranium, it uses thorium... supposedly safer, but no commercial sized plant yet. Guinea pig plant in our region... Ah... what could go wrong in the hands of our neighbours? 

Near batam?😁

[Lala81]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/south-korea-approves-building-two-nuclear-reactors-4603931

[Spidey10]

On 3/23/2024 at 12:26 AM, Vratenza said:

Pap style... But not test balloon... More like drip feed/ acclimatization. 

Decision ready made. Period.

GST no 20% no talk !!

[Karoon]

On 9/13/2024 at 8:11 AM, Kopites said:

Near batam?😁

Fortunately no, it's on an unoccupied island about 400km north of Jakarta...

500km southeast of us.

If accident + strong wind, elites have 10 hours to get into bunkers or fly from seletar 

Edited September 13 by Karoon

[Jamesc]

All that investment RM going up.

Shopping now more expensive.

[Kopites]

On 9/13/2024 at 10:24 AM, Karoon said:

Fortunately no, it's on an unoccupied island about 400km north of Jakarta...

500km southeast of us.

If accident + strong wind, elites have 10 hours to get into bunkers or fly from seletar 

Santosa? Radx residential address. 🤣🤣🤣

[Jamesc]

If people say the technology is safe I believe it 

Buts it's usually human error that cause most disasters.

There is no fool proof technology that a fool hasn't beaten.

Look at planes fly by computer and a human has succeeded in crashing every new model.

[Playtime]

matter of time for singapore.

eventually, our power requirement will be extremely high.

also... theres the desalination thingy, HUGE energy requirement.

[Voodooman]

If you believe in Forbes that is extremely friendly to business interest. 😂😂😂

These reactors just won’t melt down or otherwise cause any of the nightmares people think about when imagining the worst for nuclear power. In case of any emergency, the reactor just shuts down and cools off.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2018/08/29/how-far-do-you-have-to-run-after-a-small-modular-nuclear-meltdown/#

[RadX]

Writing on the wall liao. More training for me to do..

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-could-be-potential-sources-clean-energy-singapore-4705951?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_28102024_cna

[Victor68]

Personally, I think it is viable than running a cable from Australia to Singapore. 

[RadX]

On 10/29/2024 at 8:12 AM, Victor68 said:

Personally, I think it is viable than running a cable from Australia to Singapore. 

Without a doubt.

 

all those naysayers need to read up more and understand the tech behind it

 

I’ve been in radiation for 30 years now and am still v much normal

[kobayashiGT]

On 10/29/2024 at 8:14 AM, RadX said:

Without a doubt.

 

all those naysayers need to read up more and understand the tech behind it

 

I’ve been in radiation for 30 years now and am still v much normal

You are the last stage boss that i fight in video game leh. 

You can tank all these radiations one.