{
  "id": 17006798,
  "title": "Sembcorp, DayOne sign pact to explore powering data centres in Asia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/sembcorp-dayone-sign-pact-to-explore-powering-data-centres-in-asia",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:23:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/energy-commodities/sembcorp-dayone-sign-pact-explore-powering-data-centres-asia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sembcorp Utilities and Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne Data Centers have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integrated power and energy solutions for data centres in Asia. The collaboration aims to evaluate various aspects such as on-site power infrastructure and generation, renewable energy supply, and operations and maintenance services. The companies intend to collaborate under DayOne's Bring Your Own Power initiative, which integrates power planning into the earliest stages of data centre development to identify and secure suitable energy solutions. This partnership is expected to help build the energy foundations needed to support the rapid growth of AI and digital infrastructure across the region, as stated by Sembcorp's president and CEO, Koh Chiap Khiong.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}