NUS IT Report Card 2023

The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT), officially opened on 29th November 2023, is a pioneering initiative, marking the advent of the world’s first data centre research testbed customised for the tropical climate. It aims to enhance Singapore’s global competitiveness by delivering sustainable and highly efficient SUPPORTING RESEARCH Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed 32

data centre solutions including cutting edge cooling technologies, capable of withstanding high temperature and humidity prevalent in the tropics. This not only aligns with Singapore’s climate change commitments, but also embodies our belief in using the campus as a testbed for innovation. Jointly led by NUS and NTU, the project is funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and supported by a consortium of 20 industry partners. NUS IT plays an integral and critical role in contributing to the project’s success by deploying and managing a high performance computing (HPC) system within the data centre. The HPC system showcases the data centre’s capacity to support power intensive IT equipment and provides extensive computing resources to the NUS research community.

STDCT was officially opened on 29th November 2023, using the NUS campus as a testbed for innovation.

The HPC system offers

20,000 CPU cores

200+ GPU accelerators

500 terabytes of data storage

catering to up to 1,500 users annually

Remarkably, this HPC system is poised to replace 70% of existing central HPC resources, underscoring its pivotal role in advancing technological capabilities within the research community.