[Industrial Water Series: Data Centres] Smart & Sustainable Water Strategies for Data Centres - Enhancing Resilience and Business Continuity
- Posted Aug 21, 2025
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Event Description
As data centres continue to expand to support our digital world, their water consumption has become a critical sustainability challenge and a critical risk to business continuity. This session will explore innovative strategies to optimise water use, mitigate environmental impact, while strengthening operational resilience.
Event Details
Experts will discuss cutting-edge cooling technologies, regulatory trends, and best practices that drive efficiency while safeguarding critical infrastructure from water-related disruption. Join us to explore how integrating sustainable water strategies into Business Continuity Management (BCM) frameworks can help data centres remain resilient. smart water management can play a key role in building resilient and sustainable data infrastructure.
Date: Thursday, 21st August 2025
Time: 4:00 pm – 6:40 pm (followed by networking dinner)
Venue: 84 Toh Guan Road East, Singapore Water Exchange S608501
PROGRAMME
4:00 pm – 4.30 pm: Registration
4.30 pm – 4.40 pm: Opening Address
Mr. Chew Men Leong | President, Singapore Water Association
4.40 pm – 4.50 pm: Opening Keynote by Data Centre Chapter: An overview of current challenges facing Data Centres.
Mr. Wong Tew Kiat | President, Data Centre Chapter.
4.50 pm – 5.00 pm
Ms. Magdalene Loh | Director of Urban Solutions & Sustainability, Enterprise Singapore (ESG)
5.00 pm – 5.35 pm: Technology/Knowledge Sharing by SWA member companies
1. Dr. Lan Yihong | Executive Director, Suntar Environmental Technology Pte Ltd
2. Dr. Jason Tang | Chief Sustainability Officer, Ngee Ann Polytechnic | Director, Centre for Environmental Sustainability (CfES)
3. Mr. Ian Waldock | Director for Data Centres in APAC, Georg Fischer Pte Ltd
5:35 pm – 6.15 pm: Panel Discussion Challenges and Opportunities in DCs.
Panellists:
1. Dr. Lan Yihong | Executive Director, Suntar Environmental Technology Pte Ltd
2. Dr. Jason Tang | Chief Sustainability Officer, Ngee Ann Polytechnic | Director, Centre for Environmental Sustainability (CfES)
3. Mr. Ian Waldock | Director for Data Centres in APAC, Georg Fischer Pte Ltd
4. Mr. Ong Liong Chuan | DCC member (Business Continuity Chapter), Certified BCM Instructor [Disaster Recovery Institute International]
5. Ms. Jayne Leow | DCC member (Sustainable Tech SIG), Director of Sustainability [NCS Pte Ltd]
Moderator: Mr Charles Goh, Singapore Water Association
6:20 pm – 6:30 pm: PUB (Water Supply Network): Water Efficiency Fund (WEF)
6.30 pm – 6:40 pm: PUB (Industry & Technology Collaboration Dept (InTeC)
1. Innovation Budget (IB)
2. Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2026
6.40 pm onwards: Networking Dinner