SINGAPORE, Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Delta Electronics, a global leader in power management and smart green solutions, hosted the annual Delta SEAO Future Industry Summit 2026 for the first time in Singapore, after seven consecutive editions in Thailand. Held under the theme “Advancing Regional Infrastructure for AI and Energy Transformation Evolution”, the Summit brought together over 200 prominent government officials, industry executives, academics, and media stakeholders to discuss solutions that accelerate the adoption of sustainable digital and energy infrastructure. This is aimed at supporting AI-driven growth across the Southeast Asia and Oceania (SEAO) region. At the Summit, Delta also deepened its collaboration with National University of Singapore (NUS) College of Design and Engineering (CDE) by joining the Sustainable Tropical Data Center Testbed (STDCT) Phase 2.0 Consortium to foster sustainable AI data center innovation.
Delta Electronics Hosts Inaugural Future Industry Summit in Singapore and Inks Collaboration with the College of Design and Engineering at NUS to Advance Sustainable Data Center Innovation
Shan-Shan Guo, Delta’s Chief Brand Officer, said, “The energy transition is essential to addressing climate change. The rise of electrification and AI infrastructure is making the need for resilient, energy-efficient power infrastructure increasingly urgent. Since its founding 55 years ago, Delta has been committed to driving sustainability through innovation and energy conservation. We are honored to share at the Delta SEAO Future Industry Summit some of Delta’s key sustainability endeavors, including the acceleration of the energy transition with our microgrid solutions, helping customers move toward net zero carbon emissions with our ESG consulting services, and our coral restoration journey in Singapore and other regions. Together with our customers and partners, we are building a smarter, greener tomorrow.”
“Southeast Asia’s infrastructure needs are evolving rapidly as AI and electrification reshape the region. With its long-term development in power and thermal management, Delta brings deep expertise across power, cooling, automation and energy management,” said Jason Yuan, President of Delta Electronics Southeast Asia & Oceania. “Our strength lies in bringing these capabilities together to help build future-ready infrastructure that is reliable, scalable, efficient and adaptable to the region’s needs. That is the conversation we want to advance by bringing our annual SEAO Summit to Singapore.”
The program included executive keynotes and two panel discussions focused on energy infrastructure readiness for the region’s data centers and the role of industrial and building automation in sustainable manufacturing. The Singapore edition builds on Delta’s growing engagement across Southeast Asia, following the opening of its new Johor Bahru office and the Solutions Day forum in Kuala Lumpur in July. Together, these initiatives reflect Delta’s continued investment in the region and its focus on supporting the infrastructure demands created by AI, electrification and industrial transformation.
The Summit arrives as Southeast Asia’s data center power demand grows faster than any other region in the world. According to an IDC study commissioned by Delta (*), surveyed Southeast Asian operators reported 26-50% year-on-year growth in power demand, against 11-20% in the United States and Europe. 60% here are also already deploying, planning, or evaluating direct liquid cooling, the highest adoption rate of the three regions surveyed. The same study found that 24-26% of Southeast Asian operators cite cluster around power, grid, cooling capacity and equipment lead-time risks as their single biggest constraint on scaling.
Singapore is also investing in the infrastructure and research capabilities needed to support the next generation of data centers. The country is developing new approaches to tropical data center design and testing, including through the STDCT, hosted at the NUS CDE.
Collaboration with NUS to Advance Sustainable Data Center Innovation
Against this backdrop, Delta formalized today, at the Delta SEAO Future Industry Summit 2026, its deepening collaboration with NUS CDE through its participation in the Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed Phase 2.0 (STDCT 2.0) Consortium. As part of the collaboration, Delta will provide NUS CDE with an AI Containerized Data Center and related equipment, to support research and testing of data center technologies suited to tropical conditions. The collaboration brings together Delta’s expertise in power, cooling, and data center infrastructure with NUS CDE’s research capabilities in tropical data center design and testing.
“AI is fundamentally changing the design envelope for data centers, with much higher power densities and thermal loads placing new demands on power, cooling and infrastructure efficiency,” said Professor Lee Poh Seng, Programme Director of STDCT 2.0 and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NUS CDE. “STDCT 2.0 is designed to bridge the gap between innovation and real-world deployment by providing a live environment in which next-generation technologies can be integrated, tested and validated under tropical operating conditions. Delta brings deep capabilities across power electronics, thermal management and data center infrastructure, and this collaboration will enable us to explore these technologies at system level and demonstrate measurable improvements in energy efficiency, water efficiency, reliability and climate resilience. Our goal is to generate solutions and evidence that can accelerate the deployment of more sustainable AI infrastructure in Singapore and across the wider region.”
As AI and electrification reshape infrastructure needs across Southeast Asia, the Delta SEAO Future Industry Summit 2026, held at Pan Pacific Orchard, brings these stakeholders together to fulfil the region’s infrastructure needs.
ABOUT DELTA ELECTRONICS INT’L (Singapore)
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Electronics, Inc.
ABOUT DELTA
Delta, founded in 1971, and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (code:2308), is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of IoT-based smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, “To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow,” Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its ESG-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across 5 continents.
Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies and dedication to ESG. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index (formerly the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices) for 15 consecutive years. Delta has also won CDP with double A List for 4 times for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and has been named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain for 8 consecutive years.
For detailed information about Delta, please visit: www.deltaww.com
About the Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT 2.0)
The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) is a joint research initiative led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and hosted by its College of Design and Engineering, in collaboration with leading industry partners.
STDCT 2.0 focuses on developing energy-efficient data centre designs that can operate reliably in tropical climates. The programme serves as a live testbed to evaluate, validate, and deploy sustainable innovations that reduce energy and water consumption while supporting dense, AI-driven operations.
For more information, visit https://cde.nus.edu.sg/stdct/
*IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Delta, Powering AI Growth: From Grid Constraints to Rack Readiness, #AP242570-IB, September 2026
