Singapore passes the Digital Infrastructure Bill, establishing licensing regimes for critical data centres and cloud services
Singapore's Parliament passed the Digital Infrastructure Bill on October 7, 2026, establishing two licensing regimes for data centres and cloud services that affect critical services such as digital banking and payments. Critical data centres, cloud service providers, and data centres meeting the 3MW critical IT load threshold will face licensing, risk management, incident reporting, or energy efficiency requirements; certain violations may incur fines of up to S$1 million or 10 percent of annual turnover in Singapore.
推荐理由:The Bill brings operational resilience, incident reporting, and energy efficiency requirements for data centres and cloud services into a licensing framework, enabling payment institutions to assess the compliance and continuity impacts of underlying infrastructure.