Equinix signs 11.5MW rooftop vPPA with Flo Energy in Singapore

Equinix has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with Flo Energy for at least 11.5MW of renewable energy from industrial and commercial rooftop solar installations across Singapore, Data Center Dynamics reports. The contract includes an option to expand to 50MW. It is Flo's first deal under its newly launched Data Centre Solutions offering, which is also available to data center operators in Australia.

The virtual structure lets Equinix book output from rooftop arrays scattered across the country without taking physical delivery. This is the company's fourth Singapore PPA, after two with Sembcorp and one with TEPCO. Contracted capacity in the market now stands at 215MW, all expected online in 2028 and generating about 250,000MWh a year. Equinix has also joined the SolarNova 7 and JTC Jurong Island renewable initiatives.

Equinix operates five Singapore data centers, SG1 through SG5, and is building SG6, due in Q1 2027. Yee May Leong, the company's Singapore managing director, called the PPA a collaborative milestone supporting the country's AI and digital-hub ambitions. An 11.5MW contract is small on its own. Its value is cumulative: another slice of the 2028 target, a fourth PPA in a market that runs on rooftop capacity, and a first named customer for Flo's Data Centre Solutions unit as it expands to Australia. The 50MW option suggests both sides expect demand to grow.

Virtual PPAs are financial contracts; the electrons stay on Singapore's grid while Equinix books the environmental attributes. In a market whose solar capacity is spread across rooftops, that is how clean power gets counted.