BW Digital Partners with Digital Realty to Land New Batam-Singapore Subsea Cable
December 4, 2025
In a strategic move to bolster digital connectivity in Southeast Asia, BW Digital has announced a partnership with Digital Realty to land its upcoming Nongsa Changi Cable System (NCC) at Digital Realty's SIN12 data center in Singapore. This agreement underscores the critical role of integrated subsea and data center infrastructure in supporting the region's booming digital economy and the escalating demand for cross-border data exchange, particularly for AI workloads.
The agreement, finalized this month, will see the 24-fiber-pair submarine cable, a joint project between BW Digital and Telin Indonesia, terminate at the SIN12 facility in Changi upon its expected launch in late 2025. The cable will connect Singapore to the Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia, where it will land at BW Digital's own in-development NDP1 data center. The Nongsa Changi system is poised to be the first cable to land directly within the Nongsa Digital Park, a special economic zone attracting significant data center investment from firms like Singtel, Gaw Capital, and Princeton Digital Group.
Virginie Frouin, Chief Business Officer of BW Digital, stated that the partnership "represents a major milestone for BW Digital, aligning with our mission to support digital transformation by bridging the gap between submarine cable infrastructure and land-based digital platforms in a way that is efficient, secure, and future-ready." She emphasized the cable's role in enabling AI workloads and providing reliable connectivity between the two key locations.
Serene Nah, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Digital Realty, highlighted Singapore's position as a critical regional gateway, noting that "subsea networks are central to Southeast Asia’s digital economy." She added that integrating the cable into SIN12 aims to "deliver faster and more resilient connectivity to support customers as they scale next-generation workloads."
The development is strategically significant as it provides an alternative connectivity hub amid Singapore's ongoing data center moratorium, which has spurred expansion to neighboring regions like Batam. BW Digital, the digital infrastructure arm of the maritime conglomerate BW Group, also operates the Hawaiki subsea cable and is developing a separate 144-megawatt data center campus in Batam.
Source: datacenterdynamics
BW Digital Partners with Digital Realty to Land New Batam-Singapore Subsea Cable
