ZDNET Asia has a post on Singapore, Data Centers, and Green IT.

Pro-biz, green incentives give S'pore datacenter edge

By Kevin Kwang , ZDNet Asia on November 3, 2011 (8 hours ago)

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The Infocomm Authority Development of Singapore (IDA) also regard green datacenter standards as one of its priorities for attracting potential datacenter customers into the island. An agency spokesperson said the IDA had partnered other local government agencies to come up with theSingapore Standard SS564:2010 Green Data Centres (energy and environmental management systems), which was published in January this year.

The Singapore Green Data Centre Standard is here with part of the standard built on ISO 50001.

The Green DC Standard helps organisations establish systems and processes necessary to improve the energy efficiency of their DCs. It provides them with a recognised framework as well as a logical and consistent methodology to achieve continuous improvement in their DC facilities. This standard is modelled after the ISO 50001 standard on energy management (currently under development by ISO) but is specifically tailored to meet the needs of DCs in Singapore. The standard adopts the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) methodology, an iterative, four step problem-solving process used for continuous process improvement. The PDCA cycle forms the basis for many established management standards, which have successfully stimulated substantial, continual efficiency improvements within organisations around the world.

Here is a press announcement on a Taiwan data center being ISO 50001 certified.

TSMC Leads in ISO 50001 Certification for Data Center

Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – November 3, 2011 –TSMC today announced that its Fab 12 Phase 4 data center in the Hsinchu Science Park has completed the ISO 50001 Energy Management System certification, becoming Taiwan’s first company to earn this certification for a high density computing data center.

The ISO 50001 Energy Management System was established by the International Standards Organization (ISO) Energy Management Committee (ISO/PC242), and was announced in the second quarter of this year. The Fab 12 Phase 4 data center which completed certification provides data and control systems for factory automation, and supports both manufacturing and R&D. Adoption of the ISO 50001 Energy Management System is expected to reduce the data center’s power consumption by 8%, conserving 2.21 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and eliminating 1,350 tons of carbon emissions per year. In addition to upgrading existing data centers, TSMC also plans to apply ISO 50001 standards to future data centers and implement the most up-to-date energy-saving designs. TSMC estimates that the company can conserve 59.62 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and eliminate 36,490 tons of carbon emissions per year.

ISO 50001 standard has a video.

ISO 50001 — What is it ?ISO 50001:2011, Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for use, is a voluntary International Standard developed by ISO (International Organization for Standardization).ISO 50001 gives organizations the requirements for energy management systems (EnMS).ISO 50001 provides benefits for organizations large and small, in both public and private sectors, in manufacturing and services, in all regions of the world.ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants ; commercial, institutional, and governmental facilities ; and entire organizations to manage energy. Targeting broad applicability across national economic sectors, it is estimated that the standard could influence up to 60 % of the world’s energy use.*