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Singapore, October 29: Some of the power storage Singapore wants might already be put in in its knowledge centres and factories. Amplicity, a Singapore-headquartered power know-how firm, is placing it to work. The firm has closed a USD 1.01 million seed spherical, which is backed by Loyal VC, is engaged with greater than 20 potential buyer websites throughout Asia-Pacific and plans to enter Japan in 2027. It additionally just lately received the Pioneers in Sustainability Award on the France-Singapore Business Awards 2026, organised by the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
Amplicity estimates that round 160 MWh of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and backup battery capability is put in in Singapore’s knowledge centres alone, stored charged for an outage that not often comes. Not all of it may be used flexibly, but it surely factors to a big asset that’s principally idle. Amplicity’s platform places the usable portion to work. It cuts electrical energy payments, earns from the grid and helps extra renewables come on-line, whereas preserving every web site’s backup necessities.
An neglected asset as demand grows
AI, superior manufacturing and the shift to electrical automobiles are pushing Singapore’s electrical energy demand increased. Data centres already use about 7 per cent of the nation’s electrical energy. Singapore has greater than 1.6 GW of information centre capability and plans a minimum of 300 MW extra. Its grid nonetheless generates about 95 per cent of its energy from pure gasoline, and clear energy imports from its neighbours are years away.
Across Asia-Pacific, Amplicity estimates about 740 MWh of put in battery capability in knowledge centres alone, with extra in factories and industrial services. Not all of it may be made obtainable, but it surely exhibits the size of an asset the power transition has largely neglected.
‘Singapore is correct to look past its borders for clear energy, however these tasks will take time. Meanwhile, a few of the storage we want is already put in and sitting idle in our knowledge centres and factories,’ stated Stephane Leyo, co-founder and CEO of Amplicity. ‘The subsequent power storage alternative is not only about constructing extra batteries. We want to have a look at the sources we have already got.’
For operators, the barrier has been the concern that touching the backup may trigger an outage. Amplicity makes use of solely the capability above every web site’s backup reserve. The operator units the bounds, and native controllers on web site implement them, even with out an web connection.
Peak shaving trims the demand spikes that enormous customers pay further for, and it’s usually the place Amplicity finds the best worth. Amplicity builds a method round every web site’s load profile, tariff and constraints, then stacks wholesale market income on high. Its modelling exhibits {that a} S$500,000 battery at a Singapore knowledge centre may ship about S$256,000 a 12 months in worth. Most of that comes from peak shaving, with extra income from the wholesale electrical energy market. The similar strategy applies to factories and different industrial services with backup or on-site batteries.
Amplicity begins with batteries a web site already owns, so there isn’t a new battery spend. It additionally optimises operational battery power storage methods and, the place extra storage pays, installs new ones with financing choices. Its Battery Value Assessment exhibits operators what their batteries may very well be price earlier than they commit. Distributed batteries at present websites can even assist a constrained grid keep steady and tackle extra renewables, with out new infrastructure.
‘The alternative is not only about including extra batteries to the grid. It’s about making present and future power infrastructure work smarter,’ stated Gabriel Schiano, co-founder and COO of Amplicity. ‘By combining site-specific optimisation with electrical energy market alternatives, we will create financial worth for companies whereas supporting a extra versatile power system.’
‘Stephane and Gabriel carry deep power and business expertise to a big, neglected alternative. Turning present batteries into incomes belongings is a capital-light technique to assist the power transition,’ stated Michael Kosic, Founding Partner of Loyal VC.
Amplicity began out at ENGIE Factory, the incubator of power group ENGIE, which was later acquired by Pacific Channel.
‘During my time at ENGIE Factory, we recognised Amplicity’s potential early on and helped the workforce refine its know-how and business strategy,’ stated Tim van Vliet, Principal and SEA Regional Manager, Pacific Channel. ‘The programme was designed to assist revolutionary options addressing actual challenges within the power sector, and Amplicity is a good instance of how that early assist can translate right into a scalable enterprise alternative.’
Amplicity is a finalist for the Sustainability Innovation Award and Start-Up of the Year on the AustCham Singapore Business Awards 2026. It has been supported by SMU BIG, NUS Deep SAGE and Swinburne University’s Climate 4.0 Hub. Amplicity is engaged with greater than 20 potential buyer websites throughout knowledge centres and trade in Asia-Pacific.
About Amplicity
Amplicity (https://amplicity.energy/) is a Singapore-headquartered power know-how firm specialising in battery optimisation and monetisation. Its proprietary know-how turns batteries into productive power belongings, from idle backup methods to operational battery power storage and new installations. It helps knowledge centres, industrial services and important infrastructure operators cut back electrical energy prices, generate recurring income and decarbonise, whereas preserving their backup necessities.
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