STMicroelectronics
The Vision
STMicroelectronics (ST), one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, made a global commitment to become carbon neutral by 2027. With this target in mind, they were seeking ways to significantly reduce their carbon emissions – and fast. Since the manufacturing of semiconductor “wafers” demands massive process cooling capacity, seeking a more efficient cooling system was the perfect place to start. They selected SP Group to make the vision a reality. One unique factor was that the cooling system was required to cool both a manufacturing plant and office areas - in other words, spaces with very different cooling requirements.
The Engineering
Our winning bid will design, build, own and operate a bespoke cooling system for ST AMK Technopark – ST’s single largest wafer-fabrication site (by volume). With a cooling capacity of up to 36,000 refrigerant tons (RT), this project will be the largest district cooling system for an industrial development in Singapore when completed in 2025, and is ST’s first deployment of district cooling at a manufacturing facility globally. It will achieve 20 per cent savings in cooling-related electricity consumption every year, and at the same time, reduce ST’s carbon emissions by up to 120,000 tonnes per year. In terms of environmental benefit, that’s equivalent to taking 109,090 cars off the road every year.
At-A-Glance
Success Stories
Read more about our district cooling success stories here.
