Hong Kong – 14 May 2026 – EcoCeres, a global leader in the innovation and commercialization of renewable fuels and green molecules, and Bridge Data Centres (BDC), a Singapore-headquartered hyperscale data centre provider, have successfully completed Southeast Asia’s first pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to power backup generators at BDC’s data centre campus.

The pilot marks an important milestone in decarbonizing mission-critical digital infrastructure in Asia Pacific. It demonstrates how waste-based renewable fuels can be deployed in existing backup power systems to reduce emissions without compromising operational reliability.

HVO is a next-generation renewable fuel produced from waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil. As a direct drop-in replacement for conventional diesel, it can be used in existing diesel generators without engine modifications, making it a practical lower-carbon solution for data centre backup power applications. EcoCeres’ waste-based HVO can deliver lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions savings of up to 94.4% compared with conventional fossil diesel.

The pilot follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by EcoCeres and BDC to jointly pilot and promote the use of HVO in data centre operations. The trial covered a full range of emergency backup power scenarios, from generator start-up through sustained operation, with HVO meeting performance and emissions requirements throughout.

“Decarbonizing data centres is one of the most urgent and technically demanding challenges in the net-zero transition, and we are proud to partner with Bridge Data Centres to demonstrate that HVO is ready to perform at scale in real-world operations,” said Matti Lievonen, CEO of EcoCeres. “By proving that waste-based renewable fuels can meet stringent reliability and performance requirements in existing diesel backup systems, this pilot shows how operators can start cutting emissions today without compromising resilience.”

“As AI workloads continue to scale across the region, BDC is committed to advancing innovative clean energy solutions that reduce our carbon footprint while meeting the performance and reliability requirements of our hyperscale customers,” said Eric Fan, CEO of Bridge Data Centres. “The success our inaugural pilot in Asia Pacific demonstrates that HVO-powered backup fuel is a feasible and replicable concept for other high-growth data centre markets.”

The collaboration reflects EcoCeres’ broader strategy to support hard-to-abate, high-reliability sectors with waste-based renewable fuels, including aviation, logistics, heavy transport and digital infrastructure. For the data centre sector in particular, the pilot highlights how circular economy principles can be applied in practice, turning waste oils into low-carbon fuel for critical backup energy systems.

Together with EcoCeres’ recent work with GDS in China – where the company supplied HVO for a pilot at a data centre in North China – the BDC collaboration demonstrates how waste-based renewable fuels can reliably power backup systems across different markets and operating environments.

Building on this successful demonstration, EcoCeres aims to work with data centre operators, infrastructure partners and industry stakeholders to support broader HVO adoption across the data centre industry in Asia Pacific and beyond. This includes scaling supply relationships, expanding deployment across additional sites and helping establish practical pathways for lower-carbon backup power across a fast-growing sector.