Prime Data Centers has revealed that it wants to build a new data center campus in Elk Grove, Illinois. The data center company says it has plans to invest up to $1 billion in developing a 150MW, 750,000 square feet campus that features three three-story facilities. The facility will be sited ...

Iron Mountain is reportedly expanding its Virginia data center campus. According to Inside Nova, a firm with the name KH Data Capital Development is applying to revise the condition of the industrial zoning on its 37-acre property off Wellington Road, which is between Manassas and Gainesville....

GI Partners has completed the acquisition of Des Moines-based colocation provider LightEdge. LightEdge operates seven data centers in Kansas City, Des Moines, Raleigh, Austin, and Omaha. Anschutz Corporation has owned the majority of the firm since 2018. CEO of LightEdge, Jim Masterson, said h...

ColoHouse has completed the acquisition of Lume Cloud. Lume Cloud is a managed cloud services provider that provides workspace and cloud solutions. It also offers colocation services out of multiple multi-tenant facilities around the world. CEO of Lume Cloud, Kyle Verzello, said the acquisitio...

Turkcell recently inaugurated its new LEED Gold and Uptime Tier III-certified data center based in the Kapaklı district of Tekirdağ, Turkey. The facility has seen a $295 million investment and spans ​​37,277 sqm (400,000 sq ft) with 7,238 sqm (78,000 sq ft) of white space. Named the 'European...

DigitalBridge has announced it has formed a partnership with ImpactData, to deliver a network of edge data centers built on an "inclusion-based delivery model." According to the company's press release, this model will enable enterprises to "leverage their data for good", advancing student le...

Residents of Bnei Zion, Israel, are protesting against the construction of Google’s data center in the town. The locals have petitioned the Lod District Court to revoke the approval for the data center. The residents are worried over the health and environmental impact of the center project.Go...

STOCKHOLM, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Telia Company has today completed the divestment of Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra as all conditions, including regulatory approvals, have been met. On October 6, 2020, Telia Company announced the divestment of its subsidiary Telia Carrier to Polhem Infr...

New Data Center to House Approximately 73,000 of Marathon’s Bitcoin Miners, Transitioning the Company’s Mining Operations to 70% Carbon NeutralLAS VEGAS, May 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the news release issued under the same headline earlier today by Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 21, 2021 – Compute North and Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT), are pleased to announce an additional 40MW hosting agreement for the expansion of Bit Digital’s bitcoin mining operations in North America, with an important sustainability feature. As part of the agreem...

Singapore, 8 April 2021 – ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) today announced the construction of STT Defu 3, its newest data centre facility in Singapore to date, the group’s eighth local facility and the latest addition to their flagship Defu data centre campus. STT Defu 3 will boast...

Acquires two data centers in South Korea and forms a long-term strategic alliance with Sejong TelecomSINGAPORE, April 1, 2021 – Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Digital Edge” or the “Company”), a leading data center platform, established to transform the digital infrastructure in ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii  – DRFortress, the largest carrier-neutral data center and cloud marketplace operating in Hawaii, announces a major expansion to its data center campus in Honolulu is complete and ready for service. DRFortress added 125 cabinets, creating a total of 600 cabinets for lease and...

MONTREAL –  eStruxture, the largest Canadian-owned provider of network and cloud-neutral data center solutions, announces today the addition of Al Shulman as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunication and energy industries, Shulm...

Strategic Capital Fund Management is setting up Strategic Datasphere, LLC, a $1.5 billion data center investment platform. The investment firm said Strategic Datasphere would focus on acquiring, developing, and managing data center facilities across Europe and the US. It will also focus on sal...

Aligned just announced $1.35 billion in securitized notes, which is issued under its new Green Finance Framework. The Company said the notes issued were the first-ever green data securitization as well as the largest ever inaugural data center securitization. Anubhav Raj, CFO of Aligned, said ...

2021 has been an eventful year in the data center industry as we’ve seen some major merger and acquisition activities as these firms look to expand their capacities. We are going to shine the spotlight on the top five merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021. We’ll be able to see which ...

US-based Real estate firm Hines has raised $650m for a new fund targeting properties including data centers within the United States. The firm is also targeting industrial, multifamily, and other property types. Fund manager Adriana de Alcantara was quoted to have said the firm wants to invest...

Piemonte Holdings, a Brazil-based firm, plans to invest 600m reais ($116m) in data centers throughout the rest of the year. The Rio de Janeiro-based firm says it will be expanding its existing data centers and buying new sites in Brazil in H2 of 2021. CEO of the firm, Alessandro Lombardi, says...

Dutch telco KPN has agreed to a €1 billion ($1.176bn) sustainability-linked loan. The loan is linked with some sustainability performance in the next few years. The credit facility will be linked to three sustainability objectives. The first one is reducing its energy consumption, the second, ...

Nabiax has announced that it has tied its project financing to sustainability goals. The data center firm announced that its €320 million ($379.5m) financing had been converted into a sustainable format. Valora will serve as the project’s sustainability consultant, while BBVA will be the susta...

Aligned has announced that it has secured $250 million in sustainability-linked financing, bringing its total to $1.25 billion. Last year, it became the first data center company to receive a sustainability-linked loan (SLL). These loans are linked to sustainability initiatives, and the inter...

The data center industry is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Gartner, end-user spending on data center infrastructure for 2020 was $188 billion, a 10.3% decrease from 2019’s spending. With these figures, we can reach a consensus that there’s a massive market available for data cent...

There’s a lot of discussion around what the new bipartisan Infrastructure Bill means for the data center industry, and many are anticipating significant changes on the horizon.The bill, which is currently passing through Congress, would lend a hand to the industry’s decarbonization efforts, wi...

AirTrunk has announced it has converted its corporate loan facilities of over AU$2.1 billion (US$1.545bn) into a Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL). The tech company is the latest to join the wave of data center companies pursuing these kinds of loans, alongside Aligned, KPN, and Nabiax.As per ...

Techno Electric & Engineering Company (TEECL) has announced big plans for investment across India. The Indian power infrastructure firm is reportedly planning to invest $1 billion (Rs 7,310 crore) in developing data centers in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, National Capital Area (NCR) Chennai, a...

Underwater data centers are increasingly being looked to solve the industry’s sustainability issue. Submerging data centers underwater is reportedly more energy-efficient, addresses space scarcity, and sees facilities encounter fewer failures. Now, authorities in China are planning to invest ...

CyrusOne's commitment was recently recognized by The Environment + Energy Leader Awards program, which awarded the company with the Top Project of the Year Award. The program highlights products and services that provide companies with environmental and energy benefits. CyrusOne secured the a...

Verne Global, which operates a 100% renewable powered data center campus in Iceland, has been acquired by Digital 9, following an investment of £231m (€271m).The purchase of the 40-acre, 24MW campus, is a first for Digital 9, being the only deal to involve a data center operator to date. Acco...

China's data center market has seen incredible growth over the last few years. Back in 2019, the market was valued at USD 13.01 billion but is forecast to reach a value of USD 36.18 billion by 2025. It is also registering a CAGR of 19.2% from 2020 to 2025. While this is good news economically...

Horizeo, a 1GW solar project from Engie and Neoen, is open for public debate in France. Proposed for Saucats in Gironde, in the Nouvell-Aquitaine region, the project is estimated at €1 billion (US$1.18bn), spanning 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres).Commencing 9 September and running until 9 January...

Novva Data Centers has announced that it has acquired a 37-acre campus and 190k sqft of data center and supporting facilities, which features a Tier 3+ data center and industrial building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The data center has a 6 MW designed capacity, but Novva will inject $200 mi...