Apr 27, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
Alibaba has announced that it has joined the Low Carbon Patent Pledge (LCPP), which is an international platform that encourages companies to share patents for low carbon technologies. In line with this pledge, the company will make nine key patents for green data center technology available f...
Apr 12, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
Three Gorges Group has announced that it has completed the first phase of its Dongyuemiao data center project in Yichang, Hubei. Work began on the project back in February 2021. The Chinese energy company outlined that the facility's first phase saw an investment of RMB 845 million ($132.7m), ...
Apr 08, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | China
Three Gorges Group has announced the completion of the Dongyuemiao data center project's first phase in Yichang, Hubei. The Chinese energy company revealed that the project's first phase cost RMB 845 million ($132.7m). The project has also been in development since February last year. This pha...
Apr 07, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Hong Kong
A Vantage-occupied facility in Hong Kong has been acquired by the Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF). The complex acquired is located at 43 Container Port Road. It is also a fully occupied data center with a 14MW capacity across 270,000 square feet of gross floor area. The deal was worth HK$2.88 ...
Mar 18, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Hong Kong
Carrianna Group has announced the launch of a new data center in the Kwai Chang industrial area, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong property firm, Jun Gao Holdings Company Limited and Dr. Quentin Tsang jointly invested in the data center. The property has a gross floor area of 2,100 square meters (23,00...
Mar 01, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba, has announced that it is on track to have its global data centers running entirely on clean, renewable energy by 2030. As part of its green pledge and push towards more sustainable operations, the company has announced that it is upgrading five of its hy...
Feb 22, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
China has announced that it has approved a large-scale project to build eight national integrated computing hubs with ten data center clusters. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and three other central departments (the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Ind...
Feb 13, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | China
According to Bloomberg, GLP Pte is mulling over raising up to $500 million to expand its data center footprint in China. The Singapore-based investment manager wants to raise funds from investors in exchange for a minority stake in the firm. GLP Pte’s data center business is valued at up to $5...
Feb 08, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | China
According to Bloomberg, Hotwon Group is looking to raise up to $300 million in funding. The Chinese data center developer hopes to use the money raised to expand its footprint across the country. Once successful, Hotwon’s valuation will increase to $1.5 billion. Reports also show that the comp...
Jan 24, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Beijing
Multilateral bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has announced that it is making a significant investment in new data center development, with $150 million. The Beijing-based company will direct the funds through the Keppel Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II). Current reports outline t...
Jan 06, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Hong Kong
Taoping Inc (TOAP) has announced that it is expanding its Taoping G Cloud Hong Kong Data Center (the "Center") in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of January 2022.The facility, built in May 2021, will have an estimated total hash rate of 700GH/s, and i...
Jan 06, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
Alibaba has announced its sustainability goals to meet the rest of the industry in its push to go green. According to Alibaba's Chairman and CEO, Daniel Zhang, this announcement aligns with the company's aspiration to become a force for "positive, innovative change in society." Zhang says that...
Dec 31, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
According to reports, China is planning to introduce four large clusters of data centers situated outside the ‘main population centers’ in the north and west of the country. This announcement comes following China laying out its sustainability commitments and key targets as per its 2060 carbon...
Dec 28, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
Sanya, a coastal city on the south of Hainan Island, is to receive the world's first commercial demonstration underwater data center, with an investment of over 5.6 billion yuan ($880 million). This news comes following Hainan provincial authorities announcing they had reached a strategic agre...
Dec 16, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | China
China's Guangdong province recently announced its five-year plan for its marine economy. Part of this plan will see "high energy consuming data centers" submerged in the sea to reduce energy consumption. As per the plan, cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai will relocate their data ce...
Dec 15, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | China
VNET, formerly known as 21Vianet, has launched a joint venture with an unrevealed sovereign wealth fund to build and operate hyperscale data centers in China. The agreement will see VNET create individual project companies that will develop each data center. Upon completing the data centers, V...
Dec 09, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Beijing
In light of the global push to reduce carbon emissions, Beijing outlined in a plan published on Wednesday that local governments in China should ensure that the "blind and disorderly development" of data centers is carefully monitored and prevented. Moreover, it stated that governments should ...
Dec 08, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | China Telecom
News emerging is that China Telecom Americas will be leaving the United States. This comes after the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied China Telecom’s emergency motion to pause an FCC order that revoked its authorizations to continue operations in the country. By ...
Nov 25, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Hong Kong
ESR Cayman Limited has reportedly submitted a proposal to convert Brilliant Cold Storage Tower 2 at 11-19 Wing Yip Street, in Kwai Chung, New Territories, into a data center. The proposed data center would have a capacity of 40MW, spanning 15-stories, adding a total of 450 sqm of space which w...
Nov 18, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Digital Realty Kwai Chung HKG11
Digital Realty has announced the opening of a new data center in Hong Kong. The company first announced that it was constructing the facility in July 2020. The HKG11 facility is a 210,000 square feet (21,000 square meters) building with 24MW of capacity. In addition, the building has twelve fl...