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Read Equinix expands footprint in Canada
Equinix expands footprint in Canada

Equinix expands footprint in Canada

April 06, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced plans for a facility in Montreal, Canada. Known as MT2, the new facility is projected to be operational in the second half of 2023. In the first phase of the project, the facility will offer 500 racks from Q3, phase two, meanwhile, will add a further 500 racks by the fourth...

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Read Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas
Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas

Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas

April 03, 2023 Equinix

After acquiring the Infomart building in Dallas, Texas in 2018, Equinix has announced that it is expanding the property. This expansion will see $180 million injected into the 1990 N. Stemmons Freeway property. The addition will involve the company adding more than 211,000 square feet (19,600 sq...

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Read Landowners sue City of Chicago over blocked sale for Equinix expansion
Landowners sue City of Chicago over blocked sale for Equinix expansion

Landowners sue City of Chicago over blocked sale for Equinix expansion

March 27, 2023 Equinix

Landowners in Chicago are suing the city over the blocked sale of their property to Equinix, a data center company. The landowners allege that the city's actions were unconstitutional and violated their property rights. Equinix had planned to build a data center on the site at 2545 South Martin...

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Read Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

March 17, 2023 Equinix

Equinix, in another move in alignment with its sustainability goals, has announced the opening of a rooftop urban farm at its PA10 data center in Paris, France. Promoting circular economy principles, the company will use its servers' waste heat to heat the greenhouse, which was built by Reid...

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Read Equinix signs solar PPAs in Spain
Equinix signs solar PPAs in Spain

Equinix signs solar PPAs in Spain

February 28, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has inked five new long-term PPAs in Spain from solar farms, totalling 225MW, which will be managed by IGNIS. This reportedly brings the company's contracted PPA capacity to 595 MW globally. While specific details regarding the location of the farms have not yet been shared, the company...

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Read Equinix Intends to Build an Additional Data Center in Barcelona
Equinix Intends to Build an Additional Data Center in Barcelona

Equinix Intends to Build an Additional Data Center in Barcelona

February 16, 2023 Equinix

Currently, Equinix is planning to construct a second data center in Barcelona, Spain. Last week, the colocation giant revealed its intentions to build BA2, an International Business Exchange (IBX) facility right next to its current BA1 location. We were not given any information on the project's...

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Read Raxio reveals expansion plans in Angola
Raxio reveals expansion plans in Angola

Raxio reveals expansion plans in Angola

January 19, 2023 Raxio Group

Raxio has announced that it is investing and establishing 'Raxio Angola,' a new 6MW data center, set to be the first carrier-neutral Tier III data center in the country. It will be located on the outskirts of Luanda, in the Cacuaco district. Robert Mullins, CEO of Raxio Group, said: "Our decision...

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Read Equinix signs another PPA in Finland
Equinix signs another PPA in Finland

Equinix signs another PPA in Finland

January 09, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a third power purchase agreement (PPA) in Finland with Neoen, totaling 129MW. Through the ten-year deal, the company will obtain 60% of the output and guarantees of origin to be produced by the future 95MW Storbötet wind farm from the French renewable...

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Read Equinix To Develop Data Center in Johannesburg
Equinix To Develop Data Center in Johannesburg

Equinix To Develop Data Center in Johannesburg

December 14, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced its plan to venture into the South African data center market with a data center development. The company plans to invest $160m to develop a data center campus in Johannesburg. The 4MW data center called JN1 will have over 20,000 gross square feet of colocation space and a...

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Read Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing
Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing

Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing

December 13, 2022 Equinix

Following approval from the Loudoun Board of Supervisors last week, data center company Equinix has announced that it will be adding multi-colored LED lights to the exterior of one of its data centers in Ashburn, Virginia. This addition to DC21, located at 22175 Beaumeade Circle in Ashburn,...

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Read Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers
Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers

Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers

December 12, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced, in line with a broader commitment to reduce its overall power, it will adjust its data center thermostats, shifting temperatures closer to 27°C (80°F) across its global data center fleet. This change, the company said, will lead to less energy used in 'unnecessary data...

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Read Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia
Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

December 01, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced its plan to develop a new International Business Exchange IBX data center in Johor, Malaysia. The data center company said it would invest up to $40m in the first stages of the data center. The JH1 data center is scheduled to be in operation in Q1 2024. The facility will...

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Read Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK
Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

November 24, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in the UK in London and Manchester. The data center firm revealed that it had launched a new data center in Manchester called MA5. It is also expanding its LD7 and LD8 facilities in London. The Managing Director of Equinix UK,...

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Read Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo
Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

November 24, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is developing a new data center in Tokyo called TY15. The company first announced the facility earlier in the month. Equinix revealed that the data center is scheduled to be in operation in H1 2024. The facility will also have a capacity of around 1,200 cabinets by...

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Read Raxio breaks ground on facility in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Raxio breaks ground on facility in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Raxio breaks ground on facility in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

November 08, 2022 Raxio Group

The Raxio Group has announced that it has commenced work on its fifth data center in Côte d'Ivoire. This is reportedly the country's first Tier III-standard carrier-neutral colocation data center. The company held a ground-breaking ceremony at the site, located at the Village of Innovation and...

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Read Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia
Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

October 11, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has revealed its plans to develop a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This will be the company's first facility in the Asian country. Equinix noted that it would be investing $74m in developing the new IBX facility. The data center will be located in the Central Business District of...

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Read Raxio Breaks Ground on MZ1 Facility in Maputo, Mozambique
Raxio Breaks Ground on MZ1 Facility in Maputo, Mozambique

Raxio Breaks Ground on MZ1 Facility in Maputo, Mozambique

October 04, 2022 Raxio Group

Raxio Group has announced that construction has started at its Raxio MZ1 data center in Maputo, Mozambique. The facility will be Mozambique’s first carrier-neutral, privately owned data center. Raxio MZ1 is rated Tier III, and it has the capacity for 250 racks. The data center is scheduled to...

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Read Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power
Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power

Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power

September 30, 2022 Equinix

Equinix is the latest company in the industry to trial hydrogen fuel cells as a power source for data centers. The company will be working in partnership with the Centre for Energy Research & Technology (CERT) under the National University of Singapore's (NUS) College of Design and...

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Read Raxio Breaks Ground on its 1.5MW Kinshasa Data Center in The DRC
Raxio Breaks Ground on its 1.5MW Kinshasa Data Center in The DRC

Raxio Breaks Ground on its 1.5MW Kinshasa Data Center in The DRC

September 23, 2022 Raxio Group

Raxio has announced that it has begun constructing its new Kinshasa facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company first announced the data center in March 2021. At the ground-breaking ceremony, Raxio noted that the facility is the DRC’s first Tier III rated carrier-neutral...

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Read Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich
Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich

Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich

September 16, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced the expansion of one of its data centers in Zurich, Switzerland. Its ZH4 IBX facility, located at Josefstrasse 225, will see the addition of 850 square meters (9,150 sq ft) of whitespace and more than 200 cabinets. The facility first opened in 2010, and since then, it has...

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