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Hickory DC is developing a 72MW data center in Melbourne

December 10, 2021 Melbourne

Australian real estate development company Hickory has begun construction on its first data center in Melbourne. The company first revealed plans for the data center in June. The facility will be located on a 3.5-hectare site in Truganina, West Melbourne. The data center was to have 269,000...

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Read AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan
AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan

AirTrunk opens TOK1 data center in Japan

December 02, 2021 AirTrunk Tokyo TOK1

AirTrunk has announced the launch of its first data center in Japan. The new facility is located in Tokyo, and it is called TOK1. It will have an initial capacity of up to 60MW. The 13.25-hectare site is located in Inzai Chiba Prefecture in Tokyo. The data center campus is also scalable to 300MW...

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Read ESR proposes plans to convert cold storage facility into a data center in Hong Kong
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ESR proposes plans to convert cold storage facility into a data center in Hong Kong

November 25, 2021 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...

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Read AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney
AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney

AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney

November 05, 2021 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has revealed its plans for a new 320MW data center campus in Sydney. Upon completion, the facility will be the largest single hyperscale data center campus in the Asia Pacific region outside of China. The facility will be called SYD3, and it will be located in western Sydney. SYD3 will...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 AirTrunk

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans
A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans

A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans

September 14, 2021 AirTrunk

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 the...

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Read Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

June 16, 2021 Singapore

It has been announced that social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a $17 million (S$23m) project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. The programme is also being funded by Singapore's National...

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Read Stockland to build new data center in Macquarie Park, Sydney
Stockland to build new data center in Macquarie Park, Sydney

Stockland to build new data center in Macquarie Park, Sydney

June 09, 2021 Sydney

Stockland has announced plans to build a five-story new data center in Sydney, which, according to the Australian Financial Review, might be for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The facility, worth AU$264 million (US$204.3 million), was reportedly fast-tracked by the New South Wales Government due to...

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Read Real estate firm Hickory enters the data center arena, with plans for a 36MW facility in Melbo
Real estate firm Hickory enters the data center arena, with plans for a 36MW facility in Melbo

Real estate firm Hickory enters the data center arena, with plans for a 36MW facility in Melbo

June 09, 2021 Melbourne

Hickory, an Australian real estate development firm, has announced that it is entering the data center arena with plans to construct a 36MW facility in Truganina, west Melbourne, following development approval from Wyndham City Council. The data center will be built on a 3.5-hectare site and have...

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Read AirTrunk opens 2nd Sydney facility
AirTrunk opens 2nd Sydney facility

AirTrunk opens 2nd Sydney facility

March 23, 2021 AirTrunk Sydney SYD2

Airtrunk recently announced the opening of its second Sydney data center- Airtrunk SYD2 to help the growth of cloud customers. The new facility has 110MW of capacity and will be the 3rd largest single-campus data center in the entire Asia-Pacific region. SYD2 is powered by a dedicated 200MVA...

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Read AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities
AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities

AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities

December 10, 2020 AirTrunk Singapore SGP1

On the same day, AirTrunk launched into two new markets, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Macquarie-owned AirTrunk is known for building large data centres in Australia and the new sites are no exception. Singapore SGP1 is a 6o megawatt and 20,000 square metres of floor space. The facility is in...

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Read Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk
Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk

Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk

April 08, 2020 AirTrunk

Macquarie has finalized the acquisition of AirTrunk. The deal, which values AirTrunk at $1.9B (USD), was led by Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 (MAIF2) and other MIRA-managed partners. The 88% stake was acquired from Goldman Sachs, Sixth Street Partners (formerly TSSP) and from AirTrunk...

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Read Macquarie to acquire AirTrunk
Macquarie to acquire AirTrunk

Macquarie to acquire AirTrunk

January 10, 2020 AirTrunk

Bloomberg reports that AirTrunk has agreed to be acquired by Macquaire Infrastructure & Real Assets for $2.1 billion USD ($3 billion AUD). AirTrunk, an Australian based provider, operates data centers in Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore and has announced plans to open a facility in Hong Kong...

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Read AirTrunk announces a Second Sydney Data Centre
AirTrunk announces a Second Sydney Data Centre

AirTrunk announces a Second Sydney Data Centre

November 21, 2019 AirTrunk Sydney SYD2

AirTrunk has announced its plans to build a second hyperscale data center in Sydney, with the new installation of more than 110 megawatts to complement its two existing ones. The new data center, which will open in 2020, will be located in northern Sydney and will be known as SYD2. The facility...

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Read AirTrunk appoint Mark Adams as Advisory Board Member
AirTrunk appoint Mark Adams as Advisory Board Member

AirTrunk appoint Mark Adams as Advisory Board Member

October 28, 2019 AirTrunk

AirTrunk today announced the appointment of Mark Adams as an independent advisory board member. Along with advising the AirTrunk board, Mark will provide strategic input into AirTrunk’s Asia-Pacific expansion plan. Mark is a seasoned strategy and M&A executive and brings to AirTrunk his...

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Read AirTrunk Announces expansion to Hong Kong with new 20 MW Data Centre (PR)
AirTrunk Announces expansion to Hong Kong with new 20 MW Data Centre (PR)

AirTrunk Announces expansion to Hong Kong with new 20 MW Data Centre (PR)

September 17, 2019 AirTrunk Hong Kong HKG1

AirTrunk, a specialist in hyperscale data centres, today confirmed its latest Asia-Pacific data centre development, announcing a new 20+ megawatt (MW) facility in Hong Kong that is set to open in Q4, 2020. The data centre will be located near Tsuen Wan, close to key data centres and Hong Kong’s...

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Read AirTrunk Closes $332 million in funding to build Singapore data centre
AirTrunk Closes $332 million in funding to build Singapore data centre

AirTrunk Closes $332 million in funding to build Singapore data centre

April 10, 2019 AirTrunk Singapore SGP1

AirTrunk has announces that it has received US$332 million (S$450 million) debt financing from three global financial institutions; Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Natixis. Additional equity capital was also raised from its founder and CEO, Robin Khuda, and shareholders, Goldman Sachs and TPG...

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Read AirTrunk raises $621m for expansion
Singapore-based AirTrunk announced that it has successfully completed an AU$850 million (US$621m) financing round to fund a major expansion of its Australian data centers in Sydney and Melbourne, a...

AirTrunk raises $621m for expansion

August 22, 2018 AirTrunk

Singapore-based AirTrunk announced that it has successfully completed an AU$850 million (US$621m) financing round to fund a major expansion of its Australian data centers in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as across key Asia-Pacific markets. Deutsche Bank is the underwriter for the new financing...

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