April 09, 2024 Singapore
Alibaba has revealed that it is now slashing its prices by as much as 59 percent for customers "from the US to Singapore." This comes shortly after the company's March 2024 announcement that it would be cutting cloud costs for its Chinese customers by up to 55 percent with the hope of winning...
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April 08, 2024 Singapore
Singaporean real-estate firm Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Limited (APS) this week announced plans to acquire a 100 percent stake in Taiwanese sustainable data solutions provider, Mobii Genius Co., Ltd., for US$150 million. “Creating green data processing and storage facilities is of...
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April 03, 2024 Japan
Digital Core REIT has acquired an additional 10 percent share in a data center in Osaka, Japan via Digital Core REIT's subsidiary, Digital CR Singapore 4 Pte. Ltd., for JPY 7,725 million (~$51.5m), from Mitsubishi Corporation. The Osaka data center is a freehold facility with a 95 percent...
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March 25, 2024 India / Bhārata
Police in India have arrested nine people for stealing cell tower equipment worth 60 lakh across Telangana state. The gang stole a variety of equipment from various sites, including Remote Radio Units (RRUs), Remote Radio Heads (RRHs), Base Band Units (BBUs), and cell tower cable wires of Bharti...
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March 25, 2024 Indonesia
NEC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telkom Indonesia as part of a collaboration to develop smart cities in Indonesia's new capital city, Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN). According to NEC, the MoU aims to "create a more sustainable and livable environment for citizens by adopting...
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March 25, 2024 Australia
Chip design software manufacturer Synopsys has acquired Intrinsic ID, a provider of Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF)-based IP that can be used in the design of system-on-chips (SoCs). Intrinsic IDF has developed PUF-based digital authentication technology that provides an additional level of...
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March 15, 2024 Sydney
Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has selected CDC Data Centres for its digital tower deployment. WSI will be one of the first in Australia to run a digital air traffic control tower and has partnered with CDC, Frequentis Australasia, and Airservices to develop the system. WSI will...
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March 12, 2024 Australia
Optus' head of networks, Lambo Kanagaratnam, has resigned months after the Australian telco suffered a lengthy outage, becoming the second high-profile name at the company to depart after CEO Kelly Bayer resigned in November. The company's interim CEO Michael Ventor informed staff at the telco...
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March 12, 2024 Sydney
Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has selected CDC Data Centres for its digital tower deployment. WSI will be one of the first in Australia to run a digital air traffic control tower and has partnered with CDC, Frequentis Australasia, and Airservices to develop the system. WSI will...
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March 09, 2024 India / Bhārata
Singapore's Singtel has sold an 0.8 percent stake in Indian telco Bharti Airtel for S$950 million ($710m) to US-based investment firm GQG Partners, trimming it’s stake in the company from 29.8 percent to 29 percent. The company plans to invest the funds in data centers and IT services. "Last...
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March 08, 2024 India / Bhārata
Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) this week announced the acquisition of a 10-acre plot in Chennai, Tamil Nadu for a new data center development. The company had previously revealed its intention to expand into India last year with a large campus in Mumbai. In September it then said it was...
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March 07, 2024 Philippines
Philippines conglomerate SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) announced that it is looking at moving beyond retail redevelopment into data centers, and is planning at least one development in Batangas, south of Philippines capital Manila. SMIC president and CEO Frederic DyBuncio said to the press,...
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March 05, 2024 Singapore
Telkom Indonesia has consolidated its Singapore data centers under one umbrella unit ahead of a potential sale. The company wrote on LinkedIn that this marks a “significant milestone in our journey toward becoming a regional powerhouse in the data center industry,” “The rationale behind this...
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March 04, 2024 Indonesia
Cable operator and Citramas Group BW Digital this week announced that it has acquired a new land for data center construction and has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the ‘joint development of a carrier-neutral digital ecosystem’ in Batam’s Nongsa Digital Park (NDP), which Citramas...
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March 04, 2024 New Zealand
Legrand has acquired New Zealand cable management firm Mechanical Support Systems (MSS) which offers services including cable containment manufacturing, supply, installation, and design, as well as bespoke fabrication. This acquisition merges MSS’ cable management solutions with the acquiring...
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February 29, 2024 Bangladesh
Robi Axiata subsidiary Axentec PLC has launched a Tier IV-standard data center called "Cypher", located in the Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore and spans 16,500 square feet. This prefabricated facility will offer 2N redundancy and fault-tolerant power backup systems for its...
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February 27, 2024 South Korea
Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT) is teaming up with liquid cooling specialist Iceotope and lubricant developer SK Enmove to design a new liquid cooling solution for AI data centers. The companies will collaborate to deploy precision liquid cooling (PLC) using SK Enmove’s thermal fluid at SKT’s AI...
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February 27, 2024 Malaysia
APAC operator Bridge Data Centres has revealed new plans for further expansion in Malaysia with a new facility in Cyberjaya. The ChinData subsidiary said the project will offer 87MW across three phases, with the first two phases involving the construction of a three-story data center. “We are...
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February 27, 2024 Singapore
Empyrion DC, a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green loan worth S$133 million (US$98 million) to refinance its SG1 Dodid data center in Singapore, with proceeds used to “support existing operations” at the 12.5MW facility. This financing was provided by the UOB bank. Mark...
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February 21, 2024 Australia
Australian data center firm iseek has named Scott Hicks who was previously the CEO of YourDC as its new CEO. Prior to his history at YourDC, Hicks was managing director of local ISP Adam Internet from 1995 until its sale to iiNet/TPG in 2013. He is also the founder and owner of Astelec Group, a...
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