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RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

May 23, 2022 Singapore

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a crypto exchange regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced it is teaming up with AI firm Red Dot Analytics, for carbon measurement and to offset tropical data centers. Singapore implemented a three-year moratorium on new data center...

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Read Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed
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Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

May 23, 2022 Tokyo

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolish...

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Read AirTrunk Scales Up In Japan With Announcement Of Second Tokyo Hyperscale Data Centre
AirTrunk Scales Up In Japan With Announcement Of Second Tokyo Hyperscale Data Centre

AirTrunk Scales Up In Japan With Announcement Of Second Tokyo Hyperscale Data Centre

May 16, 2022 AirTrunk Tokyo TOK2

TOK2 increases AirTrunk’s capacity to over 410MW in Japan and 1.2GW across Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ). Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk is strengthening its presence in Japan, announcing plans to build a new 110+ megawatt (MW) hyperscale data centre in...

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Read AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development
AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

May 13, 2022 Philippines

AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp (ALLHC) has announced that it has partnered up with FLOW Digital Infrastructure through a framework agreement to develop carrier-neutral data centers in the Philippines. According to the two companies, the first stage of the rollout will deliver a 4.5MW-capacity...

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Read Alibaba Launches First Data Center in Bangkok Thailand
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Alibaba Launches First Data Center in Bangkok Thailand

May 13, 2022 Bangkok / Krung Thep

Alibaba Cloud opened its first data center in Bangkok, Thailand. The company first announced the facility in October 2021. It, however, had an opening ceremony for the new data center this week. Alibaba Cloud Intelligence’s country manager for Thailand, Tyler Qiu, said data protection and...

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Read YTL's solar-powered data center campus
YTL's solar-powered data center campus

YTL's solar-powered data center campus

May 11, 2022 Malaysia

YTL Power recently announced the development of a 500MW solar-powered data center campus in Johor, the first of its kind in Malaysia. 30km from Singapore, the data center park is based in the Iskandar region of Johor, where 275 acres of the site will be dedicated to data center development...

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Read Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center
Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center

Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center

May 10, 2022 New Zealand

Grid Share has announced that it plans to launch a bitcoin mining data center in New Zealand's south island. The facility will be built next to a hydroelectric dam, the Pioneer Energy-owned Monowai Power Station, with whom Grid Share has partnered to supply energy. The 2MW facility will utilize...

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Read VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site
VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site

VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site

May 06, 2022 India / Bhārata

Indian data center firm VueNow recently held a blessing ceremony to welcome in the development of its data center in Nadaun in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister Bikram Singh performed 'Bhoomi Pujan' in honor of Goddess Bhoomi and Vastu Purush. VueNoew...

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Read Cisco launches Mumbai data center
Cisco launches Mumbai data center

Cisco launches Mumbai data center

May 05, 2022 Mumbai

Cisco's Duo has announced that it has launched its first data center in Mumbai , with the intention of providing its customers with enhanced cyber defense and data localization. This move is also part of a wider global expansion strategy. Information about the facility's specifications are yet to...

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Read GDS and YTL To Jointly Develop Eight Data Centers With 168MW Capacity in Johor, Malaysia
GDS and YTL To Jointly Develop Eight Data Centers With 168MW Capacity in Johor, Malaysia

GDS and YTL To Jointly Develop Eight Data Centers With 168MW Capacity in Johor, Malaysia

April 28, 2022 YTL Johor

GDS has announced its plan to develop multiple data centers in YTL’s data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. GDS Holdings and YTL Power International Berhad signed an agreement to co-build eight data centers at the YTL Green Data Center Park. The data centers developed will have a capacity of...

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Read Alibaba shares new green goals
Alibaba shares new green goals

Alibaba shares new green goals

April 27, 2022 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 for...

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Read Gaw Capital Makes Significant Investment in South Korea's Dreammark One
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Gaw Capital Makes Significant Investment in South Korea's Dreammark One

April 26, 2022 South Korea

Hong Kong’s real estate private equity company Gaw Capital Partners has made a considerable investment in Dreammark One. Gaw announced that it signed agreements with IMM Investment Corp to invest in the South Korean data center company through a fund under its management. The investment details...

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Read Viettel To Develop The Largest Data Center in Vietnam
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Viettel To Develop The Largest Data Center in Vietnam

April 26, 2022 Vietnam

Vietnam-based telecommunication firm Viettel has announced plans to develop a new data center in Ho Chi Minh City. The company revealed that it would be developing the largest data center in the country. Viettel aims to invest up to VND 6,000 billion ($261 million) in the data center project....

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Read GDS Starts Work on its RM1.38 Billion Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
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GDS Starts Work on its RM1.38 Billion Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

April 25, 2022 Carrier-Neutral Data Center

GDS Holdings has announced that it has started work on a data center campus in Malaysia. The company revealed that it would invest RM1.38 billion in developing the 242,200 square feet (22,500 square meters) at the Nusajaya Tech Park in Johor. The hyperscale data center campus will deliver 54MW of...

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Read Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant
Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant

Supernap Thailand announces signing of PPA to build solar plant

April 25, 2022 Thailand / Prathet Thai

Supernap Thailand has announced that it has signed a PPA with WHA Utilities & Power, to build a solar plant alongside its data center just outside of Bangkok. The project, which will see an investment of THB 30 million (~$886,000), will take place on 10,000 sqm (107,600 sqft) of space. WHAUP...

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Read VueNow To Develop 40 Edge Facilities Across Bihar, India
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VueNow To Develop 40 Edge Facilities Across Bihar, India

April 22, 2022 India / Bhārata

VueNow has revealed that it plans to develop multiple Edge data centers across Bihar, India. According to Business Standard, Bihar’s IT department received a proposal from VueNow about an investment plan to develop data centers across the state. This investment is worth Rs817 crore ($107m)....

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Read YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia
YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

YTL Corp To Develop a 500MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

April 22, 2022 YTL Johor

YTL Corp is looking to develop a 500MW data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. The Malaysian conglomerate announced that it wants to develop the solar-powered facility in the Iskandar region of Johor. According to the company, it will be the first data center park in the country to be...

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Read Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore
Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore

Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore

April 21, 2022 Equinix Singapore SG5

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its SG5 International Business Exchange data center in Singapore. According to Equinix, the expansion will see it add more than 7,700 square meters (83,000 square feet) of colocation space and over 1,475 cabinets to the facility. Upon completion, the...

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Read Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai
Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai

Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai

April 18, 2022 Mumbai

Vultr has announced that it has launched a cloud data center location in Mumbai, making the city its 25th global location. According to the company, it will enable businesses in India to innovate quicker and at a reduced cost. Commenting on the company’s expansion, Vinod Chacko, Business...

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Read The White Data Center (WDC): Sustainability and the circular economy
The White Data Center (WDC): Sustainability and the circular economy

The White Data Center (WDC): Sustainability and the circular economy

April 14, 2022 Japan

The White Data Center (WDC) in Japan's North Island of Hokkaido, is a research project run by the city of Babai. It initially ran between 2014-2019, in collaboration with Japan's NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) research body. Its aim was to research how snow...

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