September 09, 2021 India / Bhārata
Techno Electric & Engineering Company (TEECL) has announced big plans for investment across India. The Indian power infrastructure firm is reportedly planning to invest $1 billion (Rs 7,310 crore) in developing data centers in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, National Capital Area (NCR) Chennai, and...
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September 08, 2021 China
Underwater data centers are increasingly being looked to solve the industry’s sustainability issue. Submerging data centers underwater is reportedly more energy-efficient, addresses space scarcity, and sees facilities encounter fewer failures. Now, authorities in China are planning to invest in...
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September 06, 2021 China
China's data center market has seen incredible growth over the last few years. Back in 2019, the market was valued at USD 13.01 billion but is forecast to reach a value of USD 36.18 billion by 2025. It is also registering a CAGR of 19.2% from 2020 to 2025. While this is good news economically,...
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September 06, 2021 India / Bhārata
India's data center market is forecast to grow by a CAGR of around 12% between 2020−2026, which means the country is undoubtedly witnessing a data center boom. That said, as the country's data center footprint grows, industry veterans have warned that India must learn from the past mistakes of...
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September 03, 2021 Equinix Mumbai MB1
Equinix has finally completed the acquisition of the Indian operations of GPX Global Systems for $161 million. The purchase sees Equinix add two data centers in Mumbai to its portfolio. These facilities named Equinix MB1 and MB2 provide a combined 1,350 cabinets, with an additional 500 cabinets...
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August 28, 2021 Equinix Singapore SG5
Equinix has finally announced the opening of its fifth data center in Singapore. The SG5 data center is a nine-story facility built with $144 million in Tanjong Kling, which used to be known as the Singapore Data Center Park. Besides, the nine-story facility is the tallest data center in the data...
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August 24, 2021 India / Bhārata
India's data center industry is growing at a rapid rate following a rise in digitalisation and the "ambitious growth plans of data centre operators." As a result, the market is anticipated to double by 2023, reaching over 1,000 MW, that's according to JLL's 'H1 2021 India Data Center Market...
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August 20, 2021 Equinix Sydney SY5
Equinix has completed the expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney. The expansion cost the Company $48 million (AU$66 million). Equinix started the expansion in February. Moreover, Equinix has added a total colocation space of 11,300 square meters (121,000 square feet) with this expansion. It...
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August 17, 2021 Vocus Melbourne (55 King) [Site Closed]
Vocus has announced that it is closing its data center in the Melbourne central business district in September. The facility is going to be demolished and replaced with a massive office complex. Vocus noted that arrangements had been made with customers to move to other facilities. It has also...
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August 16, 2021 Brookfield (BIP): Navi Mumbai
Brookfield Infrastructure has announced that it acquired a 30-acre land in Navi Mumbai with plans to build a data center on the site. The Company bought the land from real estate developer K Raheja Corp for Rs 600 crore ($81 million). Earlier in July, Brookfield and Digital Realty formed a joint...
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August 03, 2021 Asia-Pacific (APAC)
There is an increasing awareness around the need to slash carbon emissions in the industry and push towards more sustainability. Yet, according to a recent UN report, around only 40% of the enterprises who have made sustainability commitments believe their targets are ambitious enough to meet...
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July 30, 2021 Digital Seoul 2 (ICN11)
Digital Realty has announced it is expanding its footprint in Seoul, South Korea, with a 64MW data center following the purchase of a land parcel in Gurae-dong, Gimpo City, in northwest Seoul. It is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023. The facility will span 970,000 square feet and...
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July 30, 2021 Carrier-Neutral Data Center
NextDC just bought a plot of land covering 1,334,724 square feet in West Sydney for the development of a new data center. The site is located at Horsley Park, in New South Wales. This location will be NextDC’s fourth facility in the city, and it will be called S4. NextDC also says subject to...
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July 23, 2021 Batam
Hong Kong-based real estate equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has announced a new joint venture with veteran Wong Ka Vin. The new company is Data Center First Pte Ltd. Gaw says the joint venture will focus exclusively on developing a data center campus in Batam, Indonesia. Kenneth Gaw, President...
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July 20, 2021 Batam
According to Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat are joining forces to develop a new data center in northwest Indonesia. This announcement comes as the country undergoes a data center construction boom and is expected to reach a value of USD$ 3.07...
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July 20, 2021 Carrier-Neutral Data Center
GDS has announced plans to build a 22,500 sqm (242,200 sq ft), 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. This move follows the firm acquiring land in the Nusajaya Tech Park, Johor. According to the company, it plans to complete the project's first phase in early 2024, with a capacity...
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July 07, 2021 STT Singapore 6
St Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has finally opened its Loyang facility in Singapore. In 2018, the Company announced that it would open the facility in mid-2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic caused a lot of construction delays. However, STT GDC says it reduced the effects by...
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July 02, 2021 DCI Indonesia: H2-01
JAKARTA, June 21, 2021 - As part of PT DCI Indonesia Tbk (DCI)’s commitment in being the leading provider of data center services in Indonesia, officially announced the construction of a second location for DCI campus hyperscale data center in the Region Pertiwi Lestari Industrial Estate...
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July 01, 2021 Beeinfotech: The Hive
Bee Information Technology PH says it plans to build the largest carrier-neutral data center in the Philippines. The Company already leased out the entire Campus One building in the new Bridgetowne Destination Estate. The building it leases is a three-story one with leasable space of up to...
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July 01, 2021 Marunouchi: Otemachi II
Marunouchi Direct Access, a Mitsubishi Estate subsidiary, has opened its new data center in Tokyo, Japan. The Otemachi DC II facility is a 130-rack facility that’s built in the Tokyo Torch development. Marunouchi Direct Access is a joint venture between Mitsubishi Estate and Marubeni Corporation,...
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