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Read Digital Realty & Options Technology Increase Collaboration to Enhance Low-Latency, Cost-effective Asian Trading
Digital Realty & Options Technology Increase Collaboration to Enhance Low-Latency, Cost-effective Asian Trading

Digital Realty & Options Technology Increase Collaboration to Enhance Low-Latency, Cost-effective Asian Trading

March 01, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

With the extending of its collaboration with Options Technology, a top provider of capital markets services, Digital Realty, the top global provider of cloud or carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, has made its suite of managed financial markets services offered...

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Read Amazon data center protests fail to stop development getting green light
Amazon data center protests fail to stop development getting green light

Amazon data center protests fail to stop development getting green light

February 24, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon's plans to expand its data center footprint in Northern Virginia, with a huge investment of $35 billion, is continuing to receive pushback from protestors and residents. Northern Virginia has the largest concentration of data centers in the world, being the epicenter of a data center boom...

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Read Meta Sells Mesa Property to EdgeCore Data Centers
Meta Sells Mesa Property to EdgeCore Data Centers

Meta Sells Mesa Property to EdgeCore Data Centers

February 24, 2023 Meta

Meta has sold a property in Mesa, Arizona, to the developer of data centers, EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, for $1.2 million. The lot, situated at 3856 S. Everton Terrace and comprising approximately 15 acres of land, has been acquired by EdgeCore as part of its substantial investment in the...

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Read DataBank Secures $715m For Data Center Development
DataBank Secures $715m For Data Center Development

DataBank Secures $715m For Data Center Development

February 23, 2023 DataBank

DataBank is collecting $715 million on the market for asset-backed securities (ABS) to develop its data center infrastructure. Kroll Bond Rating Agency has disclosed in a pre-sale report information on the financing. The deal's issuer and co-issuer are represented by DataBank Issuer, LLC and...

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Read AWS's announces Modular Data Center for Defense Department
AWS's announces Modular Data Center for Defense Department

AWS's announces Modular Data Center for Defense Department

February 20, 2023 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced AWS Modular Data Center (MDC) availability to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), meaning that the department will be able to more easily deploy modular data centers managed by AWS in infrastructure-limited locations. Through the MDCs, DoD customers will be provided with...

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Read Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas
Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas

Amazon fuel cells at Oregon data centers would use natural gas

February 20, 2023 Amazon AWS

It has been revealed that in Oregon, Amazon is planning to power at least three of its Oregon data centers with natural gas fuel cells. That said, the number could be as high as seven. Amazon proposes the fuel cell technology it will use will oxidize the fossil fuel to generate electricity....

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Read Construction Of a Data Center By CyrusOne Has Begun In Quincy, Washington
Construction Of a Data Center By CyrusOne Has Begun In Quincy, Washington

Construction Of a Data Center By CyrusOne Has Begun In Quincy, Washington

February 20, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne is building a data center in Quincy, Washington. The corporation has a 45-acre block of land in the city of Washington State and has made it known that it intends to construct a campus there with built-to-suit buildings and a capacity of up to 96MW. The Columbia Basin Herald noted work...

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Read A 185,000-square-foot Data Center is Being Planned by Digital Realty for Manassas, Virginia.
A 185,000-square-foot Data Center is Being Planned by Digital Realty for Manassas, Virginia.

A 185,000-square-foot Data Center is Being Planned by Digital Realty for Manassas, Virginia.

February 20, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Second Manassas LLC plans to build a 185,000-square-foot, one-story data center at 9905 Godwin Road in Manassas, as previously reported by Potomac Local News and InsideNoVa. The current Glen-Gary brickyard, which opened about 1964 and shut down in 2019, is being demolished for the...

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Read Amazon Approved For Warrenton Data Facility in Fauquier County, Virginia
Amazon Approved For Warrenton Data Facility in Fauquier County, Virginia

Amazon Approved For Warrenton Data Facility in Fauquier County, Virginia

February 16, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has been approved to build a data center in Fauquier, Virginia. Amazon Data Services' proposal for a special-use permit to build a 220,000-square-foot data center near the junction of Blackwell Road and Lee Highway in Warrenton was approved this week by the Warrenton Town Council 4-3....

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Read Residents raise concern about proposed data center facility in New Albany
Residents raise concern about proposed data center facility in New Albany

Residents raise concern about proposed data center facility in New Albany

February 12, 2023 Amazon AWS

According to reports, residents in Albany are concerned about an Amazon-proposed data center project, which outlines plans for sizable data centers on both sides of Beech Road. Back in January, the giant acquired nearly 400 acres of land at three connected plots on Beech Road; the development...

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Read iColo launches new facility in Maputo, Mozambique
iColo launches new facility in Maputo, Mozambique

iColo launches new facility in Maputo, Mozambique

February 09, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty's iColo has announced that it has launched a new data center, located in Maputo, Mozambique, namely MPM1. The campus spans 9500 sqm, with 350 sqm of rentable space, equivalent to 80 racks in the first phase of development. The company has shared that the facility will be the local...

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Read Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through ENGIE PPA
Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through ENGIE PPA

Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through ENGIE PPA

February 08, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed an agreement with Engie to procure solar power. Through the 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) the company inked, it will have access to 116 megawatts (MW) of a new 154 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic project, which is currently under...

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Read Meta Plans To Save $4bn On Data Centers And Create New AI Facilities Faster and Cheaper
Meta Plans To Save $4bn On Data Centers And Create New AI Facilities Faster and Cheaper

Meta Plans To Save $4bn On Data Centers And Create New AI Facilities Faster and Cheaper

February 08, 2023 Meta

In a cost-cutting effort, Meta claims to have rebuilt its data centers to be less expensive and quicker to build. Meta canceled or paused data centers worldwide and redesigned them for additional artificial intelligence demands late last year. Facebook's Danish data center development and Texas,...

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Read Digital Realty and Brookfield Start Data Center Construction in Chennai, India
Digital Realty and Brookfield Start Data Center Construction in Chennai, India

Digital Realty and Brookfield Start Data Center Construction in Chennai, India

February 08, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

BAM Digital Realty has begun construction on its first data center in India. This week, the company, a partnership between Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty, revealed that building of a data center in Chennai has begun and is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year. MAA10,...

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Read AWS to use low-carbon EcoPact concrete in new facilities in North Virginia
AWS to use low-carbon EcoPact concrete in new facilities in North Virginia

AWS to use low-carbon EcoPact concrete in new facilities in North Virginia

February 03, 2023 Amazon AWS

In Northern Virginia, home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world, AWS has announced that it has signed an agreement with Holcim US, and Baker Concrete Construction to utilize EcoPact concrete for the construction of a number of data centers. The cement and concrete industry's...

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Read Amazon procures record amount of renewable energy
Amazon procures record amount of renewable energy

Amazon procures record amount of renewable energy

February 03, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is increasing its renewable energy capacity, consolidating its position as the world's largest buyer of renewable energy. According to the giant, its capacity increased by 8.3GW through 133 new projects in 11 countries during 2022. This means that its portfolio stands...

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Read A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works
A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

February 03, 2023 Austin

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new construction of...

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Read Prime Planning a Large 124MW Campus in Denmark
Prime Planning a Large 124MW Campus in Denmark

Prime Planning a Large 124MW Campus in Denmark

February 02, 2023 Prime Data Centers

Prime, a developer of data centers, will construct a new campus in Denmark. This Monday, the company unveiled plans for a three-building, 124MW facility to be built on Energivej in Saeby, Denmark. The 27.52-acre site will have three three-story buildings, each with 45 MW and 348,750 square feet...

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Read AWS launches Local Zone Edge locations in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico
AWS launches Local Zone Edge locations in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico

AWS launches Local Zone Edge locations in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico

February 01, 2023 Amazon AWS

AWS is expanding its Local Zones offerings in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico. The company has announced that new Local Zones will be located in Lagos, Lima, and Querétaro, respectively. These zones will offer a range of services for latency-sensitive applications in locations where the company doesn't...

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Read AWS files for expansion in Dublin, environmental group opposes citing emissions
AWS files for expansion in Dublin, environmental group opposes citing emissions

AWS files for expansion in Dublin, environmental group opposes citing emissions

February 01, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon is seeking expansion in Dublin, Ireland, having filed for permission from Fingal County Council for an additional three more data centers at one of its campuses, located at Cruiserath Road. A decision on the application is expected in February. Filed by Universal Developers LLC for Amazon,...

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