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Read NextDC is developing a modular data center in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
NextDC is developing a modular data center in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

NextDC is developing a modular data center in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

August 09, 2023 NEXTDC

Western Australia has received an Edge data center module from NextDC. According to the company's website, the 1.5MW, single-story PH1 provides technical space for 320 racks across 7,825 square feet. The company has projected a go-live date of August 2023. The company stated that the data center...

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Read Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa
Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

August 09, 2023 Google

The Council Bluffs data center, located on the Nebraska/Iowa border, will be expanded by Google for $350 million. Plans for a data center in Council Bluffs were first made public in 2007. Google announced expansion plans in 2012 and 2015 and has since spent approximately $5 billion on the...

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Read Global Switch seeks buyers for European and Asia Pacific data centers
Global Switch seeks buyers for European and Asia Pacific data centers

Global Switch seeks buyers for European and Asia Pacific data centers

August 07, 2023 Global Switch

In an effort to raise $6 billion, Global Switch is contemplating selling its operations in Europe and Asia Pacific separately. According to anonymous sources cited by Bloomberg, the London-based company may offer its Europe and Asia Pacific units to separate purchasers with the expectation that...

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Read George Mason University and AWS jointly develop a data center engineering course
George Mason University and AWS jointly develop a data center engineering course

George Mason University and AWS jointly develop a data center engineering course

August 02, 2023 Amazon AWS

A data center engineering course is being created by George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The faculty of Mason's College of Engineering and Computing will offer the course, which will be titled ME/ECE 499: Data Center Engineering. It will be...

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Read AWS launches its local zone edge location in Phoenix, Arizona
AWS launches its local zone edge location in Phoenix, Arizona

AWS launches its local zone edge location in Phoenix, Arizona

August 01, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a Local Zone Edge location in Phoenix, Arizona. The general availability of a Local Zone in Phoenix was first announced back in January 2022. It was known then as us-west-2-phx-1a, which appears to have now been replaced by the new...

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Read Vodafone extends its European Edge presence to Spain using AWS
Vodafone extends its European Edge presence to Spain using AWS

Vodafone extends its European Edge presence to Spain using AWS

August 01, 2023 Amazon AWS

In collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vodafone Business has implemented Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) in Spain. After launching the service in Germany and the United Kingdom two years prior, introducing the pilot service in Spain expanded its European footprint. Spain is the most...

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Read WeTransfer cut server emissions by 78 percent in 2022
WeTransfer cut server emissions by 78 percent in 2022

WeTransfer cut server emissions by 78 percent in 2022

July 31, 2023 Amazon AWS

WeTransfer has said it cut its server emissions by 78 per cent in 2022. This comes following the company's 2020 pledge to reduce its emissions by 30 percent by 2025, and its migration to AWS in 2011. The company reportedly achieved "carbon-neutral certification," after using AWS' Customer Carbon...

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Read Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made
Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

July 28, 2023 Google

Alphabet reported quarterly sales of $74.6 billion, an increase of 7% from the same period last year. Profits increased by 15% to $18.4 billion. While advertising sales drove the majority of the company's development, cloud sales increased by 28 % to $8 billion. Google Cloud reported its...

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Read Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%
Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

July 27, 2023 Google

The 2023 Google environmental report shows a considerable increase in data center water consumption. The company consumed an astounding 5.6 billion gallons of water in 2022, of which 5.2 billion were used solely for data centers. Compared to the previous year, this is 20% higher. Large data...

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Read STT GDC to team up with leading universities in the Philippines
STT GDC to team up with leading universities in the Philippines

STT GDC to team up with leading universities in the Philippines

July 25, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines, a joint venture of Globe, Ayala Corporation, and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, has announced that it is partnering up with some of the country's top universities. Collaborating with De La Salle University, the University...

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Read Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis
Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis

Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis

July 21, 2023 Google

Uruguay is currently battling a water crisis, facing its worst drought in more than 70 years. The country has now experienced years of low rainfall, something which is likely to only continue as climate change exacerbates the issue. However, it's not just the result of climate change, according...

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Read Amazon plans to convert a former Ford facility in Wales into a data center
Amazon plans to convert a former Ford facility in Wales into a data center

Amazon plans to convert a former Ford facility in Wales into a data center

July 19, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon is reportedly interested in purchasing a former Ford plant near Cardiff, Wales. According to BusinessLive and WalesOnline, AWS is in talks to purchase the former Ford engine facility in Bridgend. However, it may be a distinct Amazon division that is interested in the site. According to...

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Read Equinix to connect to new district heating scheme in Frankfurt, Germany
Equinix to connect to new district heating scheme in Frankfurt, Germany

Equinix to connect to new district heating scheme in Frankfurt, Germany

July 17, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced that, through a partnership with a number of different companies, it will connect to a new district heating scheme in Frankfurt, Germany. In collaboration with Vonovia, AS Enterprise, and EB-SIM, the group aims to build a heating network for the bizonal residential area in...

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Read Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus
Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

July 14, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in the Mesa area of Phoenix, Arizona. A $1 billion project, the facility will span 750,000 square feet (70,000 sqm) once fully built out. Previously known as "Redhawk," the project's first 288,530 sq ft (26,805 sqm) phase is due to...

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Read Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment
Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment

Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment

July 14, 2023 Equinix

As Singapore looks to end a years-long prohibition on new developments, four data center operators have been given 80MW of capacity for new facilities. Since 2019, Singapore has imposed a ban on the construction of new data centers; however, previously authorized facilities were permitted to be...

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Read CtrlS Datacenters to set up data center in Thailand
CtrlS Datacenters to set up data center in Thailand

CtrlS Datacenters to set up data center in Thailand

July 11, 2023 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

Hyderabad-based CtrlS Datacenters has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the eastern economic corridor office (EECO) of Thailand to lease a 10-acre parcel of land which will be used for a 150 MW datacenter campus. The lease will reportedly last for 50 years, and marks its first...

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Read Amazon purchases 25 acres for a data center in Chantilly, Virginia
Amazon purchases 25 acres for a data center in Chantilly, Virginia

Amazon purchases 25 acres for a data center in Chantilly, Virginia

July 10, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has purchased a 25-acre parcel of land in Fairfax County, Virginia, close to several of the company's current and planned data centers. BisNow reports that Amazon Data Services Inc. recently paid $34.44 million to acquire a 24.6-acre property at 44150 Wade Drive in Chantilly from Firefox...

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Read Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium
Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

July 10, 2023 Google

Initially announced by the mayor of Farciennes, Hugues Bayet, the search and cloud company intends to construct three facilities in the EcopĂ´le business park in Wallonia. The campus will encompass 570,500 square feet. The project will begin construction by the end of the year and be completed in...

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Read Etix Everywhere acquires five French data centers from DataBank
Etix Everywhere acquires five French data centers from DataBank

Etix Everywhere acquires five French data centers from DataBank

July 05, 2023 Etix Everywhere

US data center operator DataBank is transferring its data center portfolio in France to Etix Everywhere and leaving the country. This week, the company owned by DigitalBridge announced that it had reached an agreement with Etix Everywhere to sell all five of its facilities in France (which run as...

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Read NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.
NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.

NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.

July 04, 2023 NTT

NTT will spend $50 million to construct two of its data centers for a new tenant in the Garland area of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The company submitted applications to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for two fit-out projects at its existing campus under construction structures....

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