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BDx Forms Data Center Joint Venture With Indonesian Companies

BDx Forms Data Center Joint Venture With Indonesian Companies

May 13, 2022 BDx Data Centers

Big Data Exchange (BDx) has announced that it has formed a data center venture with some companies in Indonesia. The company entered into an agreement with IT firm Lintasarta, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, and telecommunication company Starone Mitra Telekomunikasi (SMT). The companies are joining...

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Read SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota
SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

April 11, 2022 Singapore

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

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Read Vantage-Occupied Complex in Hong Kong Acquired For $371 Million
Vantage-Occupied Complex in Hong Kong Acquired For $371 Million

Vantage-Occupied Complex in Hong Kong Acquired For $371 Million

April 07, 2022 Hong Kong

A Vantage-occupied facility in Hong Kong has been acquired by the Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF). The complex acquired is located at 43 Container Port Road. It is also a fully occupied data center with a 14MW capacity across 270,000 square feet of gross floor area. The deal was worth HK$2.88...

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Read Carrianna Group Sets Up Data Center in Hong Kong
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Carrianna Group Sets Up Data Center in Hong Kong

March 18, 2022 Hong Kong

Carrianna Group has announced the launch of a new data center in the Kwai Chang industrial area, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong property firm, Jun Gao Holdings Company Limited and Dr. Quentin Tsang jointly invested in the data center. The property has a gross floor area of 2,100 square meters (23,000...

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Read Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings
Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

February 03, 2022 Singapore

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th...

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Read Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?
Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

January 17, 2022 Singapore

This week, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister made an announcement that the country's moratorium on new data center builds, which was introduced back in 2019. Minister Gan Kim Yong said that going forward, a "more selective" approach to new builds will be taken. In a written reply to a...

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Read TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center
TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

January 06, 2022 Hong Kong

Taoping Inc (TOAP) has announced that it is expanding its Taoping G Cloud Hong Kong Data Center (the "Center") in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of January 2022. The facility, built in May 2021, will have an estimated total hash rate of 700GH/s, and its...

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Read ESR proposes plans to convert cold storage facility into a data center in Hong Kong
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ESR proposes plans to convert cold storage facility into a data center in Hong Kong

November 25, 2021 Hong Kong

ESR Cayman Limited has reportedly submitted a proposal to convert Brilliant Cold Storage Tower 2 at 11-19 Wing Yip Street, in Kwai Chung, New Territories, into a data center. The proposed data center would have a capacity of 40MW, spanning 15-stories, adding a total of 450 sqm of space which...

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Read Ooredoo selects BDx as preferred bidder for Indonesian data centers
Ooredoo selects BDx as preferred bidder for Indonesian data centers

Ooredoo selects BDx as preferred bidder for Indonesian data centers

October 26, 2021 BDx Data Centers

PT Indosat, part of Qatar's Ooredoo QPSC, has announced that it has selected Big Data Exchange (BDx) as its "preferred bidder" for the majority stake in its data centers business. As reported by Bloomberg, BDx has emerged as the preferred buyer for a 75% stake in the company's data center assets...

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Read Climate change awareness: BDx's offshore data centers
Climate change awareness: BDx's offshore data centers

Climate change awareness: BDx's offshore data centers

September 23, 2021 BDx Data Centers

Back in 2019, in an effort to slash carbon emissions and enact more environmentally friendly policies, the Singapore government announced a moratorium on new data centers being built. However, BDx’s announcement of plans to build offshore data centers would help them to avoid this hurdle....

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Read BDx launches Phase One of its data center in Nanjing, China
BDx launches Phase One of its data center in Nanjing, China

BDx launches Phase One of its data center in Nanjing, China

June 22, 2021 BDx Nanjing

Hong Kong-based data center firm, Big Data Exchange (BDx), announced the launch of the first phase of its NKG Data Center Campus in Nanjing, China. The construction of the facility started early last year. The data center campus will have a 35MW capacity once completed. BDx announced that the...

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Read Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

June 16, 2021 Singapore

It has been announced that social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a $17 million (S$23m) project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. The programme is also being funded by Singapore's National...

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Read Big Data Exchange completes 2MW expansion of Singapore facility, plans further 8MW upgrade
Big Data Exchange completes 2MW expansion of Singapore facility, plans further 8MW upgrade

Big Data Exchange completes 2MW expansion of Singapore facility, plans further 8MW upgrade

May 24, 2021 BDx Singapore SIN1

Big Data Exchange has completed an upgrade to its SIN1 data center Facility in Paya Lebar, Singapore. The Company also plans to increase capacity before the year runs out. The completed upgrade sees the Company add 2MW capacity to the SIN1 facility. Big Data Exchange will also add four more...

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Read Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore
Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore

Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore

April 09, 2020 BDx Singapore SIN1

Big Data Exchange just got bigger. The carrier neutral, content-exchange company announced the completion of sale on a data center located in Paya Lebar, Singapore formerly owned by Telstra. "Expanding into Singapore was our first choice outside of the greater China area and a strategic one on...

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Read Big Data Exchange (BDx) Announces Construction of Nanjing Data Center (PR)
Big Data Exchange (BDx) Announces Construction of Nanjing Data Center (PR)

Big Data Exchange (BDx) Announces Construction of Nanjing Data Center (PR)

February 10, 2020 BDx Nanjing

HONG KONG -- BDx announced the construction of its newest data center in Nanjing, China this week, set to launch June 2020. Including facilities currently being acquired, BDx will have eight data centers in cities across two continents, including Nanjing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore and...

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