December 24, 2021 Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers has broken ground on two new hyperscale facilities in Brazil. Scala DC was formed in 2020 by DigitalBridge for the sole purpose of developing hyperscale data centers in South America. Scala Data Centers will be developing the SP4 and SP5 hyperscale facilities in Barueri, Sao...
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December 16, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has formed a multi-year partnership with Nasdaq, Inc, which will help the company scale its NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. This will also support the build-out of Nasdaq's cloud infrastructure. Tal Cohen, Executive Vice President, Head of North American Markets at Nasdaq, said...
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December 15, 2021 Equinix
The European Clean Hydrogen Partnership has announced its €2.5 million EcoEdge PrimePower project (E2P2). The tech consortium making up the partnership includes Equinix, InfraPrime, RISE, Snam, SolidPower, TEC4FUELS and Vertiv. Together, they will pursue the development of low-carbon fuel cells,...
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December 10, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that its PE3 data center in Perth, Australia, has launched, the third IBX facility in the city. According to reports, the first phase of the project provides a capacity of 700 cabinets spanning 1,830 sqm (38,600 sqtf), following an investment of US$54 million (A$71.7...
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December 07, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it is acquiring West Africa’s data center company MainOne for $320 million. The acquisition sees Equinix expand its operations into Africa for the first time. Funke Opeke founded MainOne in 2010 through its MDXi brand. The company has three data centers in operation in...
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November 19, 2021 HostDime
HostDime has announced that it is expanding its data center portfolio with the acquisition of a three-acre land parcel in Guadalajara, Mexico, where it plans to build HostDime Mexico's Tier IV facility. This facility will be the second of its kind in Mexico, spanning 70,000 sqft, with a capacity...
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November 19, 2021 Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers has announced its partnership with Maxihost, with the global bare metal cloud provider choosing Scala to help it expand the capacity of its MH1 São Paulo facility. According to Guilherme Soubihe Alberto, CEO of Maxihost, the company's MH1 facility is reaching capacity, and the...
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October 28, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has revealed its plans for a new data center in Manchester, UK. The MA5 facility is the company’s fifth IBX facility in Manchester. It is situated in the Agecroft Commerce Park in Salford. The first phase of the facility will provide up to 3,600 square meters of colocation space. It will...
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October 19, 2021 Equinix
Equinix and PGIM Real Estate have formed a new $575 million joint venture with an aim to develop hyperscale data centers in Sydney, Australia. PGIM is the real estate investment and financing division of Prudential Financial. The facilities the companies will be developing under this JV are SY9x...
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September 27, 2021 Equinix
Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...
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August 25, 2021 Equinix
Equinix filed for permission to build a data center in Profile Park, Clondalkin, Ireland. The Company filed for permission to build a three-story data center in July. It is going to call the facility DB8. The facility will be built within a 2.65 hectare of land. The facility will also have a...
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August 18, 2021 Equinix
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently granted a group of businesses led by Equinix the right to form a renewable energy purchasing group. This formation will allow the group, which includes Nike, H&M, HSBC Bank, and Goldman Sachs, to negotiate access to cheaper...
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August 16, 2021 Scala Data Centers
2021 has been an eventful year in the data center industry as we’ve seen some major merger and acquisition activities as these firms look to expand their capacities. We are going to shine the spotlight on the top five merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021. We’ll be able to see which...
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August 04, 2021 KIO Data Centers
I Squared Capital is to acquire KIO Networks through its ISQ Growth Markets Infrastructure Fund and ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III. None of these companies disclosed the terms of the deal. KIO Networks is the biggest data center firm in Mexico. It operates 11 core data center campuses across...
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July 29, 2021 Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers has announced that it has inked a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), a long-term energy purchase agreement with ENGIE Brasil Energia. This agreement, worth approximately 250mn reais (US$48.5 million), will see over 1,600 GWh of clean energy supplied by 2033. Speaking about the...
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July 24, 2021 Equinix
The data center industry is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Gartner, end-user spending on data center infrastructure for 2020 was $188 billion, a 10.3% decrease from 2019’s spending. With these figures, we can reach a consensus that there’s a massive market available for data center...
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July 23, 2021 Equinix
Back in June, Equinix committed to becoming climate-neutral by 2030; however, alongside this pledge, in recent years, it has undergone significant growth. Moreover, its environmental metrics reveal that between 2018-19, the company’s scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, carbon intensity, and energy...
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July 21, 2021 Scala Data Centers
In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power. Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to the fact that...
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June 30, 2021 Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers has announced that it has secured carbon-neutral certification in Brazil. This comes as the company reaches its net-zero carbon emissions targets, with 100% of its energy consumption deriving from renewable and certified sources. This makes Scala the first company of its kind...
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June 17, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...
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