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Read Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opens Osaka Keihanna data center
Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opens Osaka Keihanna data center

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opens Osaka Keihanna data center

March 14, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has launched its ​​45MW facility, located in the Keihanna area of Osaka, following the company first announcing the project in 2021. According to the company, already, 75% of the data center is committed. Spanning 42,000 sqm (452,000 sq ft), Niclas Sanfridsson, CEO of Colt DCS, said that the...

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Read Microsoft to expand its footprint in San Antonio
Microsoft to expand its footprint in San Antonio

Microsoft to expand its footprint in San Antonio

March 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced its plans to invest $175.9 million in a massive new data center in San Antonio. Named “SAT40,” the facility was recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. According to the filing, the facility will be based at Lambda Drive in the Texas Research...

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Read Exa And Colt Will Update The Channel Tunnel Route's Fiber Equipment
Exa And Colt Will Update The Channel Tunnel Route's Fiber Equipment

Exa And Colt Will Update The Channel Tunnel Route's Fiber Equipment

March 09, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Fiber infrastructure along the Channel Tunnel, which connects England and France, will be upgraded by Exa Infrastructure and Colt Technical Services. To provide clients with a cutting-edge G.652D cable route from London to Paris, the two telecom infrastructure providers will collaborate to update...

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Read Colt Data Centre Services' new London 4 data center in Hayes to have sustainability focus
Colt Data Centre Services' new London 4 data center in Hayes to have sustainability focus

Colt Data Centre Services' new London 4 data center in Hayes to have sustainability focus

March 06, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Data Centre Services has announced that it has broken ground on its new London 4 campus, located in Hayes. The company has outlined that the site will include two five-story buildings with a combined capacity of 57 MW, containing 18 data center halls across 30,000 sqm (322,900 sq ft). The...

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Read Digital Edge 10MW green data center ready for service
Digital Edge 10MW green data center ready for service

Digital Edge 10MW green data center ready for service

March 02, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced that its first Philippines facility, located in Binan Laguna, Manila, is ready for service, and will offer 10 MW of capacity with 2,200 cabinets. Named the Narra 1 data center, it will provide colocation and interconnection services to the region and is a joint project...

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Read Microsoft International Data enter Battery-sharing
Microsoft International Data enter Battery-sharing

Microsoft International Data enter Battery-sharing

February 26, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft wants to duplicate a Dublin data center battery-sharing agreement. In 2022, Eaton unveiled a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-interactive UPS to exchange energy with the local grid. The corporation told a London conference that this technique was ideal for the...

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Read Microsoft Azure Services Collapse Due to Data Center Power Overload and Cooling Failure
Microsoft Azure Services Collapse Due to Data Center Power Overload and Cooling Failure

Microsoft Azure Services Collapse Due to Data Center Power Overload and Cooling Failure

February 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Cooling equipment at a Microsoft data center went down due to a utility data center power spike, which resulted in an outage. Customers hosted in the South East Asia cloud area experienced a variety of problems as a result of the outage. According to Microsoft's status page, when cooling...

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Read Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Facility and Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Facility and Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia

Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Facility and Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia

February 07, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will construct a new Azure cloud region and data center in Saudi Arabia. This week, the company revealed plans to build a new cloud data facility in Saudi Arabia. The news was made at the Riyadh conference LEAP 2023. Microsoft stated that the new cloud region will provide...

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Read Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa
Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa

Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa

January 31, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it is expanding in Iowa, following the issuing of a permit, valued at $255 million for a data center at 5855 SW Kerry St. As per the permit, the facility will span 250,000 sq ft. Described as the DSM 12 Buildout and located in West Des Moines, the SW Kerry Street site...

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Read Microsoft forms cloud agreement with Suncorp
Microsoft forms cloud agreement with Suncorp

Microsoft forms cloud agreement with Suncorp

January 19, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Suncorp Group and Microsoft have announced a three-year agreement, which will witness Suncorp increase its cloud footprint in Microsoft Azure while it winds down on-premise data centers. Suncorp has outlined its intentions to migrate 90% of workloads to the cloud by the end of this year. Its...

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Read Historic black cemetery erased for Microsoft data center development
Historic black cemetery erased for Microsoft data center development

Historic black cemetery erased for Microsoft data center development

January 10, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Following an extensive investigation by ProPublica, it has been found that Microsoft and local officials in rural Virginia helped erase a historic black cemetery by downplaying its cultural significance in order to pursue data center development. Back in 2014, when the giant was looking to expand...

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Read Digital Edge plans 300MW data center in Navi Mumbai, India
Digital Edge plans 300MW data center in Navi Mumbai, India

Digital Edge plans 300MW data center in Navi Mumbai, India

January 09, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced that it is expanding into India, with the addition of a new 300MW, 47-acre hyperscale facility in Navi Mumbai. This development is part of a partnership between the Singaporean company, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and AGP DC InvestCo Pte Ltd (AGP)...

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Read Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns
Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

December 12, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to build an 'unprecedentedly large-scale gas power plant' at its Grange Castle site, an upcoming data center development, due to its concerns about Ireland's energy grid constraints. According to the giant, plans are to build a 170 MW on-site power plant alongside 21...

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Read Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia
Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

December 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure

According to BizJournal, Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. The publication cited the Loudoun County records for its information. Microsoft’s plan is to develop a $400 million facility on a 67-acre land it owns in the Arcola Business Park. The IAD11 data...

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Read Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have been...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion
Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion

Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion

November 21, 2022 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced its plan to double its data center capacity over the next five years. The company also announced plans to expand into Thailand and India. Digital Edge was formed by Stonepeak Infrastructure in August 2020. Stonepeak is a New York-based private equity company. Digital...

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Read Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina
Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

November 13, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has promised to invest a minimum of $1 billion in developing four data centers in North Carolina’s Catawba County. The company plans to spread the investment over the next 10 years. According to county officials, Microsoft will invest in the data centers in Maiden, Hickory, and Conover....

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Read Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate
Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

November 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has entered into a 15-year power-purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) and Greengate Power Corporation's (Greengate) Paintearth Wind Project LP. As per the PPA, Microsoft will procure wind energy from the 198MW Paintearth Wind Project in Paintearth County, Alberta....

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Read Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

October 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Southern...

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