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Read Equinix signs new PPA in Australia
Equinix signs new PPA in Australia

Equinix signs new PPA in Australia

February 07, 2024 Equinix

Global colocation giant Equinix recently announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 151MW of wind power in Australia. The company will pay for 20 percent of the first phase of the giant Golden Plains Wind Farm project, which is being built in rural Victoria, not far from...

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Read Michael Winterson leaves Equinix after 24 years
Michael Winterson leaves Equinix after 24 years

Michael Winterson leaves Equinix after 24 years

January 18, 2024 Equinix

Michael Winterson has left colocation provider Equinix after 24 years to take on the role of managing director for the European Data Centre Association. Winterson wrote on LinkedIn, “Exactly 24 years ago I started my data center career at IXEurope, not 300 meters from our current Equinix offices...

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Read Stack Infrastructure to expand footprint in Virginia
Stack Infrastructure to expand footprint in Virginia

Stack Infrastructure to expand footprint in Virginia

January 11, 2024 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Data center firm Stack Infrastructure this week announced plans to expand its footprint in Virginia with a new 72MW campus in Leesburg. in Loudoun County. This planned facility, known as the NVA-06 will initially host a 48MW building set to deliver Q2 2025, followed by a second 24MW building to...

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Read Equinix becomes one of U.S largest green bond issuers
Equinix becomes one of U.S largest green bond issuers

Equinix becomes one of U.S largest green bond issuers

December 28, 2023 Equinix

Equinix is now one of the top ten largest green bond issuers in the United States after allocating $4.9 billion in green bonds to building and efficiency projects. These bonds will fund 172 green building projects on 105 sites, along with 33 energy efficiency projects. Equinix first issued green...

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Read CoreWeave acquires thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers
CoreWeave acquires thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers

CoreWeave acquires thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers

December 19, 2023 CoreWeave

AI infrastructure company CoreWeave recently purchased thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers for its cloud, some of which will feature Nvidia's H100 Tensor Core GPUs to provide AI and generative AI services to CoreWeave's customers. Brian Venturo, co-founder and chief technology officer, CoreWeave...

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Read Equinix to roll out support for liquid cooling at over 100 facilities
Equinix to roll out support for liquid cooling at over 100 facilities

Equinix to roll out support for liquid cooling at over 100 facilities

December 12, 2023 Equinix

Colocation firm Equinix announced this week that it plans to expand support for liquid cooling technologies – including direct-to-chip – to more than 100 of its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in more than 45 metros globally. Tiffany Osias, VP of global colocation at Equinix...

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Read Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County
Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County

Stack Infrastructure to expand facility in Virginia’s Prince William County

December 08, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Data center firm Stack Infrastructure announced this week that it is expanding its campus in Virginia’s Prince William County. The company has purchased land from and adjacent to the Youth For Tomorrow non-profit in Bristow to expand its NVA02 campus. Tim Hughes, chief development officer, Stack...

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Read Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix
Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix

Equinix signs new energy deal in Portugal with Sonnedix

December 05, 2023 Equinix

Equinix announced this week that it signed a ten-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to procure solar energy in Portugal Sonnedix’s first Portuguese solar PV project, the 149MW Sonnedix Douro. Axel Thiemann, CEO of Sonnedix, said, “We are very pleased to be extending our relationship with Equinix...

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Read Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore
Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore

Technical issues at data center causes banking issues across Singapore

October 18, 2023 Equinix

An outage at an Equinix data center on Saturday brought DBS and Citibank banking services in Singapore offline. This outage also affected other services in its Asian region including the Philippines, Hong Kong and India as people complained about having issues with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp,...

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Read Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto
Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto

Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto

September 22, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has established a data center in Toronto, Canada. This week, the company revealed the dispatch of the first 8MW phase of the 56MW Ontario campus. First Gulf, a Toronto-based developer, collaborated with Stack to execute the initial 8MW data center by refurbishing an existing...

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Read STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase
STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase

STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase

September 20, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK, a leading global developer and operator of data centers and the digital infrastructure partner to the most cutting-edge businesses in the world, announced the completion of the first phase at its flagship campus in Toronto. The first phase of the campus, with a total capacity of 56MW, is...

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Read STACK Infrastructure Constructs Its First Data Center in Australia
STACK Infrastructure Constructs Its First Data Center in Australia

STACK Infrastructure Constructs Its First Data Center in Australia

August 22, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

A new data center campus has been opened by Stack in Melbourne, Australia. This week, the company announced the conclusion of its MEL01 Asia-Pacific (APAC) data center. The 36MW MEL01A facility, situated on a 3.6-hectare site in Melbourne's Truganina region, is part of a 72MW campus that will...

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Read Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India
Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India

Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India

August 10, 2023 Equinix

Equinix will invest $42 million in a new data center in Mumbai, India. The MB4 data center is anticipated to be operational by the end of the fourth quarter 2023. The MB4 data center is in the Kalwa Industrial Area, approximately 9 miles from the company's two other IBX data centers in Mumbai....

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Read Stack Infrastructure concludes its second $250 million debt financing of 2023
Stack Infrastructure concludes its second $250 million debt financing of 2023

Stack Infrastructure concludes its second $250 million debt financing of 2023

August 02, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

$250 million in securitized notes have been issued as part of Stack Infrastructure's second round of structured debt financing for 2023. The funding round began a month ago with an initial goal of raising $100 million, which has since more than doubled. Since 2019, Stack has raised $2.3 billion...

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Read Stack Infrastructure intends to raise $100 million in secured notes
Stack Infrastructure intends to raise $100 million in secured notes

Stack Infrastructure intends to raise $100 million in secured notes

July 26, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure seeks to raise $100 million by issuing securitized notes. After raising $250 million in March, this will be Stack's second fundraising round this year and sixth overall. It will begin on July 24. The notes have received an A-2 rating from S&P Global. This is presently set...

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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 Cologix reveals a new data space at the 511 carrier hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cologix reveals a new data space at the 511 carrier hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cologix reveals a new data space at the 511 carrier hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota

July 14, 2023 Cologix

Cologix is expanding its data center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by adding a new data hall. With the new MIN5 data center now available for pre-leasing, the company has increased its presence in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, market. Located in the 511 Building carrier hotel, also known as the...

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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 Hyperscale data center from Equinix opens in Japan's capital
Hyperscale data center from Equinix opens in Japan's capital

Hyperscale data center from Equinix opens in Japan's capital

July 04, 2023 Equinix

This week, the company revealed the opening of TY13x. Situated in the Inzai region and opposite TY12x, TY13x provides 8MW in the first phase and 36MW when fully constructed. In October 2019, Equinix partnered with Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund to develop hyperscale centers under the...

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Read Sobrato sells Equinix-leased Silicon Valley data facility to Invesco for $86 million
Sobrato sells Equinix-leased Silicon Valley data facility to Invesco for $86 million

Sobrato sells Equinix-leased Silicon Valley data facility to Invesco for $86 million

June 22, 2023 Equinix

Invesco has purchased a data center in San Jose, California, run by Equinix. Mercury News reports that the Sobrato Organization recently sold 1735 Lundy Avenue in San Jose to Invesco Real Estate for $86.3 million, citing documents from Santa Clara County. The single-story building encompasses...

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