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Read Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through ENGIE PPA
Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through ENGIE PPA

Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through ENGIE PPA

February 08, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed an agreement with Engie to procure solar power. Through the 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) the company inked, it will have access to 116 megawatts (MW) of a new 154 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic project, which is currently under...

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Read Digital Realty and Brookfield Start Data Center Construction in Chennai, India
Digital Realty and Brookfield Start Data Center Construction in Chennai, India

Digital Realty and Brookfield Start Data Center Construction in Chennai, India

February 08, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

BAM Digital Realty has begun construction on its first data center in India. This week, the company, a partnership between Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty, revealed that building of a data center in Chennai has begun and is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year. MAA10,...

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Read Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain
Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain

Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain

January 31, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is the latest data center company to explore the use of biofuel for backup energy. Through partnering with Spanish energy company Repsol, the company has announced the first data center to switch out fossil fuels for biofuel is its MAD3 facility in Spain, which offers 5.8MW of...

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Read Digital Realty joins forces with Mainova for district heating scheme in Frankfurt
Digital Realty joins forces with Mainova for district heating scheme in Frankfurt

Digital Realty joins forces with Mainova for district heating scheme in Frankfurt

January 24, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty and Mainova AG have signed a letter of intent for a joint project to explore a potential waste heat project in Frankfurt, which could heat approximately 3,600 households. In partnership, the data center firm, and German energy firm are conducting a feasibility study to decipher...

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Read Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece
Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece

Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece

December 09, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty's Greek data center unit Lamda Helix has announced plans to develop its fourth data center in Athens, Greece. The company's data center campus currently has two carrier-neutral data centers with a total capacity of 22 MW. It is also developing two more on the site. Lamda Helix...

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Read Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering
Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering

Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering

December 02, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it is offering a $350 million note to the public. In addition, its Digital Core Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed in Singapore, will buy a stake in a Digital Realty-owned data center in Germany. The company noted that it is priced an underwritten PO of...

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Read Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion
Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

November 07, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal is...

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Read NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas
NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas

NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas

October 25, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty and NTT are looking to develop new data centers in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The firms filed applications for the new data centers with the State’s Department of Licensing. The plots of land in question are within one mile of one another. Digital Realty plans to develop a...

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Read Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago
Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago

Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago

September 28, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has reportedly filed to construct a new data center in Chicago, Illinois. The application for construction on the facility outlines that it would span 565,000-square-foot (52,500 sqm) as a 13-story building at 321-337 E. 21st Street, which is opposite 350 E Cermak carrier hotel....

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Read Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

September 14, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

In Virginia, a former Digital Realty data center is gearing up for a dramatic transformation. Located in Herndon, the company’s old data center will become an agricultural facility, specifically a vertical farm. Vertical farms have similar power, water, and air conditioning requirements to data...

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Read Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas
Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas

Compass Datacenters files for data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas

September 12, 2022 Compass Datacenters

According to reports, Compass Datacenters is going to launch a $64 million data center renovation project in Red Oak, Texas. Filed with the state of Texas, the project is known as Vallies ELT-1 and is set to commence at the end of September. Located at 441 North Austin Boulevard, the project...

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Read Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon
Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon

Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon

September 12, 2022 Flexential

Flexential has announced that it is developing a data center facility outside Portland, Oregon. The development will see the company erect two new buildings in conjunction with T5. According to Flexential, the facility is located adjacent to its Hillsboro 3 data center at 5419 NE Starr Blvd. It...

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Read Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

September 09, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Environmentalists are appealing against two data centers Interxion is planning to build in Dublin. The appeal, lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP) by John Conway and Louth Environmental Group, argues that there are a "disproportionate" number of data centers in the area and that the facilities'...

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Read Digital Realty Expanding in Dallas, Texas With $59m Data Center
Digital Realty Expanding in Dallas, Texas With $59m Data Center

Digital Realty Expanding in Dallas, Texas With $59m Data Center

August 23, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has plans to develop a new facility in Dallas, Texas. The data center firm filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to develop the data center in the Lewisville area of Dallas. The company coined the development ‘Project Gold’ and is looking to invest up to $59m...

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Read Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy
Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy

Compass Datacenters To Develop 48MW Data Center Campus in Milan, Italy

August 17, 2022 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has announced the acquisition of and in Milan. The company partnered with real estate firm Hines to acquire the property for the development of a 48MW data center campus. The move sees Compass venture into Europe for the first time. The land acquired by the two companies spans...

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Read Digital Realty Announces Sale of Data Center For $205m
Digital Realty Announces Sale of Data Center For  $205m

Digital Realty Announces Sale of Data Center For $205m

August 15, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced the sale of a “mature” data center. The move is to ensure that more capital is available for new projects. Notably, the company did not reveal which building it sold or who acquired the facility. According to a release from the company, it has disposed of the...

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Read TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri
TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri

TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri

August 05, 2022 TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that its St. Louis data center in Missouri, which was announced back in September 2021, is complete. The facility, spanning 23,000 sqft (2,100 sqm), is a Tier III-quality facility that offers 14,500 sq ft (1,350 sqm) of production or raised floor space. The facility saw an...

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Read Digital Realty Files To Develop its Fourth Data Center in Atlanta
Digital Realty Files To Develop its Fourth Data Center in Atlanta

Digital Realty Files To Develop its Fourth Data Center in Atlanta

June 16, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is looking to develop its fourth facility in Atlanta, Georgia. The company applied with the city of Atlanta to develop the data center opposite its 56 Marietta Street data center. Digital Realty is looking to build a 10-story building data center with a total floor area of 300,000...

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Read Digital Realty Forms JV With Mvine For Data Center Development
Digital Realty Forms JV With Mvine For Data Center Development

Digital Realty Forms JV With Mvine For Data Center Development

June 15, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced a joint venture with Mivne Real Estate to develop a data center campus in Tel Aviv, Israel. The plan is to develop a multi-tenant data center campus. Mivne is a real estate company with a lot of land across Israel. According to reports, the firm owns up to 1.9 million...

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Read Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels
Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels

Hydrogenated vegetable oil-based biodiesel: Compass Datacenters partners with Foster Fuels

June 06, 2022 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Foster Fuels, which will now serve as the data center company's "preferred green diesel provider," making it the first provider in the industry to use Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil-based biodiesel (HVO) to fuel its on-site...

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