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Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers

Atlas and Hicloud partner for underwater data centers

May 18, 2023 China

Atlas and Shenzhen Hicloud Data Center Technology (Hicloud) have announced their partnership to explore reducing data center energy consumption. Through this deal, Atlas, an international group providing blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service, is now the first commercial Web3 user of the...

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Read North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers
North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers

North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers

May 12, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

This week, the San Jose City Council unanimously authorized plans for a sophisticated manufacturing complex and data centers in North San Jose. Denver-based STACK Infrastructure plans to destroy two industrial buildings on a nearly 10-acre parcel, including a former Olympus service center, and...

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Read Eaton Obtains a 49% Investment in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical
Eaton Obtains a 49% Investment in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical

Eaton Obtains a 49% Investment in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical

April 25, 2023 China

Eaton has acquired a substantial stake in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical, a Chinese power distribution company. This week, the US power management company stated that it has acquired a 49 percent stake in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of power distribution and sub-transmission...

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Read Silicon Valley Sees Surge in Data Center Construction as Tech Giants Expand Operations
Silicon Valley Sees Surge in Data Center Construction as Tech Giants Expand Operations

Silicon Valley Sees Surge in Data Center Construction as Tech Giants Expand Operations

April 18, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

Silicon Valley is experiencing a surge in the construction of data centers, according to a report by real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. At the end of last year, 17 new data centers were either under construction or in development, with a total planned area of 4.7 million square...

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Read Highlander completes first underwater facility and looks to develop net-zero wind-powered data center
Highlander completes first underwater facility and looks to develop net-zero wind-powered data center

Highlander completes first underwater facility and looks to develop net-zero wind-powered data center

April 06, 2023 China

According to a report by ChinaDaily, Highlander, one of the companies driving innovation in the underwater data center space, has announced that work on its first commercial facility is complete, for which it is now looking for export buyers. Further to this announcement, the company has outlined...

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Read Third Completely Diverse Dark Fiber Route Added to Bandwidth IG's San Francisco Bay Area network
Third Completely Diverse Dark Fiber Route Added to Bandwidth IG's San Francisco Bay Area network

Third Completely Diverse Dark Fiber Route Added to Bandwidth IG's San Francisco Bay Area network

April 06, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

With the construction of its dark fiber network, Bandwidth Infrastructure Group (Bandwidth IG) is enhancing connection options for the San Francisco Bay Area's densely populated area of data centers. Critical fiber infrastructure is now available from Santa Clara in the San Francisco Bay Area to...

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Read ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030
ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

March 27, 2023 China

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which historically, has been criticized for not “keeping up with its peers,” has announced its pledge to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company has outlined that while it will seek to reduce its operational carbon footprint by 90%, it will rely on...

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Read OPPO pledges to become carbon neutral across its global operations by 2050
OPPO pledges to become carbon neutral across its global operations by 2050

OPPO pledges to become carbon neutral across its global operations by 2050

March 02, 2023 China

OPPO has announced its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality across all its operations by 2050, the latest to do so. This pledge was made in the company’s OPPO Climate Action Report: Climate Pledges and Low Carbon Development Strategy, at MWC 2023. The company outlined that the greatest...

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Read CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus
CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus

CapitaLand's Beijing plans have green focus

February 23, 2023 China

CapitaLand has announced the launch of its China-focused data center development fund, namely CapitaLand China Data Centre Partners (CDCP), through which it is planning two new facilities located outside Beijing, with a focus on sustainability.According to the company, the two development...

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Read NetEase Breaks Ground On Guizhou Data Center
NetEase Breaks Ground On Guizhou Data Center

NetEase Breaks Ground On Guizhou Data Center

February 08, 2023 China

NetEase Inc., a Chinese Internet business, has begun construction on a new data facility in Guizhou province. According to China Daily, this month the company began work on its first large data center in Guian New Area in southwest China. The campus, situated on 7,3 hectares, will support...

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Read China's energy challenges, climate change, and what it means for data centers
China's energy challenges, climate change, and what it means for data centers

China's energy challenges, climate change, and what it means for data centers

September 26, 2022 China

Back in May 2021, Greenpeace said that China's data center emissions were to double, with its energy usage expected to nearly quadruple by 2035 (increasing by an estimated 289%). "Explosive growth" in digital infrastructure was identified as a major contributing factor to this. Considering the...

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Read CIM Group Lists a 24MW Purpose-built Data Center For Lease in San Francisco
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CIM Group Lists a 24MW Purpose-built Data Center For Lease in San Francisco

September 05, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

JLL and CIM Group have listed a new purpose-built data center for lease. The data center is located at 400 Paul Avenue in San Francisco, California. The data center offers 24MW of power across 182,250 square feet of two-story powered shell building on 7.3 acres. Per additional information in the...

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Read Angelo Gordon To Develop a 20MW Data Center in Hong Kong
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Angelo Gordon To Develop a 20MW Data Center in Hong Kong

June 22, 2022 Hong Kong

Angelo Gordon, a New York-based equity group, has plans to develop a data center in Hong Kong. According to Mingtiandi, the company has submitted an application with the town planning board to build a 20MW data center. The data center will be located at No. 3 Kin Tai Street, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong....

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Read Material and labor shortages in the data center
Material and labor shortages in the data center

Material and labor shortages in the data center

June 14, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

As the need for data grows and grows, demand for data center construction is as strong as ever, however, the boom is being hampered by a number of factors, including supply and labor shortages, and price hikes. In a recent report named 'Data center market conditions update - Q1, 2022,'...

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Read Alibaba shares new green goals
Alibaba shares new green goals

Alibaba shares new green goals

April 27, 2022 China

Alibaba has announced that it has joined the Low Carbon Patent Pledge (LCPP), which is an international platform that encourages companies to share patents for low carbon technologies. In line with this pledge, the company will make nine key patents for green data center technology available for...

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Read Three Gorges Group (CTG) completes first phase of Dongyuemiao data center project
Three Gorges Group (CTG) completes first phase of Dongyuemiao data center project

Three Gorges Group (CTG) completes first phase of Dongyuemiao data center project

April 12, 2022 China

Three Gorges Group has announced that it has completed the first phase of its Dongyuemiao data center project in Yichang, Hubei. Work began on the project back in February 2021. The Chinese energy company outlined that the facility's first phase saw an investment of RMB 845 million ($132.7m),...

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Read Three Gorges Group's Hubei Data Center First Phase Completed
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Three Gorges Group's Hubei Data Center First Phase Completed

April 08, 2022 China

Three Gorges Group has announced the completion of the Dongyuemiao data center project's first phase in Yichang, Hubei. The Chinese energy company revealed that the project's first phase cost RMB 845 million ($132.7m). The project has also been in development since February last year. This phase...

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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 Alibaba Cloud's 2030 vision
Alibaba Cloud's 2030 vision

Alibaba Cloud's 2030 vision

March 01, 2022 China

Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba, has announced that it is on track to have its global data centers running entirely on clean, renewable energy by 2030. As part of its green pledge and push towards more sustainable operations, the company has announced that it is upgrading five of its...

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