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Read AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York
AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

May 17, 2023 New York

AT&T has announced its plans to procure solar energy from five projects in Upstate New York from DSD Renewables (DSD). The deal will see AT&T serve as an anchor tenant subscriber for a five-project community solar portfolio; the company will offtake 15.5MW of the larger 24.1MW portfolio....

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Read Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval
Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval

Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval

April 18, 2023 Singapore

Keppel Data Centres has announced that its floating data center park in Singapore has received approval and will proceed. Located at the Loyang Offshore Supply Base operated by Toll Group, the facility was originally proposed back in 2019, which came after a significant investment in...

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Read Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray
Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

April 11, 2023 Singapore

When it comes to data center cooling, everyone's on the hunt for the latest innovative, efficient tech; and at Singapore's Nanyang Technical University (NTU), its research team is working on the latest solution. The group proposes cooling servers by spraying chips with fluid; dielectric fluid, to...

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Read A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works
A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

February 03, 2023 Austin

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new construction of...

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Read Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy
Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy

Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy

February 02, 2023 Dallas

Following a bankruptcy filing, a recently converted data center is for auction. This week, Hilco Real Estate declared March 23, 2023, as the deadline for qualifying bids for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale of a newly converted flex industrial facility into a data center. Built in 2018 on a...

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Read Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt
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Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt

October 27, 2022 Frankfurt

German energy company Mainova is moving into the data center business. The company broke ground on the new facility in Frankfurt, Germany. Mainova WebHouse, a subsidiary of the energy company, announced that a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility took place earlier in the month. The new data...

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Read Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

August 08, 2022 Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its...

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Read Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers
Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

July 22, 2022 Singapore

Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to...

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Read Niagara Falls data center debate
Niagara Falls data center debate

Niagara Falls data center debate

July 11, 2022 New York

As reported by Baxtel at the end of June, Niagara Falls is being targeted as the site of a $1.5 billion technology and data center by New York City developer Howard Milstein and his partners, while the city launches a legal effort to create a new public park. While developers claim that the data...

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Read Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal
Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

July 05, 2022 New York

It has been announced that New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an air permit renewal by Greenidge Generation, which could see its gas-powered Bitcoin mining data center close. This follows the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on West Virginia v...

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Read A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned
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A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned

June 29, 2022 New York

Urbacon and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) have announced plans for a $1.5 billion data center park on land in Niagara Falls, New York City. Urbacon is an Ontario-based construction company with an excellent track record of developing massive data center campuses in Richmond Hill, Montreal,...

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Read Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter
Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter

Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter

June 20, 2022 Singapore

Evolution Data Centres has announced the launch of its new Sustainable Data Centre Charter, through which it measures its entire operations, with the aim of minimizing carbon intensity and limiting water usage as the company grows. The charter includes the target of emitting 20 tonnes of carbon...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

June 13, 2022 New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kathy...

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Read RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development
RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

May 23, 2022 Singapore

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a crypto exchange regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced it is teaming up with AI firm Red Dot Analytics, for carbon measurement and to offset tropical data centers. Singapore implemented a three-year moratorium on new data center...

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Read Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
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Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

May 17, 2022 Frankfurt

Alibaba has announced that it opened a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new data center is the company’s third facility in the country. According to the company, the new data center will help support the increasing needs for digital transformation from customers across the European...

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Read SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota
SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

April 11, 2022 Singapore

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

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Read Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings
Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

February 03, 2022 Singapore

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th...

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Read Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m
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Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m

February 02, 2022 New York

An unoccupied data center in Hauppauge, New York, has been acquired for $21 million. According to Newsday, Link Logistics, a subsidiary of Blackstone, bought the property. Link Logistics plans to tear down the building and redevelop it as a Class A distribution center. The data center sits on...

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Read Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?
Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

January 17, 2022 Singapore

This week, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister made an announcement that the country's moratorium on new data center builds, which was introduced back in 2019. Minister Gan Kim Yong said that going forward, a "more selective" approach to new builds will be taken. In a written reply to a...

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Read Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

June 16, 2021 Singapore

It has been announced that social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a $17 million (S$23m) project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. The programme is also being funded by Singapore's National...

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