February 17, 2023 Dubai
Digital DEWA subsidiary Moro Hub has announced the launch of its 16,030 sqm (172,566 sq ft) Dubai data center, the world's largest solar-powered data center. It will have a capacity of 100MW, which be 100 percent powered by solar power from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park in Saih...
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February 15, 2023 India / Bhārata
Cyfuture is constructing a new data center in Chennai, India, its fifth facility in the country. To be located on a one-acre plot in Tembaran, Chennai, it is pegged to offer 500 racks in its first phase. While the company already data centers in Noida, Jaipur, and Raipur, it has also announced...
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February 14, 2023 Dubai
The new data center company Edgnex, founded by the Dubai real estate company Damac, has changed its name to Damac Data Centres and revealed plans for a 35MW data center. This week, the company announced that Edgnex had changed its name to Damac Data Centres to serve its clients better and uphold...
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January 31, 2023 India / Bhārata
The regional Maharashtra government, in India, announced at the World Economic Forum (WEF) that it has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with two companies to build data centers in the city of Pune, in western India. The deals, worth ~$3.9 billion or Rs 32,414 crore, are with RCube/Ark...
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January 26, 2023 Mumbai
Web Werks has announced that it is launching a new data center in Mumbai, India. Named the Mumbai-2 data center, the facility will provide 10 MW of capacity and span 120,000 sq ft (11,150 sqm). According to the company, the facility, first announced back in March 2021, will launch on January 31st...
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January 17, 2023 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd
CtrlS has made some big expansion announcements this week. The company, founded back in 2007, with a portfolio of eight operational data centers, spanning from Mumbai to Noida, has said it will triple its data center portfolio by 2025, taking its figure to 25. This will see the company expand...
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November 30, 2022 India / Bhārata
India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank’s investment arm Kotak Alternate Assets, has launched a new data center fund. The company announced the appointment of Subhamkar Das as the Chief Operating Officer of its new Kotak Data Centre platform. Kotak Alternate Assets is managed by Kotak Investment Advisors...
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November 22, 2022 India / Bhārata
VueNow Infotech has announced that it has signed an MoU with the government of Uttar Pradesh, India. The deal will see VueNow develop the infrastructure for up to 750 Edge data centers in the state. The MoU is worth 13,500 crores (~US$1.6bn). VueNow Infotech Pvt Ltd’s MD, Sukhvinder Singh...
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November 17, 2022 Dubai
The Guinness Book of World Records has awarded Dubai's Moro Hub the title of the largest solar-powered data center in the world. Owned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), with a capacity of 100 MW data center, entirely fueled by DEWA-owned 3,000MW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar...
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November 15, 2022 India / Bhārata
Blackstone, a private equity investor, has revealed that it is launching an Asian data center platform called Lumina CloudInfra. The development will see Blackstone start with two data center facilities in India with a total capacity of 600MW. Blackstone reportedly has up to $25 billion in the...
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November 01, 2022 India / Bhārata
PhonePe has announced that it has launched its first green data center in India. According to the company, this addition will open up new opportunities from a data management perspective while bolstering data security, power efficiency, and cloud solutions, made possible by PhonePe leveraging...
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August 29, 2022 India / Bhārata
India is currently experiencing a data center boom, an expansion that is only expected to grow. According to research, while the industry was previously fragmented, it is now evolving rapidly as the industry becomes more consolidated. Presently, there are 138 data centers spanning India, with 57%...
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July 05, 2022 Bangkok / Krung Thep
Riamon Land has announced that it will join forces with Nava Nakorn Public Company Limited, and RATCH Group Public Company Limited through an MoU to develop green data centers. According to Stephane Michel, Chief Operating Officer of Raimon Land, the MoU will enable the "pursuit of a deeper...
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June 29, 2022 India / Bhārata
The government of Uttar Pradesh, India, has approved the plan for four data center parks in the state. The government granted permission to Adani Enterprises Limited Project-1 and Adani Enterprises Limited Project-2, NIDP Developers Private Limited (an affiliate of Hiranandani Group), and NTT...
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May 13, 2022 Bangkok / Krung Thep
Alibaba Cloud opened its first data center in Bangkok, Thailand. The company first announced the facility in October 2021. It, however, had an opening ceremony for the new data center this week. Alibaba Cloud Intelligence’s country manager for Thailand, Tyler Qiu, said data protection and...
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May 06, 2022 India / Bhārata
Indian data center firm VueNow recently held a blessing ceremony to welcome in the development of its data center in Nadaun in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister Bikram Singh performed 'Bhoomi Pujan' in honor of Goddess Bhoomi and Vastu Purush. VueNoew...
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May 05, 2022 Mumbai
Cisco's Duo has announced that it has launched its first data center in Mumbai , with the intention of providing its customers with enhanced cyber defense and data localization. This move is also part of a wider global expansion strategy. Information about the facility's specifications are yet to...
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April 22, 2022 India / Bhārata
VueNow has revealed that it plans to develop multiple Edge data centers across Bihar, India. According to Business Standard, Bihar’s IT department received a proposal from VueNow about an investment plan to develop data centers across the state. This investment is worth Rs817 crore ($107m)....
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April 19, 2022 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd
CtrlS has announced that it has started work on a new data center in India. The facility is located in the Tech City Park in Guwahati, Assam. CtrlS’ new data center will sit on a three-acre site, and it will have a capacity of 1,000 racks, expandable to 2,000 racks over the next 18 months. The IT...
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April 18, 2022 Mumbai
Vultr has announced that it has launched a cloud data center location in Mumbai, making the city its 25th global location. According to the company, it will enable businesses in India to innovate quicker and at a reduced cost. Commenting on the company’s expansion, Vinod Chacko, Business...
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