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Read Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil
Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

July 20, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the second half...

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Read Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India
Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India

Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India

July 16, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure to develop data centers in India. The brand name of the joint venture is BAM Digital Realty. Although precise details around the project are yet to be released, reports indicate...

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Read Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report
Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

July 16, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

According to its latest ESG report, Digital Realty is meeting its sustainability targets in the push for carbon-neutrality. The company, as part of the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi), has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions by 24% by 2030. Its...

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Read DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center
DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

July 14, 2021 DataBank Plano DFW3

DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, just announced the expansion of its DFW3, Dallas Fort Worth Data Center. It is expanding to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure in the Dallas Fort Worth market. The...

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Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

July 13, 2021 Amazon AWS

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway. This is not the only...

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Read AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas
AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

July 08, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services just launched its new Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas. Customers can now deliver applications that need single-digit millisecond latency to both on-premises installations and end-users in Philadelphia and Dallas with these local zones. AWS Local Zones are infrastructures...

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Read Evoque Data Centers acquires Foghorn Consulting
Evoque Data Centers acquires Foghorn Consulting

Evoque Data Centers acquires Foghorn Consulting

July 06, 2021 Csquare

Evoque Data Center Solutions has completed the acquisitions of Foghorn Consulting, a cloud consulting and engineering services company based in Silicon Valley. Evoque said acquiring Foghorn will help it serve its customers’ cloud needs better. With the acquisition, Evoque has expanded its...

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Read Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure
Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure

Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure

June 30, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud technology and intellectual property. It will also be making job offers to hundreds of AT&T engineers. As part of the deal, AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to Microsoft Azure. AT&T’s 5G core would be the starting point. This deal...

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Read Prime Data Centers to lease 9MW data center in Santa Clara to Cyxtera
Prime Data Centers to lease 9MW data center in Santa Clara to Cyxtera

Prime Data Centers to lease 9MW data center in Santa Clara to Cyxtera

June 29, 2021 Prime Data Centers

Prime Data Centers announces pre-lease of its new 9MW facility under construction in Santa Clara, California, to Cyxtera. Cyxtera will be leasing the entire four-story building facility with a total space of 121,000 square feet. Prime Data Centers first announced the facility's construction in...

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Read Macquarie Capital Partners with Prime Data Centers for potential $5 billion capital investment
Macquarie Capital Partners with Prime Data Centers for potential $5 billion capital investment

Macquarie Capital Partners with Prime Data Centers for potential $5 billion capital investment

June 25, 2021 Prime Data Centers

Macquarie Capital has entered into a partnership with Prime Data Centers. It also made an undisclosed equity investment in Prime data center. However, both Companies claim that the partnership will give way for capital investments of over $5 billion over the next ten years. Furthermore, the...

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Read Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects
Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

June 23, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon has overtaken Google as the largest corporate buyer of green energy in the United States. It also holds the title of being the largest renewable energy buyer in Europe. This comes after the Company announced its fourteen new green energy projects in the Us, Spain, Finland, and Canada. With...

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Read NTT explains its German data center expansion plans
NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

June 22, 2021 NTT

NTT has said that it would be expanding its German data centers by more than 40 percent. It would be doing this by adding over 323,000 square feet of IT space across existing locations in Germany. The Company currently has existing campuses in Frankfurt, Bonn, and Berlin. NTT has broken ground on...

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Read Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022
Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022

Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022

June 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure

According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to add four new data centers in China by Q1 of 2022. The report states that Microsoft wants to expand its service across Asia and opening data centers in China is a step towards achieving that. Asides from that, the Company also intends to...

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Read Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030
Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

June 17, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...

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Read AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers
AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

June 17, 2021 Amazon AWS

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

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Read Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India
Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

June 17, 2021 NTT

NTT and Tokyo Century are coming together to form a data center partnership in India. Tokyo Century is a finance company that specializes in equipment leasing, mobility and fleet management, and specialty financing centered on aviation and real estate. NTT, on the other hand, specializes in data...

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Read 50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy
50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

June 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced in its third ESG report that half of its global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy. It did this by increasing the portfolio of its data centers being powered by renewable energy by 20% in 2020. Impressively, it also increased its energy consumption...

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Read Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program
Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

June 15, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program. The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...

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Read Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO
Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO

Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO

June 10, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

According to a report from Bloomberg, Digital Realty is considering an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of a Singaporean trust that could raise between $300 million to $400 million. The report says Digital Realty is working with its advisers on the listing, and they are looking to conclude the IPO...

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Read Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion
Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion

Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion

June 07, 2021 QTS Data Centers

Blackstone Group Inc has reportedly entered into an agreement to purchase QTS Realty Trust Inc for a total of $6.7 billion. According to the WSJ, the group's infrastructure unit, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, with BREIT, its non-traded real-estate investment trust, has agreed to pay $78 a...

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