Data Center News

Kyndryl upgrades data center for Panasonic Information Systems

IT services firm Kyndryl has upgraded a data center which handles the core systems for Panasonic Information Systems.  Kyndryl reduced the data center’s air conditioning unit quantity by 10 which enabled Panasonic to reduce the CO2 generated by its data center by around 180 tons per year.“Pana...

Xerox to migrate workloads to Microsoft's Azure cloud

United States

American printing and digital products provider has announced that it will be commencing a cloud migration to Microsoft Azure cloud with help from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). After this migration, Xerox will be able to deploy a cloud-based ERP platform and to use technologies such as gene...

Nuclear plant-owning utilities may join energy deals this year

United States

A recent S&P Global Ratings research note has found that nuclear plant-owning utilities in the US are likely to sign energy deals with data centers this year. The report noted that nuclear operators poised to take advantage include Constellation Energy Group, PSEG Power, and Vistra.“While ...

Actis unveils Asia-focused data center firm Epoch Digital

Taiwan

Investment firm Actis this week announced the launch of Epoch Digital, with a current portfolio under development offering 200MW of IT capacity across three identified projects and more in the pipeline.CEO Chng said: “The emergence of generative AI is transforming industries at an unprecedente...

Honeywell to acquire aerospace technology firm CAES for $1.9bn

United States

US manufacturing company Honeywell has announced plans to buy aerospace technology provider CAES for $1.9 billion after agreeing to an all-cash deal with Advent International, the private equity firm that currently owns CAES.“This acquisition further positions Honeywell at the forefront of the...

Oracle to invest in AI and cloud computing in Spain

Oracle has announced plans to invest over $1 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing in Spain which will enable Oracle to open a third cloud computing region in the country, located in Madrid.“The opening of the third Oracle cloud region in Spain is excellent news for our c...

Johnson Controls sells Air Distribution Technologies unit

Los Angeles

Johnson Controls  this week announced it had reached a definitive agreement to sell its Air Distribution Technologies business to Truelink, a middle-market private equity firm based in Los Angeles. The brands included in this sale are Koch Filter, Titus, Ruskin, Krueger, PennBarry, and Tuttle ...

WIOCC secures green financing to fund OADC roll-out

Nigeria

Pan-African data center and fiber group WIOCC has secured green financing deal fromthe International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco to fund its data center and fiber roll-out in three African countries.“We are excited to conclude this next stage of our capital raise, which will enable ...

Duos unveils Edge data center unit

United States

Duos Technology, a company that specializes in Machine Vision and AI to analyze fast-moving objects including trains, has launched a new edge data center unit called Duos Edge AI, Inc. The company noted it already deploys some solutions – including a railcar inspection system used by companies...

IFFCO to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for drone fertilizer spraying

India / Bhārata

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperation Ltd (IFFCO) has revealed plans to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for drone-based fertilizer spraying and has built a cloud-native application on Oracle Cloud that enables farmers to easily book, view, and manage drone-based spraying of IFFCO nan...

IQM Quantum Computers launches first quantum data center in Munich, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

IQM Quantum Computers has opened its first quantum data center on the company’s premises in Munich, Germany which currently houses two IQM quantum machines and will eventually have space to host up to 12 quantum computers, with 800kW of power capacity.“Our aim is to solve business challenges b...

US Navy connects aircraft carrier to the cloud

The US Navy has conducted a pilot project to see if users at sea can connect to cloud services and the project has demonstrated that the Navy can consistently move several terabytes of data each day between the cloud and thousands of users.Navy CIO Commander Kevin White during a live video dem...

KKR and Singtel to invest in STT GDC

KKR and Singtel are set to invest  in ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in an investment which will comprise an initial S$1.75bn (US$1.3bn) by the consortium via Redeemable Preference Shares. Once finished, Singtel and KKR may invest an additional S$1.24bn.Bruno Lopez, president & group CEO...

Vertiv join forces with Ballard for fuel-cell powered UPS test

Vertiv alongside fuel cell firm Ballard Power Systems this week entered into a strategic technology partnership, with a focus on backup power applications for data centers and critical infrastructures, scalable from 200kW to multiple megawatts.“As the soaring increase in data usage is driving ...

Microsoft signs carbon removal deal with Indigo AG

Microsoft has signed a carbon removal deal to purchase 40,000 agricultural soil-based carbon credits from Indigo AG's  third carbon crop, issued in February.Brian Marrs, senior director of energy and carbon removal at Microsoft said: “Soil organic carbon restoration is vital to the future of f...

Fortum plans new data center campus in Jyväskylä, Finland

Finnish state-owned energy company Fortum is planning to develop a data center in Central Finland and has  signed a letter of intent with the city of Jyväskylä to build a data center complex of at least 20 hectares on land owned by the city in the Seppälänkangas area of Jyväskylä.“Fortum is an...

HPE and Nvidia partner on AI portfolio with private cloud for GenAI

HPE and Nvidia have entered a partnership to develop a portfolio of AI products, which the two companies say will enable enterprises to accelerate the adoption of generative AI. According to a joint statement, the HPE Private Cloud AI integrates Nvidia’s AI computing, networking, and software ...

CBRE acquires Direct Line Global

Real estate services firm CBRE this week announced the acquisition of Direct Linel, a provider of mission-critical data center infrastructure, from Guardian Capital, a private equity firm.“This acquisition fits squarely with our strategy of enhancing our capabilities in asset classes that bene...

D-Wave to deploy on-premise quantum computer in Alabama

Quantum computing firm D-Wave will be placing an Advantage system on-premise at a new site operated by defense company Davidson Technologies. The QPU will be located at Davidson’s new global headquarters in Huntsville and placed in a secure facility developed to run sensitive applications.“Dav...

HPE and Danfoss team up on modular data center heat reuse package

United States

HPE has partnered with engineering company Danfoss on a new package to help data center operators recover waste heat in a deal which will see HPE’s scalable modular data center (MDC) products combined with Danfoss heat reuse solutions.“Our strategic partnership with HPE is a great example of h...