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Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion

Digital Edge Planning Massive Expansion

November 21, 2022 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced its plan to double its data center capacity over the next five years. The company also announced plans to expand into Thailand and India. Digital Edge was formed by Stonepeak Infrastructure in August 2020. Stonepeak is a New York-based private equity company. Digital...

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Read ESR Already Developing its 19.2MW OS1data center in Osaka, Japan
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ESR Already Developing its 19.2MW OS1data center in Osaka, Japan

November 08, 2022 Osaka

Asia’s ESR Group has started work on its 19.2MW facility in Osaka, Japan. The real estate company revealed that the Cosmosquare OS1 data center would be phase 1 of its three-phase facility at Nanko Kita. The company plans to develop a total of 96MW on the site. OS1 is scheduled to be completed in...

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Read Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta
Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta

Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta

September 07, 2022 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced that it has begun work on its Jakarta data center in Indonesia. The facility, situated under 3km from its EDGE1 facility will have a capacity of 23MW and will be known as EDGE2. According to the company, the facility will be operated by PT. Ekagrata Data Gemilang (Edge...

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Read Many Companies Line Up To Buy Time Dotcom's Data Center Business
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Many Companies Line Up To Buy Time Dotcom's Data Center Business

June 30, 2022 Malaysia

According to Bloomberg, many companies including BDx, DigitalBridge, STT GDC, Digital Edge, and STT GDC are exploring options of acquiring Time Dotcom’s data center assets. The long line of suitors are currently performing due diligence on the data center assets. Offer for the assets could be...

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Read Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed
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Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

May 23, 2022 Tokyo

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolish...

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Read Digital Edge announces it has opted for Nortek’s StatePoint for new data center
Digital Edge announces it has opted for Nortek’s StatePoint for new data center

Digital Edge announces it has opted for Nortek’s StatePoint for new data center

May 19, 2022 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced it will be using Nortek's StatePoint liquid cooling technology in its new data center, the NARRA1, which is set to be the largest carrier-neutral facility in an operational capacity in the Philippines. The company said it has chosen this technology as part of its goal...

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Read YTL's solar-powered data center campus
YTL's solar-powered data center campus

YTL's solar-powered data center campus

May 11, 2022 Malaysia

YTL Power recently announced the development of a 500MW solar-powered data center campus in Johor, the first of its kind in Malaysia. 30km from Singapore, the data center park is based in the Iskandar region of Johor, where 275 acres of the site will be dedicated to data center development...

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Read SK ecoplant and Digital Edge Partner To Develop 150MW Facility in South Korea
SK ecoplant and Digital Edge Partner To Develop 150MW Facility in South Korea

SK ecoplant and Digital Edge Partner To Develop 150MW Facility in South Korea

April 25, 2022 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge and SK Ecoplant have formed a joint venture to develop a data center in Incheon, South Korea. The facility will be named Bupyeong data center. Per the agreement, the two firms will jointly develop and promote the 120MW hyperscale data center project. The facility will be located in...

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Read Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan
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Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan

April 08, 2022 Tokyo

Gaw Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a building in Tokyo, Japan. The real estate private equity firm also plans to transform the building into a data center. The Fuchu Building it acquired is next to Meito Sangyo Building in Fuchu Intelligent Park. Gaw will demolish the 59,000...

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Read Telekom Malaysia: Green electricity tariff secured for three data centers
Telekom Malaysia: Green electricity tariff secured for three data centers

Telekom Malaysia: Green electricity tariff secured for three data centers

April 05, 2022 Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia (TM) has announced that it has secured a Green Electricity Tariff (GET) for three of its data centers: Klang Valley Core Data Centre (KVDC) in Cyberjaya, Iskandar Puteri Core Data Centre (IPDC) in Johor Baru, and KL City Data Centre (CTDC) in Brickfields. The GET from Tenaga...

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Read Alibaba Launches Data Center in Seoul, South Korea
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Alibaba Launches Data Center in Seoul, South Korea

March 31, 2022 Seoul

Alibaba Cloud has announced the opening of a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. The company first revealed plans for a South Korean cloud region last year. It currently operates 82 Availability Zones and 26 regions across the globe. Alibaba’s head of Cloud Intelligence for Japan and Korea,...

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Read Pacific Asset Management and CPP Investments Are Teaming Up To Develop Hyperscale Data Center In Seoul
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Pacific Asset Management and CPP Investments Are Teaming Up To Develop Hyperscale Data Center In Seoul

March 21, 2022 Seoul

Pacific Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have formed a joint venture for the sole purpose of developing a hyperscale data center in Seoul, South Korea. The two companies announced that they would be investing KRW 200 billion (US$164.4 million) to develop the largest...

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Read SC Capital Partners Launches Zeus Data center Plans Hyperscale Facility in Seoul
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SC Capital Partners Launches Zeus Data center Plans Hyperscale Facility in Seoul

March 01, 2022 Seoul

Singapore’s SC Capital Partners (SCCP) has announced the launch of a new data center firm. The real estate investment firm says it will be developing hyperscale facilities across Asia. Zeus Data Centers, backed by SCCP, launched its website and social media pages in the summer. Reports show that...

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Read AIIB to invest $150 million in new data centers
AIIB to invest $150 million in new data centers

AIIB to invest $150 million in new data centers

January 24, 2022 Beijing

Multilateral bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has announced that it is making a significant investment in new data center development, with $150 million. The Beijing-based company will direct the funds through the Keppel Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II). Current reports outline that...

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Read Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines
Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines

Digital Edge signs joint venture to develop a 10MW data center in the Philippines

December 10, 2021 Digital Edge Narra1 (MNL1)

Digital Edge is forming a joint venture with the Philippines real estate company Threadborne Group to develop a 10MW data center in Manila, the Philippines. Both companies will be investing $100 million in the under-construction Digital Edge facility scheduled to be in operation in 2022. The...

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Read Beijing warning over data center construction
Beijing warning over data center construction

Beijing warning over data center construction

December 09, 2021 Beijing

In light of the global push to reduce carbon emissions, Beijing outlined in a plan published on Wednesday that local governments in China should ensure that the "blind and disorderly development" of data centers is carefully monitored and prevented. Moreover, it stated that governments should...

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Read Digital Edge acquires five data centers in Japan
Digital Edge acquires five data centers in Japan

Digital Edge acquires five data centers in Japan

December 06, 2021 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has completed the acquisition of five data centers in Japan. The company acquired the data centers from ICT Services company Itochu Techno-Solutions (CTC) for a fee of around $230 million. The report also shows that CTC will still be an anchor customer across all the data centers....

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Read Indonet’s Edge DC opens first data center in Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonet’s Edge DC opens first data center in Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonet’s Edge DC opens first data center in Jakarta, Indonesia

October 31, 2021 Digital Edge: EDGE1

Indonet’s subsidiary PT Ekagrata Data Gemilang (Edge DC) has opened its new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. The new facility called EDGE1 is a five-story building with 6MW of capacity. It is also capable of accommodating 1,300 racks. PT Ekagrata says it has leased over half of the facility....

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Read Digital Edge reveals RFS date for OSA1 in Osaka, Japan
Digital Edge reveals RFS date for OSA1 in Osaka, Japan

Digital Edge reveals RFS date for OSA1 in Osaka, Japan

October 19, 2021 Digital Edge: Osaka OSA1

Digital Edge has announced its ready-for-service (RFS) date for launching its first self-build data center facility in Osaka, Japan. OSA1 is a 14MW facility located in the Osaka Central Business District. Digital Edge started the facility’s construction in April 2021 and is scheduled to be in...

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Read Digital Edge now the single largest shareholder in Indonet through $165 million investment
Digital Edge now the single largest shareholder in Indonet through $165 million investment

Digital Edge now the single largest shareholder in Indonet through $165 million investment

June 16, 2021 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has acquired the major stake in Indonesian telco PT Indointernet for $165 million. The acquisition of the major stake was backed by the Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners private firm. This move is Digital Edge’s first in Indonesia. After completing the deal, the CEO of Digital Edge,...

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