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Read Digital Realty Forms JV With Mvine For Data Center Development
Digital Realty Forms JV With Mvine For Data Center Development

Digital Realty Forms JV With Mvine For Data Center Development

June 15, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced a joint venture with Mivne Real Estate to develop a data center campus in Tel Aviv, Israel. The plan is to develop a multi-tenant data center campus. Mivne is a real estate company with a lot of land across Israel. According to reports, the firm owns up to 1.9 million...

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Read Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs
Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs

Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs

May 20, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for solar energy in California and another Georgia, with Terra-Gen and Georgia Power, respectively. The former is for a 12-year agreement with Terra-Gen, which will support the development of the 130MW Edwards...

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Read Vantage-Occupied Complex in Hong Kong Acquired For $371 Million
Vantage-Occupied Complex in Hong Kong Acquired For $371 Million

Vantage-Occupied Complex in Hong Kong Acquired For $371 Million

April 07, 2022 Hong Kong

A Vantage-occupied facility in Hong Kong has been acquired by the Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF). The complex acquired is located at 43 Container Port Road. It is also a fully occupied data center with a 14MW capacity across 270,000 square feet of gross floor area. The deal was worth HK$2.88...

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Read Carrianna Group Sets Up Data Center in Hong Kong
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Carrianna Group Sets Up Data Center in Hong Kong

March 18, 2022 Hong Kong

Carrianna Group has announced the launch of a new data center in the Kwai Chang industrial area, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong property firm, Jun Gao Holdings Company Limited and Dr. Quentin Tsang jointly invested in the data center. The property has a gross floor area of 2,100 square meters (23,000...

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Read Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India
Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India

Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India

February 21, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

According to India’s Economic Times. Digital Realty and Brookfield Asset Management’s joint venture in India has secured the purchase of 10 acres of land in Chennai. The companies acquired the land for over Rs 230 crore (~$30.8m). It is to be used for the development of a data center. One of the...

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Read Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa
Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

January 07, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has bought the majority stake in Teraco. The data center giant announced the acquisition of the South African data center company from a consortium of investors, including Permira and Berkshire Partners. The deal sees Teraco valued at about $3.5 billion. The transaction sees...

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Read TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center
TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

January 06, 2022 Hong Kong

Taoping Inc (TOAP) has announced that it is expanding its Taoping G Cloud Hong Kong Data Center (the "Center") in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of January 2022. The facility, built in May 2021, will have an estimated total hash rate of 700GH/s, and its...

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Read San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer
San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer

San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer

December 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has sold its San Jose data center to developer Hines. Documents filed on December 15 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office outline that Hines paid just under $60 million ($59.6 million) for the complex. The building spans 179,800 sqft; meanwhile, the...

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Read Digital Realty teams up with CoolestDC for liquid cooling for SIN11 data center
Digital Realty teams up with CoolestDC for liquid cooling for SIN11 data center

Digital Realty teams up with CoolestDC for liquid cooling for SIN11 data center

November 30, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is partnering with Coolest DC to develop high-efficiency thermal management solutions for the industry following a pilot program supported by Temasek Foundation. The initial pilot scheme sought to improve energy consumption by data centers and enhance efficiency and had deployed:...

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Read Digital Realty: Sustainability-linked refinancing
Digital Realty: Sustainability-linked refinancing

Digital Realty: Sustainability-linked refinancing

November 25, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has "amended, extended, and upsized" its existing global revolving credit facility from $2.35 billion to $3.0 billion, which now feature a sustainability-linked pricing component. Moreover, the pricing will be "subject to adjustment" based on performance...

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Read ESR proposes plans to convert cold storage facility into a data center in Hong Kong
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ESR proposes plans to convert cold storage facility into a data center in Hong Kong

November 25, 2021 Hong Kong

ESR Cayman Limited has reportedly submitted a proposal to convert Brilliant Cold Storage Tower 2 at 11-19 Wing Yip Street, in Kwai Chung, New Territories, into a data center. The proposed data center would have a capacity of 40MW, spanning 15-stories, adding a total of 450 sqm of space which...

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Read Digital Realty opens new data center in Hong Kong
Digital Realty opens new data center in Hong Kong

Digital Realty opens new data center in Hong Kong

November 18, 2021 Digital Realty Kwai Chung HKG11

Digital Realty has announced the opening of a new data center in Hong Kong. The company first announced that it was constructing the facility in July 2020. The HKG11 facility is a 210,000 square feet (21,000 square meters) building with 24MW of capacity. In addition, the building has twelve...

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Read Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres
Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

October 27, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has formed a joint venture with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire Medallion Data Centres. Medallion is Nigeria’s top interconnection and colocation provider. The company operates two data centers in the country. One of the facilities is in Abuja,...

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Read Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge
Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge

Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge

October 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has reached an agreement to make a strategic investment in AtlasEdge Data Centres. The investment will also see Digital Realty’s Executive VP, Strategic & Business Segments, Giuliano Di Vitantonio, join AtlasEdge as CEO, starting January 2022. AtlasEdge delivers smooth,...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley
Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

September 24, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Menlo Equities has completed the acquisition of four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley. The firm acquired the facilities for a combined $108.8 million. First, it acquired a facility at 4650 Old Ironside Drive in Santa Clara for $35.8 million. The facility has 124,400 square feet of...

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Read Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland
Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

August 25, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has filed for permission to build data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland. According to Digital Realty’s application, the Company wants 10-year permission to build two data center buildings called DUB15 and DUB16 close to its existing facilities in Clondalkin. These buildings will have...

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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 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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