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Read AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas
AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

February 13, 2025 Austin

What's causing the growth in data centers in Austin, TX? The answer is AI. Data centers and large AI consumers, like the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s supercomputers, require enormous amounts of energy and water, raising environmental concerns. Our research reveals there are 386 data centers...

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Read Chiplet startup Baya Systems raises $36m in Series B funding round
Chiplet startup Baya Systems raises $36m in Series B funding round

Chiplet startup Baya Systems raises $36m in Series B funding round

January 25, 2025 New York

Chiplet technology startup Baya Systems has raised more than $36 million in a Series B funding round led by Maverick Silicon and backed by a strategic investment from Synopsys. It also saw participation from current investors, including Matrix Partners and Intel Capital.Growing AI workloads are...

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Read Novacap closes first digital infrastructure fund
Novacap closes first digital infrastructure fund

Novacap closes first digital infrastructure fund

January 24, 2025 New York

North American investment firm Novacap this week announced the final closing of Novacap Digital Infrastructure Fund I, the firm's first fund dedicated entirely to investing in digital infrastructure. The firm has also named its recently announced data center joint venture with H5, HyScale Data...

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Read GlobalFoundries to build an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in New York
GlobalFoundries to build an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in New York

GlobalFoundries to build an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in New York

January 22, 2025 New York

GlobalFoundries (GF) has announced plans to build an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in the state of New York, USA, described as the center as “the first of its kind.” The company said the new facility would allow semiconductors to be “securely manufactured, processed, packaged, and...

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Read InterServer selects 365 Data Centers for New Jersey expansion
InterServer selects 365 Data Centers for New Jersey expansion

InterServer selects 365 Data Centers for New Jersey expansion

January 09, 2025 New Jersey

Web hosting and managed service provider InterServer has selected 365 Data Centers as its colocation provider as it looks into expanding its offering in the New Jersey market. 365 has 20 data centers across the US, including multiple New Jersey locations such as Carlstadt and Bridgewater,...

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Read Global Switch confirms search for co-investor
Global Switch confirms search for co-investor

Global Switch confirms search for co-investor

January 03, 2025 Sydney

Global Switch recently announced that the sale of its Sydney data center business to HMC Capital had closed, and has officially confirmed previous reports it was seeking external investment for its London campus.“As part of its financing strategy to drive future growth, Global Switch has also...

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Read Phoenix to clamp down on data centers
Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

January 02, 2025 Phoenix

The city of Phoenix in Arizona is set to clamp down on data centers. The City Council has approved a series of changes to better regulate data center growth in the city, including regulating locations and external design specifications.The vote, which took place on December 10, targeted...

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Read Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant
Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

December 23, 2024 Madrid

European solar power producer Edisun Power plans to direct power from its 941MW Fuencarral solar power plant in Madrid to data centers in the region.The company noted that the additional electricity demand from artificial intelligence and the increasingly stringent European regulations for the...

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Read DataBox takes over Digital Realty's cloud service in Croatia
DataBox takes over Digital Realty's cloud service in Croatia

DataBox takes over Digital Realty's cloud service in Croatia

November 27, 2024 Digital Realty Trust

Croatian cloud solutions and data center provider DataBox has taken over Digital Realty's cloud services in the country. This move will enable Digital Realty to "realign" its offering in Croatia and focus on acting as an infrastructure provider instead of a cloud service provider in the...

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Read RackNerd expands offerings to Dublin, Ireland
RackNerd expands offerings to Dublin, Ireland

RackNerd expands offerings to Dublin, Ireland

November 21, 2024 Dublin

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider RackNerd has expanded its offering to Dublin, Ireland and will be offering its IaaS from the Digital Realty DU10 data center located in Dublin, Ireland."Our expansion into Dublin represents a strategic response to the growing demand for high-performance...

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Read Keppel looks to buy facilities in Singapore
Keppel looks to buy facilities in Singapore

Keppel looks to buy facilities in Singapore

November 20, 2024 Singapore

Keppel DC REIT this week announced the proposed acquisition of two hyperscale data centers at the Keppel Data Centre Campus in Singapore from a joint venture owned by its parent company. Keppel will continue to operate and manage the two facilities post-acquisition. The deal would be for S$1.03...

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Read CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center
CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center

CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center

October 29, 2024 New Jersey

CoreWeave is expanding its data center footprint in New Jersey. According to local press, the company has signed a long-term lease with an Onyx Equities and Machine Investment Group partnership for the entirety of building 11 at The Northeast Science & Technology Center (NEST) in Kenilworth,...

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Read Dutch economy minister floats idea of EU chips coalition
Dutch economy minister floats idea of EU chips coalition

Dutch economy minister floats idea of EU chips coalition

October 11, 2024 Rome

The Dutch economy minister told attendees of a G7 meeting in Rome that he believes a European Union (EU) "coalition of the willing" to strengthen the political bloc’s semiconductor industry. Dirk Beljaarts said: “To have a stronger EU, between the other global players, to get leverage, it's...

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Read Engineering Firm Woolpert acquires Greenbox Architecture
Engineering Firm Woolpert acquires Greenbox Architecture

Engineering Firm Woolpert acquires Greenbox Architecture

October 10, 2024 Sydney

Engineering and architecture consulting firm Woolpert has acquired Greenbox Architecture. The Sydney-based architectural firm has specialized in data center, commercial, and residential architecture in the APAC region since 2009.“By joining a tech-driven company like Woolpert, we will be able to...

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Read Goodman completes Hong Kong data center
Goodman completes Hong Kong data center

Goodman completes Hong Kong data center

October 04, 2024 Hong Kong

Real estate firm Goodman this week said it has completed the third building at its Goodman Tsuen Wan West data center campus and handed over the 50MW facility to Chinese operator GDS.Goodman’s head of Asia, Paul McGarry, said: “This is the latest data center completion at the brand new 225MW...

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Read Digital Realty extends credit facility
Digital Realty extends credit facility

Digital Realty extends credit facility

October 03, 2024 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty this week announced that it has amended, extended, and upsized its existing $3.75 billion senior unsecured multi-currency global revolving credit facility to $4.2 billion. The maturity date was extended by three years and total availability was expanded by $450 million which now...

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Read Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud services
Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud services

Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud services

September 12, 2024 Singapore

A data center fire incident in Singapore has caused issues to Alibaba's cloud services. The company said it occurred in Availability Zone C of its Singapore region."At 10:20 on September 10, 2024 Beijing time, Alibaba Cloud monitoring detected network access anomalies in availability zone C of...

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Read CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center
CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center

CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center

September 01, 2024 Denver

American Towner-owned company CoreSite is planning to “rehabilitate and activate” an abandoned industrial site in Denver as part of a proposed tax agreement. The data center campus will span 600,000 square feet and create up to 75 new trades and technology-oriented jobs, according to a...

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Read Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

August 23, 2024 Northern Virginia

A report from Synergy Research Group found that just twenty state or metro markets account for 62 percent of the world’s current hyperscale data center capacity. Northern Virginia tops this list while the Greater Beijing Area takes the second place, with both making up 22 percent of global...

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Read PDG acquires new data center in Singapore
PDG acquires new data center in Singapore

PDG acquires new data center in Singapore

August 14, 2024 Singapore

Princeton Digital Group this week announced the acquisition of Yahoo’s Singapore data center, SG3 which offers 5MW across 5,400 sqm (58,125 sq ft). Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Yahoo will continue to host its infrastructure at the facility. Rangu Salgame, chairman, CEO and co-founder...

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