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EdgeConneX announces expansion plans in the Philippines

EdgeConneX has announced a partnership with Aboitiz, a local firm in the Philippines, alongside its plans to build two data centers around Manila; one near the National Capital Region of Manila and the second in the Greater Manila Area.Speaking about the partnership, Sabin Aboitiz, President,...

October 07, 2022

EdgeConneX

Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries

Keppel Corporation has announced that it has absorbed one of its subsidiaries. The move will also see Keppel take ownership of one of the company’s data centers. Keppel acquired Juventas DC PTE ltd (JPL) for $25.4m from Causeway DC Pte Ltd. (CDCPL). JPL has now become Keppel Corp’s wholly-o...

October 05, 2022

Keppel Data Center REIT

Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah

Social media giant Meta has announced that it is expanding its footprint in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with the expansion of its data center campus. The company made this announcement of the new additions on Facebook, where it said the campus grow by 2 million square feet. Meta's Eagl...

October 04, 2022

Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region

Google is reportedly close to buying a 30-hectare plot for its upcoming Berlin Google Cloud region in Germany having already signed corresponding preliminary contracts. According to reports by Maerkische Allgemeine, the site that it has chosen is in the Schenkendorf area of Mittenwalde, speci...

October 04, 2022

Google

South Dublin County Council (SDCC) to comply with government scrapping ban on new data centers

After much back and forth, South Dublin County Council (SDCC) is now complying with the government's order to scrap plans to ban data centers in the area, despite serious concerns about the environmental impact of additional facilities and the extra pressure the would place on the grid. This c...

October 03, 2022

Dublin

Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Vantage Data Centers is expanding its presence in Malaysia, with its second data center in Cyberjaya. The facility, a four-story data center dubbed KUL12, will provide 10MW of capacity across 194,000 square feet of space when combined with its existing KUL11.Construction on the data center be...

September 30, 2022

Vantage Data Centers

Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power

Equinix is the latest company in the industry to trial hydrogen fuel cells as a power source for data centers. The company will be working in partnership with the Centre for Energy Research & Technology (CERT) under the National University of Singapore's (NUS) College of Design and Engine...

September 30, 2022

Equinix

Microsoft signs nuclear carbon credits deal with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of strategic partnership

Microsoft has signed a new energy deal with Canadian energy firm Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of a strategic partnership targeted at tackling climate change and “driving sustainable growth” in Ontario. According to Microsoft, the giant will procure Clean Energy Credit sourced from OP...

September 28, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago

Digital Realty has reportedly filed to construct a new data center in Chicago, Illinois. The application for construction on the facility outlines that it would span 565,000-square-foot (52,500 sqm) as a 13-story building at 321-337 E. 21st Street, which is opposite 350 E Cermak carrier hotel...

September 28, 2022

Digital Realty Trust

Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found

Meta’s Sarpy County data center has once again found itself in the headlines following another racist incident on site. The primary contractor Turner Construction had shut down work on the Utah site regarding three other racist incidents, which included racist graffiti on a portable toilet an...

September 23, 2022

Amazon invests in more renewable energy projects

Amazon has announced that it has invested in another wave of renewable energy projects, totaling 71. Altogether, these projects will take the giant total renewable energy production to 50,000GWh, the same amount required to power 4.6 million homes in the US annually. These projects include th...

September 23, 2022

Amazon AWS

New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water

We are living in an era where water stress and water scarcity are serious global issues that are only worsening. A total of 25% of the world's population is facing water stress and scarcity, and it's forecast that by as early as 2025, this could increase to 50% and by 2050, as much as 75% of...

September 20, 2022

Microsoft Azure

AWS files to build data center in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas

AWS has announced its filing to build a new facility in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas. The data center will reportedly span 30,000 square foot (2,790 sq m), and work will commence early next year, with a view for completion in 2024. The facility is known as the Ezell Drive Campus and accord...

September 19, 2022

Amazon AWS

Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich

Equinix has announced the expansion of one of its data centers in Zurich, Switzerland. Its ZH4 IBX facility, located at Josefstrasse 225, will see the addition of 850 square meters (9,150 sq ft) of whitespace and more than 200 cabinets.The facility first opened in 2010, and since then, it has...

September 16, 2022

Equinix

Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

In Virginia, a former Digital Realty data center is gearing up for a dramatic transformation. Located in Herndon, the company’s old data center will become an agricultural facility, specifically a vertical farm. Vertical farms have similar power, water, and air conditioning requirements to dat...

September 14, 2022

Digital Realty Trust

Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

Environmentalists are appealing against two data centers Interxion is planning to build in Dublin. The appeal, lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP) by John Conway and Louth Environmental Group, argues that there are a "disproportionate" number of data centers in the area and that the facilities'...

September 09, 2022

Digital Realty Trust

Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Microsoft recently announced that its data center region in New Zealand (specific location not yet disclosed), will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity due to a partnership with Ecotricity, a sustainable electricity retailer. This means that the region will use solar, wind, and hy...

September 06, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services Launches UAE Cloud Region

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of its new cloud region in the United Arab Emirates. The company said the cloud region’s official name is Middle East (UAE). It also noted that the API name is me-central-1. According to AWS, the zone is ready for use to store data and deploy worklo...

September 05, 2022

Amazon AWS

DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business

According to Bloomberg, Equinix and DigitalBridge are the final two companies looking to buy Time Dotcom’s data center business. The companies are looking to sign an agreement to take over the business called Aims Data Centre within the next few weeks. Per sources, Time Dotcom might also re...

September 05, 2022

Equinix

Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling

According to BizJournal, Vantage is looking to develop another data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia. According to Loudoun property records, the company acquired 17 acres of land at 22318 Glenn Drive for $46m in October 2021. Per the documents filed by Loudoun County Economic Developm...

September 05, 2022

Vantage Data Centers

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