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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August 25, 2021 Equinix
Equinix filed for permission to build a data center in Profile Park, Clondalkin, Ireland. The Company filed for permission to build a three-story data center in July. It is going to call the facility DB8. The facility will be built within a 2.65 hectare of land. The facility will also have a...
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August 18, 2021 Equinix
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently granted a group of businesses led by Equinix the right to form a renewable energy purchasing group. This formation will allow the group, which includes Nike, H&M, HSBC Bank, and Goldman Sachs, to negotiate access to cheaper...
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August 17, 2021 Microsoft Azure
As part of its East US 3 Azure data center region, Microsoft wants to develop close to 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia. Earlier in the year, Microsoft announced its plans for a new US Azure region. At the time of the announcement, the Company said it would...
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August 11, 2021 Digital Realty: Düsseldorf
Interxion is leasing 12,000 sqm (129,000 square feet) in Düsseldorf to expand its data center capacity in the city. The Company has been occupying the property on In der Steele 27-43 in west Germany for 20 years, and it is leasing more space there to expand its data centers. The owner of the...
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August 06, 2021 Microsoft Azure
With more and more data center companies committing to climate change initiatives, the industry is also looking at how it can make backup energy more sustainable too. For decades, diesel has served as the primary fuel for traditional backup generators - however, diesel fuels, whilst getting...
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August 06, 2021 Microsoft Azure
According to the principles of Moore’s law, technology will double in its capacity every two years. Although on the technological advancement front this is great news, with increased computer power comes challenges. The main challenge being increased excess heat and the need to cool it. A number...
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July 24, 2021 Equinix
The data center industry is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Gartner, end-user spending on data center infrastructure for 2020 was $188 billion, a 10.3% decrease from 2019’s spending. With these figures, we can reach a consensus that there’s a massive market available for data center...
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July 23, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with the Telangana government to construct one of its largest data centers with an investment of around USD$2- 2.25 billion (Rs 15,000 crore). If this goes ahead, it will make it one of the tech giant’s biggest investments outside of the US. According to Business...
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July 23, 2021 Equinix
Back in June, Equinix committed to becoming climate-neutral by 2030; however, alongside this pledge, in recent years, it has undergone significant growth. Moreover, its environmental metrics reveal that between 2018-19, the company’s scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, carbon intensity, and energy...
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July 21, 2021 Microsoft Azure
In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power. Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to the fact that...
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July 21, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is the latest company to pledge carbon-neutrality by 2030. Within the next 19 years, the tech giant promises to run all its global data centers and offices with zero-carbon energy. In a recent blog, written by Lucas Joppa, chief environmental officer and Noelle Walsh, CVP, cloud...
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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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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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June 30, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud technology and intellectual property. It will also be making job offers to hundreds of AT&T engineers. As part of the deal, AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to Microsoft Azure. AT&T’s 5G core would be the starting point. This deal...
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June 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure
According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to add four new data centers in China by Q1 of 2022. The report states that Microsoft wants to expand its service across Asia and opening data centers in China is a step towards achieving that. Asides from that, the Company also intends to...
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June 17, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...
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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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June 15, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program. The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...
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June 10, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
According to a report from Bloomberg, Digital Realty is considering an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of a Singaporean trust that could raise between $300 million to $400 million. The report says Digital Realty is working with its advisers on the listing, and they are looking to conclude the IPO...
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