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Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

April 08, 2022

Amsterdam

CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste

In a bid to make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable and long lasting, a new research program has been launched. CircuBAT, a Swiss project of Innosuisse, led by Bern University of Applied Sciences Technology, will be joined by Green Cubes Technology, a company that makes lithium-ion batteri...

April 08, 2022

Switzerland

Former Waste Management Plant in Tuscany, Italy To Become a Data Center

The Rural Vivaistico Ornamentale District of Pistoia and The CNA Toscana Centro have proposed to develop a data center on a former waste management plant in Tuscany, Italy. Claudio Bettazi, CNA Toscana Centro’s President, said developing a data center in the locality through an excellent publi...

April 08, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Italy

Bahrain region to launch region's first data center park

Bahrain recently announced its plans to establish the region's largest technology park, which will include the region's first data center to meet the needs of those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This vision will come into fruition through STC Bahrain partnering with the Mi...

April 05, 2022

Bahrain

Stratosfair announces plans for its second facility

Stratosfair has announced plans for a second facility, located in Pontivy in Brittany, west of Rennes. Due to come online in the second quarter 2023, the Pontivy facility will span 500 sqm (5,380 sq ft) and be built from recovered containers. This announcement comes just a month after the comp...

April 04, 2022

Brittany

Edgnex breaks ground on facility in Riyadh

Edgnex has broken ground on its facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it has announced. The data center, which will have a capacity of 20MW, is, according to the company, only the beginning of its expansion. Alongside this facility, the company will also develop 30MW to 40MW data centers in what i...

March 30, 2022

Saudi Arabia

Royal Bank of Scotland data center to be demolished

The former Royal Bank of Scotland data center in Stone Business Park could be demolished, it has been reported. This news comes as Stafford Borough Council announces it has received a demolition application for the 10,500 sqm (34,500 sq ft) facility.The town council has reportedly raised no ob...

March 29, 2022

United Kingdom

TelOne Opens Fourth Data Center in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s state-owned telecommunication company TelOne has opened a new data center in Mazowe, Zimbabwe. This is the company’s fourth data center. The managing director at TelOne, Chipo Mutasa revealed that the company has spent over US$4 million in the development of 14,000 square feet (1,30...

March 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Zimbabwe

Stratosfair breaks ground on Brittany Edge facility

Stratosfair has announced that it has broken ground on its first data center based in the Lanester area of France to the tune of €800,000 ($900,000). The edge facility in the Northwest of the country spans 150 sqm (1,600 sq ft) and sits on a 500 sqm (5,380 sqft) site. Due to come online in Jun...

March 28, 2022

Brittany

The Netherlands' Senate Votes To Prevent Meta From Advancing Works at its Zeewolde Data Center Site

Meta’s Plans for a data center in Zeewolde has suffered another major setback. Lawmakers in the Netherlands voted last week to prevent the company from continuing any groundwork on the site. This move comes after Meta received approval from the Zeewolde council for zoning changes and plans for...

March 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Facebook Zeewolde

Telehouse Opens Fifth Data Center in London

Telehouse has announced the launch of its new data center in London, UK. This will be the company’s fifth data center in London. This data center is being built in stages. The first stage sees development of 2MW of capacity and up to 668 racks, across 18,300 square feet of space and two dat...

March 25, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Telehouse South

Loughborough University announces plans for data center

Loughborough University has announced that it has filed to build a data center in its student village in Leicestershire, UK. According to the University, the IT facility, part of the Energy and Data Hub, will also be used to supply district heating services to local student housing. The hub, ...

March 24, 2022

United Kingdom

Digital Parks Africa Investing R500 million (US$33.7 million) in its Samrand campus in South Africa

Digital Parks Africa is expanding its Samrand data center campus in Centurion, South Africa. The company is expanding the facility to reach 22MVA. The company announced that it would be investing up to R500 million (US$33.7 million) in expanding the facility. DPA is making the investment to me...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Africa

Housing Minister Opposing Meta's Zeewolde Data Center Development

Meta’s data center proposal in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, appears to have hit another roadblock. The current Minister of Housing of the Netherlands, Hugo de Jonge, has revealed that he plans to prevent the development of the facility. Although the Zeewolde council has approved the zoning chang...

March 21, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Facebook Zeewolde

Korbank's Data Center Development in Warsaw Delayed Due To Specification Change

Polish telecommunications company, Korbank has revealed that it won’t be completing the construction of its Wroclaw data center till later. The data center was scheduled to be completed this month, but the date has been shifted to June of this year. The delay is happening because Korbank wants...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Warsaw

A1 Bulgaria signs solar PPA with Renalfa

Telco A1 Bulgaria has announced that it has teamed up with the Bulgarian clean energy investment group Renalfa AD to sign Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The solar energy from the PPA will provide the company with 20,000 MWh of clean energy per annum across the next ten years.This news comes a...

March 17, 2022

Bulgaria

South Dublin passes motion to prevent data center builds

Continuing to pursue the ban on new data center builds in Dublin, People Before Profit Councillor Madeleine Johansson recently put forward an amendment to do just that, a motion, which was voted through by 18 votes to 13 against, with one abstention.Despite the vote to curb further builds, the...

March 15, 2022

Dublin

Lancaster University: carbon net-zero data center project

Lancaster University has announced the launch of its Blackpool Innovation Catalyst project, which seeks to bring together "dynamic organisations" and academics to develop effective "long-term solutions around clean growth and secure digitalisation for their industries."One of the latest projec...

March 15, 2022

United Kingdom

Nation Data Center moves in near Rennes, France

Nation Data Center (NDC) has announced it is to build a new 3,000 sqm (32,300 sq ft) data center based near Rennes, in France. The facility named the Roah Data Center, will accommodate 600 racks when fully built out. The facility was given the go-ahead after the company obtained a building per...

March 15, 2022

France

Nautilus' floating data center faces opposition

The Irish socialist party People Before Profit (PBP) has voiced its opposition to Nautilus Data Technologies' floating data center at Limerick Docks, which was originally approved back in 2019. Although construction is due to commence on the facility, Limerick PBP representative Cian Prendivil...

March 11, 2022

Republic of Ireland

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