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Read Quantinuum signs MoU in Singapore for city-state’s quantum sector
Quantinuum signs MoU in Singapore for city-state’s quantum sector

Quantinuum signs MoU in Singapore for city-state’s quantum sector

July 25, 2024 Singapore

Quantinuum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with several Singaporean institutions to provide the city-state with access to it's H-Series and Helios quantum computers and collaborate on quantum computing use cases. Other signatories of the MoU include Singapore’s National Quantum Office,...

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Read Metrobloks raises $5.2 million in funding round
Metrobloks raises $5.2 million in funding round

Metrobloks raises $5.2 million in funding round

June 27, 2024 New York

Metrobloks, a new data center startup focused on metro projects this week announced an oversubscribed $5.2 million seed round led by Current Equity Partners with the backing of Serena Capital. The company noted that it designs, deploys, and operates modular and scalable data centers in...

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Read Viasat launches new headquarters in London
Viasat launches new headquarters in London

Viasat launches new headquarters in London

April 15, 2024 London

Satellite firm Viasat last week officially launched its new office, at 50 Finsbury Square in London, as the combined offices of both Viasat and Inmarsat, the rival vendor it acquired last year. The new 121,000 square feet site includes new satellite, network, and cyber operations centers for the...

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Read Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers
Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

Alibaba extends cloud price cut to international customers

April 09, 2024 Singapore

Alibaba has revealed that it is now slashing its prices by as much as 59 percent for customers "from the US to Singapore." This comes shortly after the company's March 2024 announcement that it would be cutting cloud costs for its Chinese customers by up to 55 percent with the hope of winning...

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Read Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions
  Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

Asia-Pacific plans new data center acquisitions

April 08, 2024 Singapore

Singaporean real-estate firm Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Limited (APS) this week announced plans to acquire a 100 percent stake in Taiwanese sustainable data solutions provider, Mobii Genius Co., Ltd., for US$150 million. “Creating green data processing and storage facilities is of...

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Read Oriole Networks raises £10 million in seed funding
Oriole Networks raises £10 million in seed funding

Oriole Networks raises £10 million in seed funding

March 29, 2024 London

University College London (UCL) spinout Oriole Networks has raised £10 million ($12.6m) in a seed funding round co-led by UCL Technology Fund, Clean Growth Fund, XTX Ventures, and Dorilton Ventures, with support from Innovate UK Investor Partnership. “As the demand for compute continues to...

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Read Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers
Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

March 05, 2024 Singapore

Telkom Indonesia has consolidated its Singapore data centers under one umbrella unit ahead of a potential sale. The company wrote on LinkedIn that this marks a “significant milestone in our journey toward becoming a regional powerhouse in the data center industry,” “The rationale behind this...

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Read Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue
Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue

Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue

February 29, 2024 London

Property investor Segro has raised £900 million ($1.1 billion) in a share issue and intends to use this funds to develop its portfolio across the UK and Europe. The London-listed business had initially been hoping to raise £800 million ($1.01bn), but on Tuesday evening its directors said strong...

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Read Empyrion DC secures S$133 million green loan
Empyrion DC secures S$133 million green loan

Empyrion DC secures S$133 million green loan

February 27, 2024 Singapore

Empyrion DC, a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green loan worth S$133 million (US$98 million) to refinance its SG1 Dodid data center in Singapore, with proceeds used to “support existing operations” at the 12.5MW facility. This financing was provided by the UOB bank. Mark...

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Read Singapore-based startup receives $12.5 million in funding for electricity transformers
Singapore-based startup receives $12.5 million in funding for electricity transformers

Singapore-based startup receives $12.5 million in funding for electricity transformers

February 09, 2024 Singapore

Singapore-based startup Amperesand, which makes SSTs that could replace standard transformers in electricity distribution, has been given $12.5 million in funding to develop solid-state transformers (SSTs), which could make electricity grids more efficient and flexible. "We are thrilled to...

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Read Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners
Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners

Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners

January 10, 2024 London

Investment firm Swiss Life Asset Managers this week entered an agreement with London-based InfraBridge, an infrastructure investment management division of DigitalBridge Group, to acquire a co-controlling equity stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP). Gianfranco Saladino, head of...

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Read Singapore considers making data centers and clouds "critical infrastructure"
Singapore considers making data centers and clouds "critical infrastructure"

Singapore considers making data centers and clouds "critical infrastructure"

December 22, 2023 Singapore

Singapore’s government is currently contemplating marking data centers and clouds as "critical infrastructure,” and extending oversight to cloud service providers and data center operators. A decision in this regard is expected to be made by January 15, 2024. Currently, the Cybersecurity Agency...

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Read Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding
Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding

Seraya Partners reaches goal of $800 million APAC funding

December 14, 2023 Singapore

Singapore-based Seraya Partners has closed an $800 million fund dedicated to digital infrastructure and energy transition investments. Half of the fund has already been dedicated to three companies: data center operator Empyrion DC, offshore wind vessel operator Cyan Renewables, and solar, wind,...

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Read Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert
Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert

Ridge purchases UK data center consultancy Concert

November 18, 2023 London

Building consultancy Ridge recently acquired London-based Concert, a data center-focused consulting company, to boost its business in that sector. Both companies finalized this acquisition on November 3, but the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Concert will operate under its current...

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Read Quantum computing firm D-Wave faces delisting from NYSE again
Quantum computing firm D-Wave faces delisting from NYSE again

Quantum computing firm D-Wave faces delisting from NYSE again

October 26, 2023 New York

Quantum computing firm D-Wave is facing delisting from the New York Stock Exchange over its low stock price for the second time this year. The company announced this week that it received a notice from the NYSE that it is not in compliance with listing requirements as the average closing price of...

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Read ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio
ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio

ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio

October 23, 2023 London

Asset management firm Intermediate Capital Group recently completed a £125 million purchase of offices and data center portfolio in London leased to UK telco Vodafone. The 260,000 square feet portfolio comprises five data centers which was initially acquired from British Land who announced the...

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Read 6Estates launches Nvidia DGX BasePOD for AI offerings
6Estates launches Nvidia DGX BasePOD for AI offerings

6Estates launches Nvidia DGX BasePOD for AI offerings

October 11, 2023 Singapore

Singaporean large language model provider 6Estates recently launched an Nvidia DGX BasePOD based on Nvidia GCX H100 systems to develop its AI offerings. The company will use this BasePOD for its "Model Solutions" offering, which provides users with personalized large language models. The cluster...

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Read ESR secures Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) for Hong Kong data center development
ESR secures Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) for Hong Kong data center development

ESR secures Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) for Hong Kong data center development

August 03, 2023 Hong Kong

ESR has secured a Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) to develop a data center in Hong Kong, it has announced. It has closed the first SLL in Hong Kong, worth HK$1.6 billion (US$205m), which will be used to convert a building in Kwai Chung into the 21.3MW ESR Kwai Chung Data Centre HK1.The company...

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Read Thames Water considers restricting London data centers' water usage
Thames Water considers restricting London data centers' water usage

Thames Water considers restricting London data centers' water usage

July 27, 2023 London

Thames Water has announced that it is considering restricting data center water-use in London. The measure could reportedly include charging operators more at peak times and adding flow restrictors to pipes.Initially, the private utility undertook an assessment to get insight into how much water...

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Read GIC seeks to raise capital for South Korean data center initiative
GIC seeks to raise capital for South Korean data center initiative

GIC seeks to raise capital for South Korean data center initiative

July 24, 2023 Singapore

The sovereign wealth fund GIC of Singapore is soliciting funds for a data center outside Seoul, South Korea. According to Business Korea, institutional investors, such as GIC, are working with indigenous institutional investors, securities companies, and asset management firms to build a data...

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