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Read Dubai's Moro Hub named world's largest solar data center
Dubai's Moro Hub named world's largest solar data center

Dubai's Moro Hub named world's largest solar data center

November 17, 2022 Dubai

The Guinness Book of World Records has awarded Dubai's Moro Hub the title of the largest solar-powered data center in the world. Owned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), with a capacity of 100 MW data center, entirely fueled by DEWA-owned 3,000MW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar...

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Read DigitalOcean announces new facility in Sydney
DigitalOcean announces new facility in Sydney

DigitalOcean announces new facility in Sydney

November 16, 2022 Sydney

DigitalOcean has announced that it is expanding its digital footprint with a new data center in Sydney, Australia, namely SYD1. This new facility is reportedly connected to DigitalOcean's private internet edge and backbone network, providing 400 Gbps of on-net access to Asia, North America, and...

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Read Former Barclays data center to undergo transformation and be brought back into service
Former Barclays data center to undergo transformation and be brought back into service

Former Barclays data center to undergo transformation and be brought back into service

November 10, 2022 Manchester

According to reports, Manchester City Council is looking to redevelop a former Barclays data center from the 1970s and bring it back into service. Currently, the council is looking for public feedback on its regeneration proposals for Wythenshawe town center, having already completed the...

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Read Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London
Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London

Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London

November 08, 2022 London

According to Havering Council, it is negotiating with a private sector developer, Digital Reef, to build a huge data center campus in the eastern London Borough of Havering. The London Data Freeport project would reportedly be 'Europe's largest data center' sitting on a site of 175 hectares....

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Read ESR Already Developing its 19.2MW OS1data center in Osaka, Japan
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ESR Already Developing its 19.2MW OS1data center in Osaka, Japan

November 08, 2022 Osaka

Asia’s ESR Group has started work on its 19.2MW facility in Osaka, Japan. The real estate company revealed that the Cosmosquare OS1 data center would be phase 1 of its three-phase facility at Nanko Kita. The company plans to develop a total of 96MW on the site. OS1 is scheduled to be completed in...

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Read Prince William board votes to approve PW Digital Gateway
Prince William board votes to approve PW Digital Gateway

Prince William board votes to approve PW Digital Gateway

November 07, 2022 Northern Virginia

After months of protests and deliberation, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a change to the county's comprehensive plan to allow a controversial data center development on the Digital Gateway lands. This vote of 5-2 permits 27 million square feet of data center...

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Read Slough Council To Sell For Paint Factory To Data Center Developer
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Slough Council To Sell For Paint Factory To Data Center Developer

November 04, 2022 London: Slough

Slough Council has agreed to turn a former paint factory zoned for residential development into a data center. The Council decided to sell the site to an unnamed data center developer. Per council documents, the Slough Council acquired the site in February 2021 from Panattoni for £38.5 million...

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Read Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development
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Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development

November 02, 2022 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced the acquisition of a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Madrid, Spain. The site is planned for a data center campus development. Swiss real estate investment company Stoneweg completed the sale on behalf of the Icona Capital Group to Thor. None of the companies...

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Read Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development
Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development

Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development

November 01, 2022 Northern Virginia

Today the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors is set to vote on a much-anticipated and controversial data center development, "the PW Digital Gateway", ​​which would introduce 26.7 million square feet of data center space​​ to 2,100 acres next to rural land of historical and...

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Read London Docklands proposal rejected
London Docklands proposal rejected

London Docklands proposal rejected

October 31, 2022 London

According to reports, a proposal for a new data center at the London Docklands has been rejected on the grounds that the proposals were "bulky" and could have a negative impact on the nearby Naval Row Conservation Area. Although council planning officers had recommended the proposal, which would...

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Read Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt
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Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt

October 27, 2022 Frankfurt

German energy company Mainova is moving into the data center business. The company broke ground on the new facility in Frankfurt, Germany. Mainova WebHouse, a subsidiary of the energy company, announced that a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility took place earlier in the month. The new data...

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Read Further details emerge about GreenSquareDC's plans for Perth data center
Further details emerge about GreenSquareDC's plans for Perth data center

Further details emerge about GreenSquareDC's plans for Perth data center

October 24, 2022 Perth

Further information has emerged about GreenSquare's data center plans. The company, which describes itself as an ‘emerging sustainability-oriented data center provider,’ has obtained planning permission for a new 96MW data center in Perth, Australia, after its application was approved by Metro...

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Read Conapto Developing a 24MW Facility in Stockholm, Sweden
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Conapto Developing a 24MW Facility in Stockholm, Sweden

October 24, 2022 Stockholm

Data center firm Conapto has announced that it has broken ground on a new data center in Stockholm, Sweden. The Sweden data center company partnered with real estate firm Fastpartner to develop a 107,650 square feet (10,000 square meters) facility in Southern Stockholm. Upon full development, the...

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Read New data center proposed in east London, UK
New data center proposed in east London, UK

New data center proposed in east London, UK

October 20, 2022 London

According to reports, a new data center is being proposed in east London, UK, on a 1.39-hectare site. Located on the western edge of the former East India Import Dock, the proposed facility could have a potential IT power of 30MW, with six halls each of 1,200 sqm (12,900 sq ft). It's also noted...

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Read Emerge to provide Khazna Data Centers with renewable energy from solar plant development
Emerge to provide Khazna Data Centers with renewable energy from solar plant development

Emerge to provide Khazna Data Centers with renewable energy from solar plant development

October 18, 2022 Abu Dhabi

Emerge, a joint venture (JV) between Masdar and EDF, has signed an agreement with Khazna Data Centers to provide it with renewable energy from a new solar plant development. The ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) plant will provide power to Khazna's new data center in Masdar City, providing...

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Read Penzance looks to develop data center in Chantilly in Northern Virginia
Penzance looks to develop data center in Chantilly in Northern Virginia

Penzance looks to develop data center in Chantilly in Northern Virginia

October 13, 2022 Northern Virginia

Penzance, a real estate investment firm, has announced that it is considering a site that was previously earmarked for an auto sales facility for a data center development instead. The company has reportedly applied to rezone a plot of land, located in Chantilly in Northern Virginia, just off of...

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Read New company plans 96MW data center site in Perth, Australia
New company plans 96MW data center site in Perth, Australia

New company plans 96MW data center site in Perth, Australia

October 12, 2022 Perth

Urbis Pty Ltd, a design and planning firm, is reportedly applying to build an AU$600 million (US$379m) data center campus in the Belmont area of Perth, Australia, at 37 Abernethy Road. The application lists the client as GreenSquareDC, an “emerging sustainability-oriented data center provider’....

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Read Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia
Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

October 11, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has revealed its plans to develop a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This will be the company's first facility in the Asian country. Equinix noted that it would be investing $74m in developing the new IBX facility. The data center will be located in the Central Business District of...

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Read BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia
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BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia

October 06, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, Real estate investment company BlackChamber Group has plans to develop a 157,900 square meter (1.7 million square feet) data center campus in Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia. The company is looking to build four data center buildings on its land on Belmont Ridge Road,...

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

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

October 03, 2022 Dublin

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...

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