May 13, 2022 Bangkok / Krung Thep
Alibaba Cloud opened its first data center in Bangkok, Thailand. The company first announced the facility in October 2021. It, however, had an opening ceremony for the new data center this week. Alibaba Cloud Intelligence’s country manager for Thailand, Tyler Qiu, said data protection and...
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May 11, 2022 Northern Virginia
According to a report by Inside NoVa, an application has been filed in Nokesville, in Virginia’s Prince William County, for 277-acres of data center development. The application, submitted by the House family, seeks to change their property designation from an agricultural estate to a...
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May 09, 2022 Equinix Carteret NY11
Nasdaq Inc. has started expanding its data center presence at Equinix’s NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. Nasdaq first announced last December that it was expanding its presence at the site to support its cloud infrastructure build-out. Equinix announced in a LinkedIn post that it was...
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May 09, 2022 Miami
Stonerock Capital Partners and Triple Double have completed the acquisition of two properties in downtown Miami. The properties are located at 200 SE 1st Street and 44 W. Flagler Street. They paid $56.7 million for both properties. The 200 SE 1st property is a 12-story, 13,200 square meter...
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May 05, 2022 Mumbai
Cisco's Duo has announced that it has launched its first data center in Mumbai , with the intention of providing its customers with enhanced cyber defense and data localization. This move is also part of a wider global expansion strategy. Information about the facility's specifications are yet to...
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May 03, 2022 Spain
Aire Networks has announced the opening of its new data center in Malaga, Spain. The new data center is located in the Malaga TechPark, and it cost the company spent €2.5 million ($2.6m) to develop. Aire Networks did not reveal the specifications of the data center. A statement from the company...
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April 27, 2022 Dublin
Energia Group has announced that Fingal County Council has granted the company planning permission for two new data centers next to the Huntstown Power Station in Dublin, Ireland. The two facilities, known as Buildings A and B, are expected to have a gross floor area of c. 37,647 sqm (400,000 sq...
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April 22, 2022 Madrid
Thor Equities has announced its plans to move into data centers. The US real estate group, is also looking to develop its first data center in Madrid, Spain. Thor Equities will be doing this by launching a new data center division called Thor Digital. The new unit will be headed by Roy Gibbens,...
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April 21, 2022 Equinix Singapore SG5
Equinix has announced that it is expanding its SG5 International Business Exchange data center in Singapore. According to Equinix, the expansion will see it add more than 7,700 square meters (83,000 square feet) of colocation space and over 1,475 cabinets to the facility. Upon completion, the...
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April 18, 2022 Abu Dhabi
Khazna Data Centers has announced it has broken ground on its second data center in Masdar, Abu Dhabi. The facility, named Khazna Abu Dhabi 6 (AUH 6), will have a capacity of 31.8 (MW) and is forecast to be completed by the third quarter of 2023. Speaking about the company's data center footprint...
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April 18, 2022 Mumbai
Vultr has announced that it has launched a cloud data center location in Mumbai, making the city its 25th global location. According to the company, it will enable businesses in India to innovate quicker and at a reduced cost. Commenting on the company’s expansion, Vinod Chacko, Business...
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April 14, 2022 Dublin
Further delays have been announced regarding TikTok’s first data center in Europe. Its Dublin-based facility was initially planned to be up and running by early 2022, but due to what the company said were delays related to Covid, the facility’s opening was pushed back to late 2022. Now the...
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April 14, 2022 Northern Virginia
Another data center is coming to Sterling, Northern Virginia, as county officials have approved a rezoning request in the area. Long Drive Land Company LLC sought to rezone up to 39.82 acres of land in Loudoun County to develop a data center with up to 63,675 square meters (685,404 square feet)...
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April 12, 2022 London
Stratus Data Centres has announced its intention to construct two 18MW Tier III data centers on a brownfield site at Belvedere, South East London, part of Riverside Energy Park. The Riverside Energy Park is a development of waste management firm Cory, which, it says, intends to meet "London's...
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April 11, 2022 Singapore
Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...
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April 11, 2022 Northern Virginia
According to BizJournal, PRP has completed the acquisition of 22 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is located at 7816 Bethlehem Road in Manassas. The Real estate firm paid $22 million to Allan Myers for the property. It is also negotiating for another 13 acres with...
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April 08, 2022 Amsterdam
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...
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April 08, 2022 Tokyo
Gaw Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a building in Tokyo, Japan. The real estate private equity firm also plans to transform the building into a data center. The Fuchu Building it acquired is next to Meito Sangyo Building in Fuchu Intelligent Park. Gaw will demolish the 59,000...
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April 07, 2022 Equinix
In its latest sustainability effort, Equinix has announced $1.2 billion of "green bonds," the fourth green bond the company has issued. Now the company's total green bonds stand at $4.9 billion. According to the company, the company will use these funds to push forward its sustainability...
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April 07, 2022 Hong Kong
A Vantage-occupied facility in Hong Kong has been acquired by the Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF). The complex acquired is located at 43 Container Port Road. It is also a fully occupied data center with a 14MW capacity across 270,000 square feet of gross floor area. The deal was worth HK$2.88...
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