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Read Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate
Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate

Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate

September 30, 2021 Northern Virginia

On Wednesday, Loudoun county supervisors came together to discuss the county's energy strategy. This discussion has come following a surge of data centers in the area over the past 15 years. The county's "Data Center Alley" is pinned as the world's largest concentration of data centers, totalling...

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Read Nethits Telecom to build 20MW data center in Valencia, Spain
Nethits Telecom to build 20MW data center in Valencia, Spain

Nethits Telecom to build 20MW data center in Valencia, Spain

September 28, 2021 Spain

Spain’s Nethits Telecom has revealed plans to construct a data center in Valencia, Spain. The firm said it would be investing €241 million ($281m) into the facility to make it the largest data center in Valencia. According to the Company, the facility will be built to Tier IV standard. It will...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 Equinix

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer
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AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

September 17, 2021 London: Slough

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm first...

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Read Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam
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Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam

September 17, 2021 Amsterdam

Great Grey Investment has acquired the uncompleted Westpoort Data Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The data center was bought from Caransa Group. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed, Tikehu Capital provided financing to Great Grey Investments and Westpoort Datacenter through its...

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Read The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approves zoning of 196-acre of land for data center use in Gainesville, Northern Virginia
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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approves zoning of 196-acre of land for data center use in Gainesville, Northern Virginia

September 15, 2021 Northern Virginia

196-acres of land has been rezoned for data center purposes in Gainesville, Northern Virginia. This is after the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted that a 196-acre land off Linton Hall Road should be zoned for data center use. A 1 million square feet data center campus will also be...

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Read Prince William County officials to decide on data center in Northern Virginia
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Prince William County officials to decide on data center in Northern Virginia

September 06, 2021 Northern Virginia

Prince William’s Board of County Supervisors is going to hold a public hearing on a proposed data center facility in Northern Virginia later this week. The purpose of the meeting is to decide whether to rezone the 196.28 acres of land across three properties from agricultural to industrial use....

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Read Equinix completes acquisition of GPX India
Equinix completes acquisition of GPX India

Equinix completes acquisition of GPX India

September 03, 2021 Equinix Mumbai MB1

Equinix has finally completed the acquisition of the Indian operations of GPX Global Systems for $161 million. The purchase sees Equinix add two data centers in Mumbai to its portfolio. These facilities named Equinix MB1 and MB2 provide a combined 1,350 cabinets, with an additional 500 cabinets...

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Read Equinix opens SG5 data center in Singapore
Equinix opens SG5 data center in Singapore

Equinix opens SG5 data center in Singapore

August 28, 2021 Equinix Singapore SG5

Equinix has finally announced the opening of its fifth data center in Singapore. The SG5 data center is a nine-story facility built with $144 million in Tanjong Kling, which used to be known as the Singapore Data Center Park. Besides, the nine-story facility is the tallest data center in the data...

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Read Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland
Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

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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Read Equinix completes expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney
Equinix completes expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney

Equinix completes expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney

August 20, 2021 Equinix Sydney SY5

Equinix has completed the expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney. The expansion cost the Company $48 million (AU$66 million). Equinix started the expansion in February. Moreover, Equinix has added a total colocation space of 11,300 square meters (121,000 square feet) with this expansion. It...

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Read Equinix secures a cheaper, green future
Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

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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Read Victorian swimming bathhouse in Manchester gets a digital transformation
Victorian swimming bathhouse in Manchester gets a digital transformation

Victorian swimming bathhouse in Manchester gets a digital transformation

July 29, 2021 Manchester

Ashton Old Baths, a Victorian bathhouse in Manchester, has undergone a significant transformation into a council data center, and a tech hub spanning over 10,000 sq ft of office and coworking space. The historic Grade II-listed building, which first opened in 1870, is now in phase two of...

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Read Largest Data Center Funding Deals In Q2 of 2021
Largest Data Center Funding Deals In Q2 of 2021

Largest Data Center Funding Deals In Q2 of 2021

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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Read Equinix strives to balance expansion with its eco targets
Equinix strives to balance expansion with its eco targets

Equinix strives to balance expansion with its eco targets

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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Read Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash
Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

July 21, 2021 Northern Virginia

In Winchester, Virginia, local officials have voted to rezone more than 277 acres for a new data center and logistics park despite significant public backlash. The development project is known as One Logistics Park and has received. The land rezoned for the park The Winchester Star reported that...

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Read MainOne opens data center in Appolonia, Accra, Ghana
MainOne opens data center in Appolonia, Accra, Ghana

MainOne opens data center in Appolonia, Accra, Ghana

June 23, 2021 Equinix Accra AC1

MainOne, a Nigerian telco firm, just opened its new data center in Appolonia City, outside Accra, Ghana. The Company first announced the construction of the data center in 2019. It is a 100-rack facility, and MDXi, MainOne’s subsidiary, would manage it. Interestingly, the facility is also Tier...

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Read Intermarket seeks approval for 100,000 square feet data center in Canada
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Intermarket seeks approval for 100,000 square feet data center in Canada

June 21, 2021 Toronto

Intermarket Properties wants to build a data center in Cambridge, Canada. According to Canada Construct Connect, the Company is seeking approval for a 100,000 square feet data center. The proposed data center site is a 40 acre Waterloo Corporate Campus with mixed-use redevelopment that consists...

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Read Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030
Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

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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Read AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers
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AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

June 17, 2021 Northern Virginia

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

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