June 01, 2022 Verne: Keflavik Campus
Verne Global is partnering up with Iceland's national power company Landsvirkjun to trial and deploy hydrogen fuel cells to its data center campus in Iceland. As data center companies push to make their operations greener, many have transitioned to renewables to fuel their facilities, however,...
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May 31, 2022 United Kingdom
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport recently announced the commencement of an eight-week consultation, part of the National Data Strategy, to explore strengthening the security and resiliency of the UK's data centers and cloud services. Specifically, it is calling for views...
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May 31, 2022 United Kingdom
The UK government has hit back at rumors that this winter, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UK could experience blackouts. The government has said that this would be a "worst-case scenario" and a result of Russia cutting off more supplies to the EU. Commenting on whether or not...
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May 27, 2022 Spain
Best Wonder Business (BWB) has announced its intentions to develop a 16MW data center, powered solely by solar power, and located at the Huesca Logistics Platform (Plhus) business park outside Huesca, in the Aragon region. Reported to be worth €230 million ($264m); the company hopes the facility...
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May 27, 2022 Spain
Telefónica has announced that it has successfully issued its first senior sustainable bond to fund sustainability projects and initiatives amounting to €1 billion ($1.06bn) with a term of nine years. Telefónica has now made five ESG issuances in the last three years totaling €4.25 billion...
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May 27, 2022 Czech Republic
České Radiokomunikace has announced that it is looking to develop a new data center in Prague, Czech Republic. HN first announced the plans of the Czech telecommunication firm before the company confirmed it. Although Miloš Mastník, CR’s sales director, didn’t share details of the data center, he...
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May 25, 2022 NTT Madrid 1
NTT has announced the opening of its first facility in Spain. The data center is located in Las Rozas, outside Madrid. According to NTT, the data center sits on 134,720 square feet (12,516 square meters) of land in the Europolis Business and Technology Park. Currently, the facility offers 38,750...
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May 24, 2022 Greece
Lancom has announced that it is developing a data center on Crete Island. The Greek telecommunication company said it would be developing the facility to Tier III standards. Lancom did not reveal its exact location, specifications, cost, or timeline details. However, it seems the data center...
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May 22, 2022 Republic of Ireland
The pressure on the Irish power supply is starting to bite, as state-owned grid manager EirGrid announces that it has stopped talks with dozens of data center companies and halted plans for up to 30 data centers. Currently, there are some 70 data centers in the State, which have become a huge...
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May 20, 2022 Moscow / Москва́
Selectel will be developing a data center in Moscow, Russia. The data center firm will span 48,400 square feet (4,500 square meters) while also offering 20MW in capacity. The data center will be called Yurlovsky, and it will have the capacity to house up to 2,000 racks. The data center is...
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May 19, 2022 United Kingdom
As the race towards more green tech solutions continues, researchers from the University of Cambridge have announced that they have been working on an interesting energy innovation that could, in the future, replace batteries in small off-grid Internet of Things devices. The device was found to...
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May 19, 2022 France
A new company called XL360 has launched a new data center in Toulon, France. The 17,200 square feet (1,600) square meters data center has the capacity to hold 105 computer racks. The building will also be used as a coworking space. The data center is situated on the Boulevard du Commandant...
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May 17, 2022 United Kingdom
Per a Realla listing, developers are offering a 43-acre land for lease or sale for data center development in Cambridgeshire, UK. The Camro Data Park available is located in the Elean Business Park. According to confirmed reports, the Data Park has planning permission for 700,000 square feet...
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May 17, 2022 Frankfurt
Alibaba has announced that it opened a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new data center is the company’s third facility in the country. According to the company, the new data center will help support the increasing needs for digital transformation from customers across the European...
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May 06, 2022 Russia / Россия
Atos has announced it has begun a managed exit from Russia but outlined that the process would require "significant planning" due to its business operations and staff in the country. In a statement on its site, the company said: "Atos condemns the war in Ukraine, and we stand shoulder to shoulder...
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May 06, 2022 Republic of Ireland
New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have outlined that the energy consumption situation in Ireland is just as bad as groups such as An Taisce have warned. According to the Office's statistics, last year, data centers consumed more energy than rural homes. According to the...
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May 05, 2022 United Kingdom
According to reports, Reef Group is planning to build a technology park and data center near Didcot, Oxfordshire. The proposed plans, which have the company seeking a Local Development Order (LDO), detail a 23-hectare site located in Appleford, on the northern edge of Didcot. Public consultation...
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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 29, 2022 Digital Realty: Vienna
Interxion's Vienna data center campus is set to heat the nearby Floridsdorf Hospital, it has been announced. This will be facilitated by the Austrian government injecting €3.5 million ($3.7m) from environmental funds into the project, which will see the construction of an insulated pipe between...
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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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