March 15, 2022 Dublin
Continuing to pursue the ban on new data center builds in Dublin, People Before Profit Councillor Madeleine Johansson recently put forward an amendment to do just that, a motion, which was voted through by 18 votes to 13 against, with one abstention. Despite the vote to curb further builds, there...
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March 15, 2022 United Kingdom
Lancaster University has announced the launch of its Blackpool Innovation Catalyst project, which seeks to bring together "dynamic organisations" and academics to develop effective "long-term solutions around clean growth and secure digitalisation for their industries." One of the latest projects...
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March 15, 2022 France
Nation Data Center (NDC) has announced it is to build a new 3,000 sqm (32,300 sq ft) data center based near Rennes, in France. The facility named the Roah Data Center, will accommodate 600 racks when fully built out. The facility was given the go-ahead after the company obtained a building permit...
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March 11, 2022 Republic of Ireland
The Irish socialist party People Before Profit (PBP) has voiced its opposition to Nautilus Data Technologies' floating data center at Limerick Docks, which was originally approved back in 2019. Although construction is due to commence on the facility, Limerick PBP representative Cian Prendiville...
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March 11, 2022 EcoDataCenter Falun, Sweden
EcoDataCenter has announced that it is developing a new data center at its Falun campus, in Sweden. The company revealed that it would be investing up to SEK 1 billion ($102m) in the development of the new facility. The new facility will add 15MW to the campus. Worthy of note is that...
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March 11, 2022 atNorth Stockholm SWE01
atNorth has announced the launch of its first data center in Stockholm, Sweden. The Icelandic company revealed that its Kista data center is now up and running. According to atNorth, the facility is Sweden’s first data center designed for high-density workloads such as risk analysis, simulations,...
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March 08, 2022 Switzerland
Swiss research body Empa has announced the launch of a new research project on data centers, namely ECO-Qube. The project is in response to the increasing demand for data and the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT), which...
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March 04, 2022 United Kingdom
Pioneer Point Partners LLP has announced that it closed its maiden institutional fund. The fund is worth €575 million ($640.9m). The fund exceeded the company’s initial target of €500 million ($557m). Pioneer Point Partners attracted investments from 15 North American and European institutional...
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March 04, 2022 Switzerland
According to reports, a data center being used by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), of which 11,000 banks from over 200 countries are linked to, is being guarded by police. This news that the local Thurgau cantonal police have set up a perimeter around the...
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March 03, 2022 Republic of Ireland
Nautilus Data Technologies has revealed that the construction of its floating data center in Limerick, Ireland is about to start. The company first announced plans for the data center two years ago after gaining approval. The data center construction was delayed due to the pandemic. However,...
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March 01, 2022 Russia / Россия
Liberum Navitas has revealed the first three locations for the 15 data centers it planned to develop in Russia. The Russian IT firm first announced plans for the 15 data centers in October 2021. The company revealed that the data center development would cost 48.6 billion Rubles ($683.3m)....
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February 28, 2022 Ukraine
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, reports are circulating around the impact on data, internet connectivity and power supplies. On February 24th, it was reported that Biden was being presented with a number of options relating to Russian cyberattacks, including disrupting internet...
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February 24, 2022 United Kingdom
An incinerator-powered data center could be heading to Reading, the UK, it has been announced. J Mould, a local demolition, decontamination, and recycling contracting firm, is proposing this innovative build to the tune of £80 million ($108m). If it goes ahead, the project will be built on a...
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February 21, 2022 Europe
In its "European PPA Market Outlook 2022" report, Pexapark outlined that change is afoot regarding the way in which data center operators purchase renewable energy. The energy price volatility of 2021 will reportedly have a long-term impact on PPA deals, with larger consumers buying up big...
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February 18, 2022 Ukraine
As more and more reports circulate that Russia is on the precipice of invading Ukraine, with no sign of withdrawal, those within the data center and digital infrastructure industry are discussing what it means for the sector. Omdia has outlined that potential conflict poses a threat to the...
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February 18, 2022 Estonia
Greenergy Data Centers OÜ has announced that it opened its first data center in Estonia. The three-story facility spans 156,000 square feet (14,500 square meters) in the Saue Parish near Tallinn. Upon full build-out, the data center will have three buildings with a total capacity of 31.5MW....
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February 14, 2022 Europe
With the UN chief recently declaring that it's "code red for humanity," it has never been more clear that immediate action is required on the part of governments and industry leaders to make big sustainability changes. Of course, the data center and digital infrastructure industries have caught...
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February 10, 2022 Netherlands
The newly formed Dutch government has announced that going forward, it will impose environmental controls on hyperscale data centers, which it said is in response to protests around Facebook’s proposed 166 hectare hyperscale data center in Zeewolde. The proposal received an outcry of opposition...
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February 08, 2022 United Kingdom
BNP Paribas Real Estate has announced that it has launched a new data center team in the UK, with Michael Umfreville as the lead. It will be responsible for leasing and land acquisitions. This launch is reportedly in response to REITs, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and...
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February 07, 2022 Equinix Munich MU4
Equinix has announced the opening of a new facility in Ascheim, outside Munich, Germany. The company unveiled the opening of the International Business Exchange (IBX) called MU4. Equinix invested $90 million in the development of MU4’s first phase. The facility offers over 24,200 square feet...
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