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Read Microsoft plans to use rainwater to cool Dutch data centers after facing protests
Microsoft plans to use rainwater to cool Dutch data centers after facing protests

Microsoft plans to use rainwater to cool Dutch data centers after facing protests

May 24, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

After facing backlash from the resident of the Hollands-Kroon province, Netherlands, that its data center in the region could cause a shortage of drinking water, Microsoft has announced that it would now be using rainwater. Microsoft promised on TV that it would be using rainwater to cool its...

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Read Lunar data center on the horizon
Lunar data center on the horizon

Lunar data center on the horizon

May 24, 2021 Paris

While a data center on the moon may seem outlandish now, soon it could very much be a reality, that’s according to NASA and ASI, the Italian space agency. As part of the NASA Artemis Moon program, ASI has teamed up with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to study design concepts to support a facility...

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Read Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers
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Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers

May 14, 2021 Frankfurt

Frankfurt has proposed a development plan to regulate data centers in the area. The plan, it says, will prevent the “uncontrolled growth” of data centers. The city is the hub of the data center industry in Germany, and one of the four largest hubs in Europe, taking up 64 hectares (640,000 sqm) of...

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Read Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages
Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

May 14, 2021 Madrid

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has installed and commissioned eight mtu emergency gensets with 9.2MWe power output at a major bank in Madrid. The installation was made to secure power supply in case of a public power grid failure in the region. Rolls-Royce will ensure power supply is secured...

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Read Scottish data center firm DataVita acquires Fortis data center
Scottish data center firm DataVita acquires Fortis data center

Scottish data center firm DataVita acquires Fortis data center

May 13, 2021 DataVita: Lanarkshire DV1

DataVita has announced the acquisition of the Fortis Tier-III certified data center, based in Glasgow, Scotland, after operating the facility since 2016. The acquisition was made with £45 million ($63.1 million) of support by HFD Group, and Datavita will now take full ownership. Built by HFD...

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Read Zayo Group to connect to Netwise's new London East data center
Zayo Group to connect to Netwise's new London East data center

Zayo Group to connect to Netwise's new London East data center

May 12, 2021 Netwise London East (NLE)

Netwise, A data center firm in the UK, has announced that Zayo Group would be the first major Tier 1 carrier to connect to its new London East data center officially. The new data center is 13,000 square feet in size with a 1.5MW capacity. Netwise also claimed that its new data center would use...

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Read Supernap Italia to expand Milan data center
Supernap Italia to expand Milan data center

Supernap Italia to expand Milan data center

May 06, 2021 STACK Milan Campus

Supernap Italia has announced expansion plans for its data center campus in Milan, Italy, after acquiring development-ready land totaling 170,000sq m (1,830,000 sq ft). It is situated in the same location as the company’s other Siziano campus. The land acquisition gives the company the ability to...

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Read atNorth expands its Mjölnir data center
atNorth expands its Mjölnir data center

atNorth expands its Mjölnir data center

May 05, 2021 atNorth ICE02: Reykjanesbær

atNorth has announced it is expanding its Mjölnir ICE02 data center in Keflavík, Iceland. The facility currently stands at 13,750 sqm (148,000 sqft), with 80MW of power. The company plans to expand the data center by 10%. This will mean an additional 1,250 sqm (13,400 sq ft) of space, and 4MW of...

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Read Amazon submits plans for second data center in County Meath, Ireland
Amazon submits plans for second data center in County Meath, Ireland

Amazon submits plans for second data center in County Meath, Ireland

May 05, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

According to Planning documents filed with Meath Local Authorities, Amazon is proposing to build a new data center at the IDA Business & Technology Park in Drogheda, County Meath. The new data center will be a two-story building, and it will have a floor area of 28,566 square meters. Tunis...

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Read Microsoft partners with defense company Leonardo to offer cloud services to Italian public sector
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Microsoft partners with defense company Leonardo to offer cloud services to Italian public sector

April 26, 2021 Italy

Microsoft is partnering with Leonardo, an Italian defense group, to provide Italy’s public sector and critical infrastructure providers with cloud services. The deal will see Leonardo offer cybersecurity services and act as a System integrator while Microsoft will provide a cloud platform and...

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Read Green Mountain Secures More Land for Data Center Expansion In Norway
Green Mountain Secures More Land for Data Center Expansion In Norway

Green Mountain Secures More Land for Data Center Expansion In Norway

April 23, 2021 Green Mountain Gismarvik

Green Mountain has announced that it has secured 50,000 sqm (538,000 sq ft) of land in Norway in an option agreement with Haugaland Business Park. Located in Gismarvik in Tysvær municipality, the land will enable Green Mountain to begin constructing a fourth data center site as early as 2022. The...

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Read EdgeConneX enters the Spanish Market
EdgeConneX enters the Spanish Market

EdgeConneX enters the Spanish Market

March 31, 2021 Edgeconnex Barcelona

EdgeConnex has announced its entry into the Spanish data center market with its new edge data center facility in the Sant Boi de Llobregat region of Spain. The new center is only 15 km from the Barcelona city center. The data center is a 7,600 square meter, 8 MW N+1 facility. This facility is...

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Read OVH Data Center SBG2 Destroyed by fire in Strasbourg
OVH Data Center SBG2 Destroyed by fire in Strasbourg

OVH Data Center SBG2 Destroyed by fire in Strasbourg

March 10, 2021 OVH Strasbourg Campus

A fire destroyed SBG2 and part of SBG1 data centers in Strasbourg, France. The facilities are part of a data center campus owned by OVH Cloud, a French cloud computing company. The fire destroyed completely destroyed SBG2 and 4 rooms out of 12 in the adjacent SBG1 data center. At this time, it is...

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Read Equinix to Open First Carrier-Neutral Data Center in Bordeaux, France
Equinix to Open First Carrier-Neutral Data Center in Bordeaux, France

Equinix to Open First Carrier-Neutral Data Center in Bordeaux, France

March 04, 2021 Equinix Bordeaux BX1

Equinix has announced plans to open its first data center in Bordeaux, France. The company announced that the new facility will be known as BX1 and is projected to open in the third quarter of 2021. The company is planning to provide approximately 32,000 square feet (3,000 square meters) of...

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Read IPI Partners Announces Acquisition of SUPERNAP Italia
IPI Partners Announces Acquisition of SUPERNAP Italia

IPI Partners Announces Acquisition of SUPERNAP Italia

February 26, 2021 STACK Milan Campus

SUPERNAB Italia announced that 100% of ACDC Holding’s share capital, a controlling shareholder in the company, has been acquired. The acquisition was made by affiliates of IPI Partners, LLC from affiliates of Accelero Capital Holdings. The CEO of SUPERSNAP, Sherif Rizkilla, said that IPI is the...

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Read Equinix to expand two data centers in Helsinki, Finland
Equinix to expand two data centers in Helsinki, Finland

Equinix to expand two data centers in Helsinki, Finland

January 25, 2021 Equinix Helsinki HE5

The company announced that it will add approximately 800 cabinets to its HE5 and HE7 International Business Exchange (IBX) sites in Helsinki at a cost of $38.8M (€32M). Equinix currently operates six data centers in Helsinki, all of which run on 100% renewable energy.Equinix Press Release on...

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Read Green Datacenter Invests in large Zurich Campus
Green Datacenter Invests in large Zurich Campus

Green Datacenter Invests in large Zurich Campus

January 18, 2021 Green Datacenter Dielsdorf Campus

Green Datacenter announced they will begin construction on a new data center campus North of Zurich in the town of Dielsdorf. The campus, named "Zurich Metro Campus", will have three data center buildings and will contain over 46,000 sqm (495,000 sq ft). There will also be three office buildings...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility
Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility

Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility

December 18, 2020 Vantage Zurich ZRH1

Vantage announced the completion of an 8-megawatt concrete shell in Winterthur, Switzerland which is Northeast of Zurich. The facility is Vantage's first greenfield EU hyperscale building that will be delivered as part of an aggressive $2 billion EU expansion announced in February 2020. At full...

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Read Interxion expands in Zurich
Interxion expands in Zurich

Interxion expands in Zurich

November 25, 2020 Digital Realty: Zurich

ZURICH, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Interxion: A Digital Realty Company (NYSE: DLR) and a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre solutions, announced today it has begun construction on a major expansion project in Zurich. The new facility will be developed...

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Read CyrusOne Enters Into Strategic Partnership to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands
CyrusOne Enters Into Strategic Partnership to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands

CyrusOne Enters Into Strategic Partnership to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands

October 30, 2020 CyrusOne Middenmeer, Netherlands

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced entry into an agreement with Agriport A7 for the development of hyperscale data centers in Middenmeer, The Netherlands. Under the terms of the agreement, CyrusOne will have the option to...

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