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Read Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region
Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region

Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region

October 04, 2022 Google

Google is reportedly close to buying a 30-hectare plot for its upcoming Berlin Google Cloud region in Germany having already signed corresponding preliminary contracts. According to reports by Maerkische Allgemeine, the site that it has chosen is in the Schenkendorf area of Mittenwalde,...

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Read Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

September 30, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is expanding its presence in Malaysia, with its second data center in Cyberjaya. The facility, a four-story data center dubbed KUL12, will provide 10MW of capacity across 194,000 square feet of space when combined with its existing KUL11. Construction on the data center began...

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Read Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power
Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power

Equinix tests hydrogen fuel cell power

September 30, 2022 Equinix

Equinix is the latest company in the industry to trial hydrogen fuel cells as a power source for data centers. The company will be working in partnership with the Centre for Energy Research & Technology (CERT) under the National University of Singapore's (NUS) College of Design and...

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Read NTT to build new 30MW data center in Kansai region of Japan
NTT to build new 30MW data center in Kansai region of Japan

NTT to build new 30MW data center in Kansai region of Japan

September 30, 2022 NTT

NTT is building a new 30MW data center in the Kansai region of Japan, it has been announced. The facility, which is being constructed in Soraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, will be a four-story, seismic-isolated structure. Model image of the completed data center The building will supply a total of 30...

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Read Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago
Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago

Digital Realty files to build data center in Chicago

September 28, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has reportedly filed to construct a new data center in Chicago, Illinois. The application for construction on the facility outlines that it would span 565,000-square-foot (52,500 sqm) as a 13-story building at 321-337 E. 21st Street, which is opposite 350 E Cermak carrier hotel....

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Read Yondr To Develop a 42MW Facility in Berlin, Germany
Yondr To Develop a 42MW Facility in Berlin, Germany

Yondr To Develop a 42MW Facility in Berlin, Germany

September 28, 2022 Yondr Group

Yondr Group has announced plans to develop data centers in the municipality of Ragow, outside Berlin, Germany. Upon full build-out, the data center campus will offer 42MW of power. Phase 1 of the development will deliver 10MW of power. This phase is also scheduled to be in operation in 2024. Upon...

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Read Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful
Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful

Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful

September 22, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK Infrastructure has successfully connected its data center to Hafslund Oslo Celsio System in Norway for city-wide heat reuse. This is the first time a project of this kind has taken place in the country. Now, after a one-year ramp-up, STACK's OSL01 data center is now providing heat and hot...

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Read DTCP Completes Acquisition of Main Stake in Maincubes
DTCP Completes Acquisition of Main Stake in Maincubes

DTCP Completes Acquisition of Main Stake in Maincubes

September 22, 2022 maincubes one GmbH

Maincubes has announced that investment management firm Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) has acquired a stake in its firm. The deal sees DTCP take over the shares of the former main shareholder Art-Invest Real Estate. Although the transaction details were not shared, Art-Invest Real...

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Read Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich
Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich

Equinix expands its ZH4 IBX facility in Zurich

September 16, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced the expansion of one of its data centers in Zurich, Switzerland. Its ZH4 IBX facility, located at Josefstrasse 225, will see the addition of 850 square meters (9,150 sq ft) of whitespace and more than 200 cabinets. The facility first opened in 2010, and since then, it has...

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Read Green Mountain to expand its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway
Green Mountain to expand its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway

Green Mountain to expand its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway

September 16, 2022 Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has announced that it is expanding its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway by constructing a new two-story 20MW building. With an investment of €100 million ($99.9m), the first phase will reportedly be operational and ready for service in March of next year. The company has outlined...

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Read Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia
Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

Indoor vertical farm on the way for former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia

September 14, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

In Virginia, a former Digital Realty data center is gearing up for a dramatic transformation. Located in Herndon, the company’s old data center will become an agricultural facility, specifically a vertical farm. Vertical farms have similar power, water, and air conditioning requirements to data...

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Read ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea
ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea

ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea

September 14, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

ESR Cayman and Stack Infrastructure have partnered to develop a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. Both companies announced the joint venture to develop a 48MW data center in Incheon. The companies plan to break ground on the data center in Q1 2023. The facility is also scheduled to be...

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Read Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin
Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

Environmental group launches appeal against Interxion's proposal for two data centers in Dublin

September 09, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Environmentalists are appealing against two data centers Interxion is planning to build in Dublin. The appeal, lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP) by John Conway and Louth Environmental Group, argues that there are a "disproportionate" number of data centers in the area and that the facilities'...

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Read NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

September 08, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced that it has begun construction on its Cyberjaya 6 data center in Malaysia, with an initial investment of more than $50 million. Set to cater to hyperscalers and high-end enterprises, the facility, when combined with the company's CBJ5 data center, will have a capacity of 22MW....

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Read DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business
DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business

DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business

September 05, 2022 Equinix

According to Bloomberg, Equinix and DigitalBridge are the final two companies looking to buy Time Dotcom’s data center business. The companies are looking to sign an agreement to take over the business called Aims Data Centre within the next few weeks. Per sources, Time Dotcom might also retain a...

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Read Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling
Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling

Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling

September 05, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

According to BizJournal, Vantage is looking to develop another data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia. According to Loudoun property records, the company acquired 17 acres of land at 22318 Glenn Drive for $46m in October 2021. Per the documents filed by Loudoun County Economic...

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Read CloudHQ To Develop a 180MW Facility in Minnesota
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CloudHQ To Develop a 180MW Facility in Minnesota

September 01, 2022 CloudHQ

According to BizJournal, CloudHQ has plans to develop a data center in Chaska, Minnesota. The data center campus will sit on 72 acres of land in Carver County, Chaska. Per the filing, CloudHQ wants to either develop a large 1.8 million square feet (167,225 square meters) building or four...

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Read Google Gets Land in Bissen, Luxemburg Reclassified For Potential $1B Data Center
Google Gets Land in Bissen, Luxemburg Reclassified For Potential $1B Data Center

Google Gets Land in Bissen, Luxemburg Reclassified For Potential $1B Data Center

September 01, 2022 Google

Google has announced that its land in Bissen, Luxemburg, has finally been reclassified for data center use. The company confirmed that construction can now begin on the land, which is planned for a €1 billion ($1bn) data center. Once completed, this will be one of the most significant...

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Read CloudHQ Begins Construction of 80MW 1.5 Million Square Feet Data Center Campus in Illinois
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CloudHQ Begins Construction of 80MW 1.5 Million Square Feet Data Center Campus in Illinois

August 29, 2022 CloudHQ

CloudHQ has announced that it has begun constructing a new facility in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), an energy provider, said the (140,000 square meters) 1.5 million square feet data center campus would cost $2.5 billion. The first phase of the development is...

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Read Google Announces The Launch of its Third Facility in Singapore
Google Announces The Launch of its Third Facility in Singapore

Google Announces The Launch of its Third Facility in Singapore

August 29, 2022 Google

Search engineer giant Google has announced opening of a new data center in Singapore. The company said in a statement: "We announced our first data center in Singapore in 2011, our second in 2015, and we recently hit another important milestone - with our third data center facility completed and...

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