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Read Equinix To Invest $86m in Developing a New Indian Facility
Equinix To Invest $86m in Developing a New Indian Facility

Equinix To Invest $86m in Developing a New Indian Facility

June 09, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it will be developing its third data center in Mumbai, India. The data center giant said it would invest over $86 million to develop the data center. According to the company, the data center will be housed on four-acre land. The data center will be located in...

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Read Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas
Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas

Google Launches First Cloud Region in Texas

June 08, 2022 Google

Google has announced a new cloud region in Dallas, Texas. In a statement by the company, it said it is happy to expand its presence in Texas by launching a new cloud region in Dallas, making it the second region in the central US and the eleventh in North America. This is the company’s first...

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Read Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power
Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power

Engie & Google Cloud AI to predict wind power

June 06, 2022 Google

French multinational utility company Engie has announced that it will be teaming up with Google Cloud to use AI to predict wind power and optimize its portfolio, making it the first customer of the giant's AI technology. Engie will be utilizing Google's DeepMind technology, which was first...

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Read NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio
NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio

NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio

June 02, 2022 Global Switch

According to reports, NextDC is looking to acquire Global Switch’s Asia-Pacific arm. The Australian data center firm has contacted Macquarie Capital to find a financial partner for the purchase. Global Switch has been looking to sell its business for more than a year. Besides, it was in...

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Read Colt technology expands into South Korea
Colt technology expands into South Korea

Colt technology expands into South Korea

June 01, 2022 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has announced its expansion into the South Korean market, with the establishment of network hubs in four key carrier-neutral data centers in the Seoul Metropolitan area, which will offer speeds of up to 40G Ethernet Service. Masato Hoshino, representative director & president/head of...

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Read Google Opens New Columbus Cloud Region
Google Opens New Columbus Cloud Region

Google Opens New Columbus Cloud Region

May 25, 2022 Google

Google has announced the launch of its new cloud region in Columbus, Ohio. The company noted that the new cloud region (us-east5) would provide users with the availability and speed needed to serve local customers, innovate quicker, and develop high-performing applications. Google first announced...

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Read New report reveals tech companies' investments have a huge climate impact
New report reveals tech companies' investments have a huge climate impact

New report reveals tech companies' investments have a huge climate impact

May 24, 2022 Google

Over the last few years, tech giants have made big claims regarding carbon emissions and their sustainability efforts, yet, despite many of them claiming to be carbon neutral, a new report has found that their investments' carbon footprint is, in fact, greater than all the emissions created by...

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Read Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs
Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs

Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs

May 20, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for solar energy in California and another Georgia, with Terra-Gen and Georgia Power, respectively. The former is for a 12-year agreement with Terra-Gen, which will support the development of the 130MW Edwards...

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Read Global Switch Set For Sale
Global Switch Set For Sale

Global Switch Set For Sale

May 18, 2022 Global Switch

According to Bloomberg, the owners of Global Switch are preparing to sell off the data center firm. The report shows that Global Switch Holdings Ltd. Is prepared to sell off the company to other firms due to multiple interests from investment funds and other companies in the data center industry....

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Read Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
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Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

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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Read New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends
New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends

New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends

May 16, 2022 Equinix

According to a newsletter from Christian Koch’s Foundations, New York Internet (NYI) will be taking over a space in 60 Hudson Street carrier hotel currently occupied by Equinix. Equinix announced in May 2021 that it would be exiting some of its leased data centers in the US. One of those...

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Read Equinix and the plan for a district heating scheme in Blanchardstown, Dublin
Equinix and the plan for a district heating scheme in Blanchardstown, Dublin

Equinix and the plan for a district heating scheme in Blanchardstown, Dublin

May 13, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced its involvement in a new district heating system project in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The data center company is teaming up with Codema, the Dublin energy agency, which will begin by carrying out a feasibility study. The project will reportedly be based around Equinix's DB5, a...

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Read What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?
What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?

What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?

May 10, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a founder and signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, recently released its latest sustainability report, where it outlined its efforts to cut both Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, and revealed it has hit its 2030 carbon reduction commitments eight years early and become water...

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Read INAP Sells Its Network Business To Unitas Global
INAP Sells Its Network Business To Unitas Global

INAP Sells Its Network Business To Unitas Global

May 10, 2022 HorizonIQ

Unitas Global has bought INAP’s network business. By so doing, INAP will now become Unitas Global’s customer. Per the agreement, Unitas will take over INAP’s routing software called Managed Internet Route Optimizer (MIRO). MIRO will be integrated into Unitas’ global network Unitas Reach. This...

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Read Luxembourg Asks Google To Make Decision About Its Delayed $1bn Facility
Luxembourg Asks Google To Make Decision About Its Delayed $1bn Facility

Luxembourg Asks Google To Make Decision About Its Delayed $1bn Facility

May 05, 2022 Google

Luxemburg has instructed Google to decide on its planned data center in the country. The search engine giant bought land in 2017 to develop the facility, but development has been delayed due to local court cases and protests. Earlier in 2017, Google wanted to start the €1 billion ($1.1bn)...

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Read NTT Launches New Facility in Navi Mumbai
NTT Launches New Facility in Navi Mumbai

NTT Launches New Facility in Navi Mumbai

May 05, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced the opening of a new data center in Navi Mumbai, India. It also opened another data center in Mumbai recently without fanfare. The Navi Mumbai facility is called NAV1A, located in the Mahape area. The eight-story data center spans 400,000 square feet, and it has 45MW in power...

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Read Google Launches First Spanish Region in Madrid
Google Launches First Spanish Region in Madrid

Google Launches First Spanish Region in Madrid

April 29, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it has opened its first cloud region in Madrid, Spain. The company noted that the just opened cloud region is designed to meet the technological needs of businesses in Spain. In addition, it added that the region helps provide low latency cloud services with high data...

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Read Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center
Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

April 27, 2022 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Data Centers has added another layer to its sustainability efforts, after it secured BREEAM design certification for its Phoenix, AZ (AZP-2) data center. This makes the data center company the first in North America to receive "top tier certification" for sustainable construction....

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Read NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers
NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

April 27, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has announced the acquisition of Netrics’ data center business. Netrics is a Swiss company, making the transaction NorthC’s first move into Switzerland. The deal sees NorthC take over three data centers, two of which are in Münchenstein and the last one in Biel. The total floor space of...

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Read Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center
Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center

Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center

April 25, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it is replacing some of its diesel backup capacity at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center, with a 2.75MW battery system from Fluence. This announcement aligns with Google's public pledge to use entirely carbon-free energy by 2030 by reducing its emissions. The...

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