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Read Green Mountain signs agreement to heat land-based trout farm
Green Mountain signs agreement to heat land-based trout farm

Green Mountain signs agreement to heat land-based trout farm

June 28, 2021 Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain, the Norwegian colocation company, has entered into an agreement with Hima Seafood to reuse waste warm water from the company’s local data center to grow trout at the farm in Rjukan, Norway. The Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility, located 800 meters from the...

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Read Iron Mountain enters $178 million sale-leaseback deal with Intermediate Capital Group, and would use proceeds to invest in data centers
Iron Mountain enters $178 million sale-leaseback deal with Intermediate Capital Group, and would use proceeds to invest in data centers

Iron Mountain enters $178 million sale-leaseback deal with Intermediate Capital Group, and would use proceeds to invest in data centers

June 26, 2021 Iron Mountain

US Real Estate Investment Company Iron Mountain has announced that it sold five facilities in the greater London area to Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). The sale agreement also included a leaseback deal for the facilities. Iron Mountain will remain in the facilities for an initial 12 year...

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Read NTT explains its German data center expansion plans
NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

June 22, 2021 NTT

NTT has said that it would be expanding its German data centers by more than 40 percent. It would be doing this by adding over 323,000 square feet of IT space across existing locations in Germany. The Company currently has existing campuses in Frankfurt, Bonn, and Berlin. NTT has broken ground on...

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Read Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030
Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

June 17, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...

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Read Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India
Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

June 17, 2021 NTT

NTT and Tokyo Century are coming together to form a data center partnership in India. Tokyo Century is a finance company that specializes in equipment leasing, mobility and fleet management, and specialty financing centered on aviation and real estate. NTT, on the other hand, specializes in data...

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Read 50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy
50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

June 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced in its third ESG report that half of its global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy. It did this by increasing the portfolio of its data centers being powered by renewable energy by 20% in 2020. Impressively, it also increased its energy consumption...

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Read Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program
Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

June 15, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program. The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...

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Read Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO
Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO

Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO

June 10, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

According to a report from Bloomberg, Digital Realty is considering an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of a Singaporean trust that could raise between $300 million to $400 million. The report says Digital Realty is working with its advisers on the listing, and they are looking to conclude the IPO...

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Read Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud
Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

June 04, 2021 Google

Google has decided to migrate some of its YouTube infrastructure to its own Google Cloud Service. Initially, many of Google’s key services like YouTube and its search engine are being hosted on internal infrastructure that isn’t Google Cloud Computing Service (GCP). Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google...

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Read CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy
CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy

CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy

June 02, 2021 CyrusOne

CyrusOne just announced that all of its data centers in Europe are now running on 100% renewable energy. The Company has facilities in Dublin, London, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, currently operating on renewable tariffs. Besides, the Company recently promised to be carbon neutral by 2040, and this...

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Read Yondr plans two data centers in Slough, UK- initial phase to cost £450 million ($637 million)
Yondr plans two data centers in Slough, UK- initial phase to cost £450 million ($637 million)

Yondr plans two data centers in Slough, UK- initial phase to cost £450 million ($637 million)

June 02, 2021 Yondr Group

Yondr is planning to build two data centers in Slough, England. The Company recently applied to build the data centers at former Uxbridge Road Gas Works and the former Akzo Nobel paint factory. Plans for the data centers have been in the works since January 2021. If the applications were...

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Read Yondr Group Announces $2 Billion Investment in Data Centers in the Americas
Yondr Group Announces $2 Billion Investment in Data Centers in the Americas

Yondr Group Announces $2 Billion Investment in Data Centers in the Americas

May 20, 2021 Yondr Group

Yondr Group has announced a major $2 billion expansion plan to deliver data infrastructures spanning across the US, Canada, Central, and South America as part of its global scaling strategy. By 2024, the group plans to deliver data centers across five continents. Yondr Group has appointed Éanna...

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Read Digital Realty Completes Acquisition Of Ascenty (Press Release)
Digital Realty Completes Acquisition Of Ascenty (Press Release)

Digital Realty Completes Acquisition Of Ascenty (Press Release)

May 20, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

SAN FRANCISCO, May. 20, 2021 -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today its Brazilian subsidiary, Stellar Participações Ltda., has completed the previously announced acquisition of Ascenty, the leading data...

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Read NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space
NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space

NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space

May 20, 2021 NTT

Is space the new edge? NTT is planning to develop a data center in space. NTT will be working with SKY Perfect Holdings, a Japanese satellite company, to develop the project. Plans are in place for trials to start in 2022, launch in 2025, and for operations to begin in 2026. The orbiting data...

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Read STACK to run on 100 percent renewable energy by end of 2021
STACK to run on 100 percent renewable energy by end of 2021

STACK to run on 100 percent renewable energy by end of 2021

May 19, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it would be running 100% on renewable energy by the end of 2021. The Company made the promise of running all its current and future data centers with 100% green energy while launching its new social responsibility program. The Chief strategy officer at...

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Read Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029
Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

May 19, 2021 Google

Google just opened its new Quantum campus, which houses its quantum computers and serves as a Research and Development lab for future developments. The latest data center campus is located in Santa Barbara County, California. Google is also planning to spend billions of dollars on building a...

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Read Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers
Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

May 18, 2021 Google

Google will be moving workloads to data centers where renewable energy is available to boost renewable energy usage. Ross Koningstein, Co-founder of Google’s Carbon Intelligence Computing program, said that shifting compute tasks across locations is the Company’s first step in carbon-aware...

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Read Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity
Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

May 15, 2021 Google

Google Cloud and SpaceX have announced that they have entered a new partnership which will see SpaceX's Starlink begin to locate its satellite ground stations within Google data centers. Together, through the partnership, the two firms will deliver cloud services, data and applications to...

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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 Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US
Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

May 10, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the...

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