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Read Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

August 08, 2022 Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its...

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Read The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity
The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

August 02, 2022 London

In the wake of a housing crisis, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed developers must halt new housing projects, with talk of a potential ban that could last until 2035, in response to energy constraints caused by data centers. Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, which contributed to 11%...

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Read Green Mountain's Parent Acquires SDC Ltd.
Green Mountain's Parent Acquires SDC Ltd.

Green Mountain's Parent Acquires SDC Ltd.

June 29, 2022 Green Mountain AS

Azrieli Group, the parent of Green Mountain has acquired Infinity SDC Ltd. The move sees the company take over SDC’s data center in Romford, East London. Green Mountain will be tasked with operating the data center. This will be Green Mountain’s first facility outside of Norway. Green Mountain...

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Read Green Mountain releases first sustainability report
Green Mountain releases first sustainability report

Green Mountain releases first sustainability report

June 23, 2022 Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has come forward with its first sustainability report, which focused on seven ESG areas: energy, greenhouse gas emissions, waste, water, biodiversity, social responsibility, and governance. Some of the highlights noted in the report included that all of its data centers now operate...

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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 'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London
'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to  East London

'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London

April 12, 2022 London

Stratus Data Centres has announced its intention to construct two 18MW Tier III data centers on a brownfield site at Belvedere, South East London, part of Riverside Energy Park. The Riverside Energy Park is a development of waste management firm Cory, which, it says, intends to meet "London's...

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Read Green Mountain its expanding Oslo campus with a 13.5MW data center
Green Mountain its expanding Oslo campus with a 13.5MW data center

Green Mountain its expanding Oslo campus with a 13.5MW data center

December 09, 2021 Green Mountain OSL1-Enebakk

Green Mountain has announced that it is expanding its Oslo, Norway campus by building a new data center at the facility. Green Mountain revealed that it bought a 570,500 square foot (53,000 square meters) plot of land next to its DC3-Oslo data center campus. According to Green Mountain, the Oslo...

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Read Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers
Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers

Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers

August 11, 2021 Norway

The Norwegian government recently updated its sustainability strategy for all data centers in the country in its "Norwegian data centers - sustainable, digital power centers" report. This strategy, it hopes, will project Norway as the world's most sustainable data center nation. Launched by Linda...

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Read Tackling data centers' cooling issues
Tackling data centers' cooling issues

Tackling data centers' cooling issues

August 06, 2021 Green Mountain AS

According to the principles of Moore’s law, technology will double in its capacity every two years. Although on the technological advancement front this is great news, with increased computer power comes challenges. The main challenge being increased excess heat and the need to cool it. A number...

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Read Green Mountain doubles the capacity of its DC3-Oslo facility
Green Mountain doubles the capacity of its DC3-Oslo facility

Green Mountain doubles the capacity of its DC3-Oslo facility

August 05, 2021 Green Mountain OSL1-Enebakk

Green Mountain has announced that it has expanded its DC3-Oslo facility in Norway. Green Mountain just acquired the 4MW facility, and it has doubled its capacity by adding another 4MW capacity to the site. Aside from that, it also added a new backup generator set to the facility. The CEO of Green...

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Read Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain
Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain

Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain

July 21, 2021 Green Mountain AS

Azrieli Group, an Israeli real estate firm, has acquired 100% of Green Mountain, a Norwegian data center Company. The acquisition cost Azrieli NIS 2.8 billion ($849.2m). Azrieli noted that the acquisition would be self-financed, and it will be through debt raising and through an unsecured loan...

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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 Norway's data centers to set up Norsk Datasenterindustri, a new industry body
Norway's data centers to set up Norsk Datasenterindustri, a new industry body

Norway's data centers to set up Norsk Datasenterindustri, a new industry body

June 22, 2021 Norway

In Norway, the data center industry has made a significant move to create Norsk Datasenterindustri, its new industry body, to enable it to fulfil its potential. The association will examine sustainability and digital sovereignty while also offering education opportunities and international...

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Read UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)
UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

June 15, 2021 London

Brent Council, a governing body of a borough of London, just revealed its plan to spend £3.8 million ($5.3 million) to upgrade data centers over the next four years. The council says it is part of its plan to create a modern and robust IT system. The upgrades involve upgrading physical storage...

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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 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 Green Mountain expands DC1-Stavanger data center by 2.5 MWs
Green Mountain expands DC1-Stavanger data center by 2.5 MWs

Green Mountain expands DC1-Stavanger data center by 2.5 MWs

September 21, 2020 Green Mountain SVG1-Rennesøy

Green Mountain, a Norwegian data center provider, has expanded its DC1-Stavanger data center with a new 2.5MW data hall. The Green Mountain press release is below: Green Mountain expands its mountain hall data center in NorwayThe Norwegian colocation provider, Green Mountain, recently opened...

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Read Alibaba Cloud to launch London region
China’s favorite e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning the launch of a cloud region in London, two years after entering the European market with a data center in Frankfurt.

The move was not highl...

Alibaba Cloud to launch London region

October 02, 2018 London

China’s favorite e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning the launch of a cloud region in London, two years after entering the European market with a data center in Frankfurt. The move was not highly publicized; the company merely updated its website to advertise the future availability zones in the...

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