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Read Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia
Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

December 01, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced its plan to develop a new International Business Exchange IBX data center in Johor, Malaysia. The data center company said it would invest up to $40m in the first stages of the data center. The JH1 data center is scheduled to be in operation in Q1 2024. The facility will...

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Read Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK
Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

November 24, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in the UK in London and Manchester. The data center firm revealed that it had launched a new data center in Manchester called MA5. It is also expanding its LD7 and LD8 facilities in London. The Managing Director of Equinix UK,...

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Read Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo
Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

November 24, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is developing a new data center in Tokyo called TY15. The company first announced the facility earlier in the month. Equinix revealed that the data center is scheduled to be in operation in H1 2024. The facility will also have a capacity of around 1,200 cabinets by...

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Read Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion
Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

November 07, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal is...

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Read NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa
NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa

NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa

October 27, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced the opening of a new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Named the Johannesburg 1 Data Center, this new 12 MW facility will cover 6,000 sqm of IT space when fully built out, introduced to meet growing digital demand. Research shows that Africa is currently in the midst of...

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Read NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas
NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas

NTT & Digital Realty To Develop Data Centers in Garland, Texas

October 25, 2022 NTT

Digital Realty and NTT are looking to develop new data centers in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The firms filed applications for the new data centers with the State’s Department of Licensing. The plots of land in question are within one mile of one another. Digital Realty plans to develop a...

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Read AtlasEdge Announces The Acquisition of Datacenter One
AtlasEdge Announces The Acquisition of Datacenter One

AtlasEdge Announces The Acquisition of Datacenter One

October 12, 2022 AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge has announced that it has acquired Datacenter One (DC1) from Star Capital. AtlasEdge is a Liberty Global, DigitalBridge, and Digital Realty-backed company. The firm noted that the deal complements AtlasEdge’s existing data center operations in Hamburg and Berlin. The companies did not...

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Read Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia
Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

Equinix To Invest $74m in Developing its First Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia

October 11, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has revealed its plans to develop a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This will be the company's first facility in the Asian country. Equinix noted that it would be investing $74m in developing the new IBX facility. The data center will be located in the Central Business District of...

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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 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 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 NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

August 04, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced plans for a sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, which according to Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, is being built to accommodate its “expanding business in the region. Siong said in a Facebook post, “It’s also very encouraging to note that the...

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Read Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen
Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen

Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen

July 26, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a second PPA with Neoen in Finland in a 10-year deal. The deal will see Neoen (which owns an 80% stake in the project) and project developer Prokon (owning 20%) provide at least 42MW of wind capacity from the 53MW Lumivaara wind park which is currently...

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Read Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement
Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement

Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement

July 25, 2022 Equinix

Equinix is being faced with a lawsuit from Cloud Conductor LLC, a multi-cloud management firm, over accusations that the colocation giant stole its technology that was placed in one of its data centers. According to the filing, Equinix began offering a cloud connectivity service identical to a...

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Read Equinix and Tamil Nadu Government Sign MoU
Equinix and Tamil Nadu Government Sign MoU

Equinix and Tamil Nadu Government Sign MoU

July 06, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Tamil Nadu, India. The MoU will help foster Equinix's planned project in Siruseri, Chennai. The data center company bought 4.5 acres of land for $9 million in the State Industries Promotion Corporation...

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Read NTT announces plans to adopt immersion cooling technology
NTT announces plans to adopt immersion cooling technology

NTT announces plans to adopt immersion cooling technology

June 17, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced its plan to adopt immersion cooling, after it ran a successful test of LiquidStack's two-phase immersion systems at its Mitaka Data Center East in Japan. According to the company, the IT kit ran stably, and used 97% less cooling energy than a traditional cooling system. The test...

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Read Equinix and PGIM Real Estate open data centre in Sydney
Equinix and PGIM Real Estate open data centre in Sydney

Equinix and PGIM Real Estate open data centre in Sydney

June 16, 2022 Equinix

Equinix and PGIM Real Estate have announced the opening of SY9x, the first xScale data center in Sydney, following the closing of the two parties' US$575 million joint venture. Located in Rosehill, and adjacent to the Western Sydney CBD of Parramatta, this facility, will be accompanied by a...

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Read NTT Acquires Land For 336MW Campus in Northern Virginia
NTT Acquires Land For 336MW Campus in Northern Virginia

NTT Acquires Land For 336MW Campus in Northern Virginia

June 16, 2022 NTT

NTT Ltd. Has revealed that it had completed the acquisition of 103 acres of land in Gainesville, Northern Virginia. According to reports, the company paid around $257.4 million to Lerner Enterprises for the land. NTT will be using the land acquired to develop a data center campus. The company is...

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