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Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

Residents of Bnei Zion, Israel, are protesting against the construction of Google’s data center in the town. The locals have petitioned the Lod District Court to revoke the approval for the data center. The residents are worried over the health and environmental impact of the center project...

September 14, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Element Critical acquires data center in Austin, Texas

Element Critical has announced it is expanding into the Austin market after acquiring a 62,000 square feet data center in Austin, Texas. It named the new facility Austin One. It is also the Company’s second data center facility in Texas. Austin One is designed to support up to 7MW of critical ...

September 14, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Element Critical Austin

Baxtel’s Self-Service Advertising Platform Reaches Data Center Audiences Faster

We are thrilled to announce we recently launched our self-service advertising platform! Our targeted ad platform gives you an e-commerce experience that is optimized to reach data center audiences faster. As a self-service advertising platform, companies can launch ads quickly and more ef...

September 13, 2021

Eric Bell

North America

AWS launches Local Zones in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City

Amazon Web Services has launched Local Zones in Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Chicago. AWS’ Local Zones serve as Edge locations that host applications that require single-digit millisecond latency for on-premises installations and end-users. AWS announced its excitement of launching the Loc...

September 13, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

TierPoint to build new data center in Missouri

TierPoint has announced that it is expanding in Missouri by investing $20 million into building a 23,000 square feet Tier III data center in the St. Louis region. The data center firm already has three facilities in Missouri; two in St. Louis and one in Kansas City. TierPoint has also secur...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

TierPoint

Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding into the Asia-Pacific Market by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center portfolio. The primary stakeholder of Vantage Data Centers, DigitalBridge Investment Management, and other existing investors of Vantage DC have contri...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Sberbank to build 82MW data center in Balakovo, Russia

Sberbank is planning to build a large data center facility in Saratov Oblast, Russia. Sberbank is a state-owned banking and financial services company that is based in Moscow. It has broken ground on the new facility in Balakovo. According to the Company, the facility will have a total space o...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Russia / Россия

Charoen Pokphand Group exploring sale of True IDC data center unit

According to Bloomberg, Charoen Pokphand Group is looking to sell its data center unit- True Internet Data Center (True IDC). Bloomberg also reports that the Thai conglomerate wants to raise around $200 million from the sale. True IDC operates one data center in Myanmar and four in Thailand...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

True IDC

KT Corp. acquires Epsilon Telecommunications

KT Corp of South Korea has acquired Epsilon Telecommunications for KRW 170 billion ($145 million). Epsilon Telecommunications has its headquarters in Singapore, and it offers peering, cloud on-ramp, networking, and routing services. It also operates three data centers across Singapore, the ...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Epsilon Telecommunications Limited

Resident challenges Apple Galway data center planning extension in court

Even after winning over 20 appeals, there seem to be more lawsuits against the planning permission for Apple’s data center in Athenry, Galway, Ireland. In August 2021, Apple secured five-year planning permission for the site from the Galway County Council even after ceasing plans for the pr...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Apple Athenry

Strategic Capital Fund Management sets up Datasphere, new data center investment platform

Strategic Capital Fund Management is setting up Strategic Datasphere, LLC, a $1.5 billion data center investment platform. The investment firm said Strategic Datasphere would focus on acquiring, developing, and managing data center facilities across Europe and the US. It will also focus on sal...

September 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Strategic Datasphere

DXN acquires data center in Darwin, forms partnership with DC Alliance

DXN has completed the acquisition of a data center in Darwin. It also formed a partnership with Singapore-based data center firm, DC Alliance. DXN currently operates two data centers in Sydney and Hobart, respectively. Earlier in the week, it acquired the Secure Data Centre in Darwin for AU...

September 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

DXN Limited

Virginia Beach City data center redevelopment faces delays

A Virginia Beach City data center construction project is facing delays after design enhancements have postponed plans by several months. These plans include relocating the Virginia Beach Municipal Center's data center to the building’s third floor will now be delayed by seven months. First re...

September 09, 2021

Virginia Beach

Techno Electric & Engineering Company plans $1bn data center development across India

Techno Electric & Engineering Company (TEECL) has announced big plans for investment across India. The Indian power infrastructure firm is reportedly planning to invest $1 billion (Rs 7,310 crore) in developing data centers in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, National Capital Area (NCR) Chennai, a...

September 09, 2021

India / Bhārata

Ukraine looks to attract hyperscalers

Reports are circulating that President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to attract hyperscalers into Ukraine, following Zelensky meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding the tech giant’s expansion into the country. However, the president’s plans to expand Ukraine’s data center footprint appear t...

September 09, 2021

Apple

NorthC to use Nokia’s Region Connect Ring to link its ten data centers

NorthC has announced that Nokia provided an IP over a fiber network to link its 10 data centers in the Netherlands to offer one virtual facility to all its customers. NorthC is the biggest native colocation provider in the Netherlands, and it would be using Nokia’s Region Connect Ring to su...

September 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NorthC Datacenters

Vertiv to acquire E&I Engineering Group for $2 billion

Vertiv is acquiring E&I Engineering Group, maker of busway, switchgear, and modular power solutions, for $2 billion. Vertiv announced that it would pay $1.8 billion upfront, which will consist of $630 million in stock and $1.17 billion in cash. There’s also a potential of $200 million c...

September 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vertiv

Chinese authorities push ahead with plans underwater data centers

Underwater data centers are increasingly being looked to solve the industry’s sustainability issue. Submerging data centers underwater is reportedly more energy-efficient, addresses space scarcity, and sees facilities encounter fewer failures. Now, authorities in China are planning to invest ...

September 08, 2021

China

Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin

Ireland's data center boom shows no signs of slowing, as Vantage Data Centers signs an application to build its first two data centers in the country, just outside of Dublin. Its initial application outlines plans for two facilities with a gross floor area of 40,589 sqm on an 8.7-hectare plot....

September 08, 2021

Vantage Data Centers

Rostelecom signs data center service deals with Russian Post and mining company Petropavlovsk

Russian telco Rostelecom has announced the signing of a new data center deal with Russian gold mining company Petropavlovsk and Russian Post. Rostelecom signed a five-year contract worth RUB13.5 billion ($184.3 million) with Russian Post to provide IT services. The agreement will see Rostel...

September 08, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Rostelecom

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