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€1 billion (US$1.18bn) Horizeo project to produce green hydrogen and a data center

Horizeo, a 1GW solar project from Engie and Neoen, is open for public debate in France. Proposed for Saucats in Gironde, in the Nouvell-Aquitaine region, the project is estimated at €1 billion (US$1.18bn), spanning 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres).Commencing 9 September and running until 9 January...

August 31, 2021

France

Novva Data Centers acquires Colorado Springs Campus

Novva Data Centers has announced that it has acquired a 37-acre campus and 190k sqft of data center and supporting facilities, which features a Tier 3+ data center and industrial building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The data center has a 6 MW designed capacity, but Novva will inject $200 mi...

August 31, 2021

NOVVA Colorado Springs

Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

The Columbus City Council has voted 6 to 1 to approve over $54 million in tax breaks for Google’s proposed data center in Ohio. In return, the Company will have to provide 20 full-time jobs. Google first announced the facility in March. It was said to be a 150,000 square foot data center th...

August 31, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google

Lake Parime plans 10MW data center near Clyde, New Zealand

Lake Parime has announced plans to build a 10MW data center near Clyde, New Zealand, which Contact Energy's Simply Energy subsidiary will power. However, unlike other data centers, the company would only run this facility when variable renewable energy sources are available in excess. When ava...

August 31, 2021

Brazilian government clamps down on federal data centers over energy usage, amid drought

The Brazilian government is clamping down on excessive energy use amid a drought across the country. As part of this, the government is introducing measures such as a mandate to federal data centres to moderate power use. According to a source speaking to Reuters, these measures are being made...

August 30, 2021

Brazil / Brasil

DataBank announces it has started construction on sixth Salt Lake data center

DataBank has broken ground on its sixth Salt Lake data center, SLC6. The facility will see DataBank increase capacity to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure in the Salt Lake City and Utah market. The site is located in Bluffdale, between Utah’s Silicon Slopes a...

August 30, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

DataBank

Teraco announces completion of its JB3 data center on Isando campus, Johannesburg

African data center firm Teraco has announced its third data center on its Isando campus in Johannesburg. The facility named JB3 has 480,000 square feet of building structure, with 130,000 square feet of data hall space. It also has a capacity of 29MW. With this added capacity, Teraco’s capaci...

August 28, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Teraco JB3

Equinix opens SG5 data center in Singapore

Equinix has finally announced the opening of its fifth data center in Singapore. The SG5 data center is a nine-story facility built with $144 million in Tanjong Kling, which used to be known as the Singapore Data Center Park. Besides, the nine-story facility is the tallest data center in th...

August 28, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix Singapore SG5

2.7 million square feet data center campus proposed in Westfield, Massachusetts

According to Westfield News, a data center campus with 2.7 million square feet of floor space is being proposed in Westfield, Massachusetts. The campus will be at 199 Servistar Industrial Way. This campus will have ten three-story data center buildings. It would also be built over 13-18 years....

August 27, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Massachusetts

Raxio chooses Master Power to build multiple data centers in Africa

Raxio Group has appointed South Africa-based Master Power Technologies to help develop its data centers. Master Power Technologies is a private company founded in 1999 which provides data center and turnkey power solutions across Africa. Master Power will help design, supply, install and co...

August 27, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Raxio Group

Swindon Borough Council approves Amazon data center on former Hewlett-Packard (HP) data center site

According to authentic published documents, the Swindon Borough Council has approved Amazon Web Services’ application to build a data center on a site that Hewlett-Packard (HP) used to occupy. The application was lodged in April 2021. It shows that a new 27MW four-hall facility will be buil...

August 27, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Aligned announces $1.35 billion in securitized notes under its Green Finance framework

Aligned just announced $1.35 billion in securitized notes, which is issued under its new Green Finance Framework. The Company said the notes issued were the first-ever green data securitization as well as the largest ever inaugural data center securitization. Anubhav Raj, CFO of Aligned, sa...

August 27, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Aligned

VPLS acquires 18.8-acre land and data center in Texas

VPLS has acquired land and data center in Texas. The land it acquired is an 18.8-acre plot, and it has a 75,000 square foot, 10MW facility. However, the facility is currently leased to an anonymous data and technology Company. The facility also supports 2.5MW of critical IT load, and it can b...

August 27, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Evocative: DAL1

QTS shareholders finally approve $10bn Blackstone acquisition

The shareholders of QTS Realty Trust have finally approved the Company’s acquisition by Blackstone. The deal is expected to be close before the end of August. The two companies first agreed on a deal in June. However, there was a 40-day period in which QTS was given to look for alternative off...

August 27, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

QTS Data Centers

Legal action launched against EngineNode data center in County Meath over environmental concerns

A High Court challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanala over its decision to give EngineNode's data center the green light in County Meath, Ireland. Planning permission for the 180MW data center campus was granted back in July, despite a wave of opposition from locals and environment...

August 26, 2021

EngineNode

The Shannon LNG project undermines climate goals in Ireland, say critics

With the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow, there is an increasing focus on outlining net-zero pledges and a push towards sustainability targets. Of course, Ireland is included here and is currently seeing two climate bills pass through the Assembly. One seeks net-zero by 2045, and the other i...

August 25, 2021

Northern Ireland

Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Equinix filed for permission to build a data center in Profile Park, Clondalkin, Ireland. The Company filed for permission to build a three-story data center in July. It is going to call the facility DB8. The facility will be built within a 2.65 hectare of land. The facility will also have ...

August 25, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix

Vital Energi joins new energy business park and data center project in Yorkshire

Vital Energi, a UK renewable energy firm, is the latest investor to join the £200 million ($274.4m) energy park development in East Riding, Yorkshire, UK. The park will span a 212-acres and feature energy generation, battery storage, substation office and startup space, education center. A Tie...

August 25, 2021

Wyoming Hyperscale White Box teams up with Lumen Technologies to create sustainable data centers

Wyoming Hyperscale White Box has teamed up with Lumen Technologies to create sustainable data centers. Wyoming Hyperscale plans to launch its first development site in Aspen, Wyoming, in early 2022, with the help of Lumen, which will provide "accessible, clean, and reliable" technology solutio...

August 25, 2021

Prometheus Hyperscale

Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Digital Realty has filed for permission to build data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland. According to Digital Realty’s application, the Company wants 10-year permission to build two data center buildings called DUB15 and DUB16 close to its existing facilities in Clondalkin. These buildings wil...

August 25, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Digital Realty Trust

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