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Princeton Digital Group to build a $150m data center in Jakarta, Indonesia

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has announced that it is investing $150 million to build a data center in Indonesia. The facility (Jakarta Cibitung- JC2) will have 22MW of power, and it will be built in the same campus that hosts PDG’s JC1 data center. Upon completion, the facility can still ...

August 25, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Princeton Digital Group

The projects leading the research into data center cooling

In the data center industry, there is an increasing emphasis placed on developing data center cooling innovation. With good reason, too, as research shows that a 1 MW data center that uses traditional cooling can guzzle 25 million litres of water each year, which is unsustainable. Moreover, co...

August 24, 2021

Europe

Indian data center boom to see industry capacity double by 2023

India's data center industry is growing at a rapid rate following a rise in digitalisation and the "ambitious growth plans of data centre operators." As a result, the market is anticipated to double by 2023, reaching over 1,000 MW, that's according to JLL's 'H1 2021 India Data Center Market Up...

August 24, 2021

India / Bhārata

Dropbox data centers meet sustainability goes through achieving 100% renewable energy

In its effort to drive towards a greener future, DropBox has announced that it has already reached some of its sustainability goals. It has achieved this in part by fuelling all its data centers with 100% renewable energy.Commenting on this milestone, Bart Volkmer, Chief Legal Officer at Dropb...

August 24, 2021

NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

NTT has announced that following the opening of data centers in Chicago, Ill., Hillsboro, Ore., and Santa Clara, Calif.; it is building its seventh data center campus in Mesa. Estimated to open in early 2022, the 102-acre campus will contain seven data centers, with a total of 240 megawatts (...

August 23, 2021

NTT

Sophos brings Sydney data center online

Sophos has announced that its Australian data center, hosted by AWS, has gone online, the first of two openings in the Asia Pacific region in 2021. The second is scheduled for opening in Japan in September. This data center will provide local capacity to meet the growing demand for Sophos Cent...

August 23, 2021

Amazon AWS

PRP is selling off its office properties to focus on data centers and industrial properties

Real estate investment firm PRP is selling its office properties to focus on data center and industrial assets. According to reports, the firm has finalized deals to sell its office properties in Austin, Virginia, and Arlington. Negotiations are also underway for its office properties in Gaith...

August 23, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

vXchnge sells its Austin data center to Element Critical

According to multiple reports, vXchange has sold its Austin, Texas data center to Element Critical. The data center has a 104,000 square feet space, and it is located in the middle of an 18-acre campus. Besides, the facility also has the capacity to expand to up to 26MW of power. The sale o...

August 23, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Element Critical Austin

Embratel to invest $9 million in 15 edge data centers across Brazil

Embratel has announced its plans to expand across Brazil with 15 Edge data centers. Work will commence on the first three data centers this year, while construction on the other 12 will continue in 2022. The company expects to invest 50mn reais (US$9.2mn) in these projects.The facilities will ...

August 20, 2021

Embratel

Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

As the climate crisis reaches breaking point and the number of water-stressed regions across the US increase, Facebook, whose data centers consume huge amounts of water in areas plagued by water scarcity, has promised to reverse its environmental impact.According to Sylvia Lee, Facebook’s sust...

August 20, 2021

Cologix releases its first ESG report

Cologix recently released its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report. Within the report, the hyperscale company made a number of commitments, including a pledge to improve its energy efficiencies and harness renewable energy options "where available." Currently, Cologix powe...

August 20, 2021

Cologix

Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

Google has announced that it will expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio with an injection of $1 billion. It first broke ground on the campus back in 2019, and the project has seen $600 million of investment already. On top of its capacity expansion at the New Albany campus, the tec...

August 20, 2021

Google

Equinix completes expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney

Equinix has completed the expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney. The expansion cost the Company $48 million (AU$66 million). Equinix started the expansion in February. Moreover, Equinix has added a total colocation space of 11,300 square meters (121,000 square feet) with this expansion...

August 20, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix Sydney SY5

Lendlease to build $600m hyperscale data center in Japan

Lendlease is penetrating the Japan data center market by announcing that it is developing its first data center in Japan. It will be making this development through its Lendlease Data Centre Partners (LLDCP) joint venture. This will be an hyperscale facility, and it will be on 33,000 sqm (355,...

August 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NTT to expand its Zurich 1 data center

According to Zuercher Unterlaender, NTT has broken ground for expanding its Zurich 1 data center in Rümlang, Switzerland. The facility currently has 70,000 square feet (6,500 sqm) of space, and the expansion will see the Company add a new building B to the site. This new building will give the...

August 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NTT Zurich 1

Green goals: Korea Telecom (KT) tests AI system to reduce energy use

Korea Telecom (KT) has announced that it is pushing forward to a greener future with an investment in an AI Internet data center (IDC) operator. This technology reportedly minimizes energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. It is testing this AI system at its Mokdong IDC 2 facility, and its rec...

August 18, 2021

KT Corporation

Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently granted a group of businesses led by Equinix the right to form a renewable energy purchasing group. This formation will allow the group, which includes Nike, H&M, HSBC Bank, and Goldman Sachs, to negotiate access to cheaper...

August 18, 2021

Equinix

Mapletree acquires Lumen’s Minnesota data center for $26 million

As part of its acquisition of Sila Realty Trust’s data center portfolio, Mapletree Investment Trust has also acquired a Lumen data center in Minnesota. The facility is at 5400-5500 Feltl Road inside the Opus Business Park, Minnetonka. It is reported that Sila paid $26 million for the facility....

August 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Lumen Minnetonka

Microsoft plans to build 980,000 square feet data center in Douglasville, GA

As part of its East US 3 Azure data center region, Microsoft wants to develop close to 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia. Earlier in the year, Microsoft announced its plans for a new US Azure region. At the time of the announcement, the Company said it wou...

August 17, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

AWS buys 17 acres in Loudoun County, North Virginia for $32.5m

According to BizJournal, Amazon Web Services is looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County, North Virginia, by acquiring more land in the county. The report states that AWS bought 17.15 acres of land in the county for $32.5 million. The plot of land is currently empty, an...

August 17, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

AWS US East (N. Virginia)

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