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STT GDC collaborates with ABB to create AI energy optimization pilot

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced that it is collaborating with tech company ABB to conduct an artificial intelligence (AI) energy optimization pilot in Singapore. The pilot is part of STT GDC’s vision for a greener future, and its pledge to be carbon neutral by 2030.The...

July 23, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Bharti Airtel to expand its data center portfolio by spending $470m

According to India’s Economic Times, Indian telco Bharti Airtel plans a major investment and expansion in its data center portfolio. The report shows that Bharti Airtel will invest Rs 3,500 crore ($470m) to expand its data center portfolio. It will also make this investment over the next three...

July 23, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Nxtra Data Ltd

Gaw Capital announces joint venture for building data center in Batam, Indonesia

Hong Kong-based real estate equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has announced a new joint venture with veteran Wong Ka Vin. The new company is Data Center First Pte Ltd. Gaw says the joint venture will focus exclusively on developing a data center campus in Batam, Indonesia.Kenneth Gaw, President...

July 23, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Batam

Irish Water must insist data centres use technology to reduce energy usage and preserve water supply, say politicians

Irish Water is reportedly under pressure to insist existing data centers in Ireland should upgrade to more efficient cooling systems in an effort to reduce their environmental impact and draining effect on water and energy. According to reports, the cooling systems employed at data centers acr...

July 22, 2021

Northern Ireland

Merlin Properties to invest €100m ($118m) in its Barcelona data center

Merlin Properties will be having its first data center facility in Barcelona, Spain. The facility will have a capacity of 24MW. In April, Merlin Properties first announced that it would be developing four data center sites in Portugal and Spain. The announcement stated that the Company would b...

July 22, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Merlin Barcelona

Going green: Cyxtera selects NextEra Energy Resources for renewable energy

Cyxtera is joining the industry-wide push for a carbon-neutral future with the announcement of its selection of NextEra Energy Resources to supply its renewable energy. As part of this partnership, NextEra will also “advise, support, and accelerate” Cyxtera’s efforts to increase its use of re...

July 22, 2021

Cyxtera Technologies

maincubes is opening its second data center in the Frankfurt area

maincubes is building another colocation data center in Schwalbach near Frankfurt. The new data center will have a sustainable design. The sustainable design of the new facility will include efficient UPS systems that use green power and a waste heat recovery system. It will also have an in...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

maincubes one GmbH

QScale secures C$195 million ($155.2 million) funding for its large-scale data center campus

The Quebec Government, along with local private investors and Deszardins Capital, will invest a total of C$195 million ($155.2 million) in QScale, a Quebec-based data center firm. QScale first announced its plans to build a large-scale data center campus in Quebec in June. It said the data ...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

QScale

A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power.Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to the fact that...

July 21, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft makes pledge to run all data centers carbon neutral by 2030

Microsoft is the latest company to pledge carbon-neutrality by 2030. Within the next 19 years, the tech giant promises to run all its global data centers and offices with zero-carbon energy.In a recent blog, written by Lucas Joppa, chief environmental officer and Noelle Walsh, CVP, cloud oper...

July 21, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

In Winchester, Virginia, local officials have voted to rezone more than 277 acres for a new data center and logistics park despite significant public backlash. The development project is known as One Logistics Park and has received. The land rezoned for the park The Winche...

July 21, 2021

Northern Virginia

Kao Data becomes first data center company to use vegetable oil to fuel generators in the UK

Kao Data has announced a huge step towards its net-zero ambitions by switching from diesel to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel to fuel its backup generators at its Harlow campus. Koa Data is now the first data center company in the UK to make this change and has achieved this through its...

July 21, 2021

KAO Data

DigitalBridge in advanced talk with PCCW to buy its data centers

According to Bloomberg, DigitalBridge Group is in talks with Hong Kong tech firm PCCW to buy its data centers. DigitalBridge data center REIT used to be Colony Capital until it rebranded to form DigitalBridge in June 2020. The Company already has a large portfolio of data centers, but it is no...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

DigitalBridge

Web Werks and CapitaLand sign MoUs to build data centers in Chennai, India

Web Werks and CapitaLand have signed Memoranda of Understandings with the Tamil Nadu government in India to build data centers in Chennai. The MOU will see CapitaLand, a Singapore-based real estate firm, invest 1200 crore ($160.7 million) in a data center facility in Ambattur, west of Chenn...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Ascendas Reit (CapitaLand)

Ark’s new data center shows commitment to a zero carbon future in the UK

Ark Data Centres is pushing towards a carbon-neutral future with the announcement of its Longcross facility, located in Chertsey South West. Due to come online in 2023, it is designed to minimize carbon emissions and reduce waste and water consumption.According to Ark, its new facility will b...

July 21, 2021

Ark: Longcross

Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain

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 l...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Green Mountain AS

Stro acquires office and data center building belonging to Bank of New York Mellon in New Jersey

Stro Companies has acquired an office and data center building owned by Bank of New York Mellon in Florham Park, New Jersey. It is reported that the Company acquired the buildings for $7.3 million. The acquired building also has 141,000 square feet of space. Jack Shulman, director of acquisiti...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

BNY: 19 Vreeland Rd

Sophos sets its sights on expansion

As part of Sophos ongoing expansion, it has moved into Montreal, Canada, meaning the company now has a presence in the U.S., Germany, and Ireland, as well as Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan. In a statement speaking about the rollout of these new data centers, the company said: "We're deligh...

July 21, 2021

Canada

Netrality Properties acquires Indy Telcom Center

Netrality Properties has completed the acquisition of Indianapolis-based carrier hotel provider, Indy Telcom Center. The deal involves Netrality acquiring a nine-acre campus on West Henry Street. Indy Telcom’s campus has 205,000 square feet of space spread across eleven buildings. The build...

July 21, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Netrality Properties

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the sec...

July 20, 2021

Amazon AWS

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