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Portus to Build 5.5MW Data Center in Munich, Germany

European operator Portus Data Centers is his week announced an expansion of its Munich colocation campus with the construction of an additional 5.5MW facility - Portus Data Centers Munich 2 (MUC2). The new data center will add 2,200 sqm (23,680 sq ft) of white space and increase the site’s tot...

May 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft to Purchase 3m Carbon Removal Credits from EFM

Microsoft has signed a deal with sustainable forest management firm EFM to purchase three million carbon removal credits. The deal includes an offtake agreement for 700,000 credits through 2035, generated from a 68,000-acre project in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula that EFM is transition...

May 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Gcore and AzInTelecom Partner on Sovereign Cloud in Azerbaijan

Edge AI and cloud provider Gcore is teaming up with AzInTelecom LLC for a sovereign cloud offering in Azerbaijan. AzInTelecom will work with Gcore to develop a cloud platform that meets Azerbaijan's data regulations. The offering, dubbed the "AzInCloud" platform, will be a public cloud service...

May 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Prometheus Hyperscale to Power Wyoming Data Center with Natural Gas

US data center developer, Prometheus Hyperscale, has signed a partnership agreement to power its Wyoming data center with a natural gas power solution tied to carbon removal credits. The agreement will see the deployment of a natural gas power solution at its 1.2GW hyperscale data center campu...

May 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Signs Community Solar Deal with Nexamp in US market

Microsoft has signed a long-term agreement with Nexamp to develop a portfolio of community solar projects across the US. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will purchase renewable energy certificates (REC) from the solar portfolio to help meet its 2030 carbon negative commitment.The partnersh...

May 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Edged Breaks Ground on data center in Des Moines, Iowa

Edged this week announced the groundbreaking of its newest data center in Ankeny, located just north of Des Moines. The 13.2MW, 105,000-square-foot (9,755 sqm) facility, built for high-density artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, will be equipped with a closed-loop waterless cooling system....

May 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

AWS Launches Wavelength Zone Edge Location in Kansas

Amazon this week announced the general availability of AWS Wavelength in partnership with Verizon in the Lenexa area of Kansas City. AWS’ US East (N. Virginia) Region is the parent of the new Wavelength location. Wavelength embeds AWS compute and storage services at the Edge of communications ...

May 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Expands Carbon Removal Agreement with Stockholm Exergi

Microsoft has extended a carbon removal agreement for bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) firm Stockholm Exergi. The revised agreement will increase the quantity of carbon removal credits from 3.33 million tons to 5.08 million tons. The credits will be generated by Stockholm’s B...

May 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

PJM Selects 51 Projects for Fast Track Interconnection

US Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) PJM Interconnection, has selected 51 projects for its fast-track interconnection review process to meet surging energy demand primarily from the data center market. The projects selected have a combined capacity of 11.8GW. Of that, gas-fired generati...

May 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Roblox Breaks Ground on Data Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The company behind video game platform Roblox has broken ground on a data center in São Paulo, Brazil. The company announced the new infrastructure development on its DevForum site, writing: "You asked. We listened. Brazil servers are coming to São Paulo in early 2026!"Jerret West, chief marke...

May 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon to Invest $4bn in Chile Region

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has committed to investing more than $4 billion in developing a cloud region in Chile by the end of 2026. The investment will support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of data centers in the country. At launch, the region will have three availab...

May 08, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Data Center Oversight Bill

The Governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, this week vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have installed new oversight measures for planned data centers in the state, in a rejection of calls for increased environmental and community protections.Democrat Josh Thomas proposed this bill which inclu...

May 08, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

AWS Revenue Reaches $29.3bn for Q1 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought in $29.3 billion in Q1 2025, up 17 percent year over year (YoY). Despite the number being higher than the previous quarter's $28.8 billion, this was the slowest growth seen by the company in the past year. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and CFO Brian Olsavsky remain po...

May 07, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Meta Signs Two Solar Contracts in Texas

Meta has signed two Environmental Attribute Purchase Agreements (EAPA) with Sunraycer Renewables for the entire capacity of two solar projects in Texas. Meta will purchase 100 percent of the “environmental attributes” from the 127MWdc (97.5MWac) Midpoint Solar project in Hill County and the 18...

May 07, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Google Partners with Elementl for 'Advanced' Nuclear Projects in US

Google has signed a strategic agreement with advanced nuclear power developer, Elementl Power, to develop three nuclear energy projects in the US. Each project is expected to generate at least 600MW of capacity, with Google provided the option for commercial offtake when the projects reach ope...

May 07, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

5C Plans Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee

US firm 5C is planning to develop a data center in Memphis, Tennessee and has reportedly submitted pland to Shelby County late last year to turn a multi-story warehouse and office at 4300 Getwell Road into a data center that will support an initial 15MW IT load in its first phase.A project man...

May 06, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Everest Infrastructure Partners Acquires 70 towers from Tower Ventures

Everest Infrastructure Partners has acquired 70 telecom towers from Tower Ventures. Memphis-based Tower Ventures states on its website that it owns more than 400 towers across the US. The company has previously sold 202 towers to Phoenix Tower International.Everest notes that the tower portfol...

May 06, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

From Silicon Valley to Shanghai: The Top Colocation Providers Globally

In today’s digital era, where data has become as valuable as gold and as elusive as a shadow, it has become paramount for businesses worldwide, regardless of size or strength, to safeguard and properly manage all digital assets. Colocation providers play a crucial role in the tech industry by ...

May 05, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Top Data Center News for 28th April - 2nd May 2025

Rio de Janeiro to Host Latin America’s Largest Data Center CampusMaking its mark as the "Innovation Capital of Latin America," Rio de Janeiro has announced the“Rio AI City” project, set to be the largest data center campus in Latin America and one of the largest worldwide.Chillmine and Energyw...

May 05, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Keppel Signs 10-year PPA with Greencoat

Keppel DC REIT has signed a ten year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Greencoat Renewables to power two data centers in Dublin, Ireland. This PPA will see Keppel purchase the entire capacity generated from Greencoat's 13.3MW Ballingcollig onshore wind farm in County Kerry. The wind farm is ...

May 03, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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