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Read Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta
Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta

Digital Edge commences work on 32MW data center in Jakarta

September 07, 2022 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced that it has begun work on its Jakarta data center in Indonesia. The facility, situated under 3km from its EDGE1 facility will have a capacity of 23MW and will be known as EDGE2. According to the company, the facility will be operated by PT. Ekagrata Data Gemilang (Edge...

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Read Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

September 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently announced that its data center region in New Zealand (specific location not yet disclosed), will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity due to a partnership with Ecotricity, a sustainable electricity retailer. This means that the region will use solar, wind, and hydro...

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Read Amazon Web Services Launches UAE Cloud Region
Amazon Web Services Launches UAE Cloud Region

Amazon Web Services Launches UAE Cloud Region

September 05, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of its new cloud region in the United Arab Emirates. The company said the cloud region’s official name is Middle East (UAE). It also noted that the API name is me-central-1. According to AWS, the zone is ready for use to store data and deploy...

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Read DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business
DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business

DigitalBridge and Equinix are The Final Bidders For Time Dotcom's Aims DC Business

September 05, 2022 Equinix

According to Bloomberg, Equinix and DigitalBridge are the final two companies looking to buy Time Dotcom’s data center business. The companies are looking to sign an agreement to take over the business called Aims Data Centre within the next few weeks. Per sources, Time Dotcom might also retain a...

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Read AWS Looking To Develop a 900,000 Square Feet Data Center Campus in Bristow, Northern Virginia
AWS Looking To Develop a 900,000 Square Feet Data Center Campus in Bristow, Northern Virginia

AWS Looking To Develop a 900,000 Square Feet Data Center Campus in Bristow, Northern Virginia

August 29, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has plans to develop an 83,600 square meter (900,000 square feet) data center campus in Bristow, Northern Virginia. The company has filed to rezone over 59 acres in Nokesville Road from A-1, Agricultural to Planned Business Development. This is for the sole purpose of...

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Read Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas
Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas

Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas

August 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to develop a data center in San Antonio, Texas. The company is looking to develop the SAT15 facility at 3555 Westover Link in Bexar County, San Antonio. The new data center will span 245,000 square feet. Microsoft will also invest up to $215.9m in developing the facility....

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Read AWS granted permission for two data center buildings in Dublin despite controversy
AWS granted permission for two data center buildings in Dublin despite controversy

AWS granted permission for two data center buildings in Dublin despite controversy

August 19, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has reportedly been granted permission to build two data centers in Dublin on the site of a former Ricoh building, which was once earmarked for T5’s first European facility. This approval has gone ahead despite mounting concerns around energy availability in Dublin, environmental concerns,...

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Read Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region
Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region

Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region

August 19, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced the launch of its first Azure cloud region in Doha, Qatar. The company said, “We are launching our newest data center region in Qatar. The new data center region includes Azure Availability Zones, which offer you additional resiliency for your applications by designing the...

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Read Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern
Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

August 18, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's data center in the province of North Holland has been exposed for its extreme water usage. It appears that the facility consumes significantly more water than original estimates, right as the country is faced with record temperatures. According to a report by local media company...

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Read STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close
STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

August 18, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced that it has opened its third building at its Singapore Defu campus in the east of the city-state. The facility, first announced back in April 2021, is a seven-story building with an IT load capacity of 15MW and spanning 156,000 square feet...

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Read Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft embroiled in gold mine controversy
Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft embroiled in gold mine controversy

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft embroiled in gold mine controversy

August 11, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, have all made big claims regarding sustainability and social responsibility, however, recently, the three giants have been embroiled in a c ontroversy relating to buying so-called "blood gold." According to reports, the three, alongside Apple, bought gold from an...

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Read Amazon's emissions increase
Amazon's emissions increase

Amazon's emissions increase

August 11, 2022 Amazon AWS

Despite Amazon's lofty promises of securing carbon neutral status before 2040, the latest statistics from its sustainability report, reveal that the giant's carbon emissions actually increased by 18%, from 60.64 million metric tons to 71.54 million metric tons, the equivalent of 19 coal-fired...

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Read Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful
Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful

Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful

August 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that its hydrogen fuel cell tests have been successful. The giant recently trialed the energy source for its backup generators to support its data center, in what has been called a “moon landing” moment for the data center industry. Microsoft director of data center...

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Read Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia
Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia

Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia

August 08, 2022 IndoKeppel Data Centre 1 (IKDC 1)

Keppel & Salim Group have announced the launch of a new data center, a two-story facility, named IKDC1 in Bogor City, Indonesia. According to reports, the facility will be developed over three phases in a seven-hectare data center campus, with a capacity of 50MW. The company has outlined that...

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Read NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

August 04, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced plans for a sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, which according to Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, is being built to accommodate its “expanding business in the region. Siong said in a Facebook post, “It’s also very encouraging to note that the...

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Read Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years
Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years

Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years

August 04, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Data Services is leasing 5.5 acres of land from Larsen & Toubro Ltd outside Mumbai. The lease is to run for 21 years and 6 months. According to Propstack, the property documents show that Amazon is looking to develop a data center on the leased land. Amazon will be paying $451,532 per...

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Read Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio
Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

August 01, 2022 Amazon AWS

The Hilliard planning and zoning commission has approved Amazon Web Services’ proposal to develop a third data center campus in the city. The commission voted 4-3 to approve the proposal. The Board of Zoning Appeals also approved AWS’ request to increase the maximum building height to 63 feet...

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Read AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile
AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile

AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile

July 28, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to expand its footprint in Latin America with the development of a new cloud region in Santiago, Chile. Alongside this announcement, the company also explained that it had begun the process required to obtain an environmental permit for a $205 million data center in...

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Read Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen
Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen

Equinix signs wind PPA with Neoen

July 26, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed a second PPA with Neoen in Finland in a 10-year deal. The deal will see Neoen (which owns an 80% stake in the project) and project developer Prokon (owning 20%) provide at least 42MW of wind capacity from the 53MW Lumivaara wind park which is currently...

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Read Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement
Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement

Equinix sued over alleged patent infringement

July 25, 2022 Equinix

Equinix is being faced with a lawsuit from Cloud Conductor LLC, a multi-cloud management firm, over accusations that the colocation giant stole its technology that was placed in one of its data centers. According to the filing, Equinix began offering a cloud connectivity service identical to a...

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