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YLT gains access to Dodid data center through acquisition

YTL, with the acquisition of Dodid Pte Ltd, now has access to the startup’s data center based in Tagore Industrial Ave, as it expands its footprint outside of Malaysia for the first time.Dodid’s facility is a 12.5-megawatt Tier-3 hyperscale data center, spanning 39,000 square feet of space. Th...

December 30, 2021

YTL Data Centers

EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora

EdgeConneX has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Chinese data center company Chayora. The investment will see both EdgeConneX and Chayora offer data center services out of Chayora’s data centers in China. The firm will also expand on the existing data centers across Mainland...

December 28, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

EdgeConneX

Keppel Data Centres' green hydrogen supply chain feasibility study

Keppel Data Centres has announced it has teamed up with Woodside, Japan's Osaka Gas business division in Singapore, City Energy and City-OG Gas Energy Services, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), to study the feasibility of a liquid hydrogen supply chain from Western Aust...

December 24, 2021

Keppel Data Center REIT

Microsoft signs wind PPA with NTR

Microsoft is teaming up with NTR to gain access to wind energy for Sweden. The corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) will see the energy firm provide Microsoft's Sweden Central Azure cloud region with power from its 86MW Norra Vedbo wind project, which consists of 20 Vestas V150 4.3MW turb...

December 17, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Equinix partners with Nasdaq

Equinix has formed a multi-year partnership with Nasdaq, Inc, which will help the company scale its NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. This will also support the build-out of Nasdaq's cloud infrastructure.Tal Cohen, Executive Vice President, Head of North American Markets at Nasdaq, sa...

December 16, 2021

Equinix

New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced

The European Clean Hydrogen Partnership has announced its €2.5 million EcoEdge PrimePower project (E2P2). The tech consortium making up the partnership includes Equinix, InfraPrime, RISE, Snam, SolidPower, TEC4FUELS and Vertiv. Together, they will pursue the development of low-carbon fuel cell...

December 15, 2021

Equinix

Equinix's PE3 data center launched in Perth, Australia

Equinix has announced that its PE3 data center in Perth, Australia, has launched, the third IBX facility in the city. According to reports, the first phase of the project provides a capacity of 700 cabinets spanning 1,830 sqm (38,600 sqtf), following an investment of US$54 million (A$71.7 mill...

December 10, 2021

Equinix

Microsoft adds new availability zones to India Central Azure cloud region

Microsoft has unveiled new availability zones in its Indian Central Azure cloud region. Usually, Azure regions launch with three availability zones. These zones are physically separated to provide higher redundancy, availability, and disaster recovery protection. However, there are cases where...

December 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Yondr moves into Frankfurt

Yondr is to build a new data center outside Frankfurt, Germany, it has announced. Located in the City of Bischofsheim, the facility will have a capacity of 40MW and comes as a response to increased cloud capacity demands. Speaking about the expansion near the southwest of Frankfurt, Pete Jone...

December 08, 2021

Yondr Group

Equinix expanding into Africa through $320m MainOne acquisition

Equinix has announced that it is acquiring West Africa’s data center company MainOne for $320 million. The acquisition sees Equinix expand its operations into Africa for the first time. Funke Opeke founded MainOne in 2010 through its MDXi brand. The company has three data centers in operati...

December 07, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

MainOne MDX-i

Edgeconnex expands in Benelux region

EdgeConnex has announced that it is to enter the Belgian market with the construction of a data center campus near Brussels in Ternat. The first facility will comprise 4 data halls supporting over 20MW of capacity. According to the company, the site is expected to be ready in the first quarte...

December 02, 2021

EdgeConneX

Bridge Data Centres to develop 100MW data center in Malaysia

Bridge Data Centres has revealed plans for a new data center in Malaysia called MY06. The facility will be housed in the Kidex Sedenak business park in Sedenak. According to reports, the data center will be the biggest of its kind in Malaysia. The facility will be sited on 40 acres of land....

December 01, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Bridge Data Centres

Microsoft to develop Azure data center region in Belgium

Microsoft has announced plans for an Azure data center region in Belgium. However, it didn’t share details of where the region will be or when it plans to develop it. Yet, just like Microsoft’s other regions, the Belgium Azure region will include three availability zones to enable better redun...

November 25, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft expands in Sydney, Australia

Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Sydney, Australia. The campus in Kemps Creek, according to AFR, will be worth $1.3 billion with a capacity of 190MW, spanning over 14.4 hectares. It is being built in a new industrial estate which is being developed by Frasers and Atlis Property ...

November 22, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft tests its hydrogen fuel cell backup generator

In Quincy, Washington, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is teaming up with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems to test its hydrogen fuel cell backup generators in a move towards a more sustainable future. This project accompanies Microsoft’s other backup energy efforts, like the tr...

November 22, 2021

Microsoft Azure

AT&T and Microsoft launch Azure Edge Zone in Atlanta, Georgia

Both AT&T and Microsoft have launched an Azure Edge zone in Atlanta, Georgia. Azure Edge zone is a type of infrastructure that provides 5-G connected cloud services from Edge facilities. The companies announced that they are launching the “Private Preview” of the Azure Edge zone. With this...

November 22, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Globe negotiating with STT GDC over forming a data center JW in the Philippines

Globe Telecom has revealed that it is in advance discussions with STT Telemedia Global Data Centres about forming a data center joint venture in the Philippines. The plan is to expand Globe Telecom’s Globe DC data center business in the Philippines. The company announced that the exclusive agr...

November 19, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Microsoft launches new availability zones in Hong Kong

Microsoft has expanded its presence in Hong Kong by launching new availability zones in its East Asia Azure cloud region in Hong Kong. Most Microsoft Azure regions tend to launch with three availability zones. These zones or locations are unique and physically separated to provide higher redun...

November 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft launches Azure cloud region in Sweden

Microsoft has officially opened a new Azure cloud region in Sweden. The firm revealed that it has data centers in Sandviken, Gävle, and Staffanstorp. Microsoft first announced the region in November 2020 and it would be calling the combined Azure region Sweden Central. President of Microsof...

November 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

AirTrunk to develop 320MW hyperscale data center in Sydney

AirTrunk has revealed its plans for a new 320MW data center campus in Sydney. Upon completion, the facility will be the largest single hyperscale data center campus in the Asia Pacific region outside of China. The facility will be called SYD3, and it will be located in western Sydney. SYD3 ...

November 05, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

AirTrunk

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