October 08, 2021 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced that it plans to build two new data centers in Tokyo, Japan. STT GDC says the two data centers will be developed by and leased from Goodman Group. Goodman Group is an Australian property firm. The facilities will be located in Goodman...
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September 29, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced the launch of its Availability Zones in its Norway East Azure Cloud region in Oslo. However, it has also canceled its plan for the region in Stavanger, which is to the west. The Company first revealed its plans to open two Azure Cloud regions in the country in 2018. One...
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September 27, 2021 Equinix
Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...
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September 27, 2021 Yondr Group
Yondr has announced that to deliver on its sustainability goals; it is developing a wide range of renewable energy projects that will fuel its data centers. This is promising considering that the company is massively expanding its data center footprint across the US, Latin America and Canada, to...
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September 24, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has reportedly been given the go-ahead to move onwards with the construction of its first building (DSM 14) as part of its Ginger East data center project, based in West Des Moines, Iowa. The West Des Moines City Council voted through the planning approval this week, and it is expected...
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September 24, 2021 Edge Centres
Edge Centres has set its sights on Victoria to be home to its first edge data centers. The site in Bendigo, just outside of Melbourne, has been sought out as the first in a long line of prospective sights for development plans. Its data center designs have carbon-negative footprints, and the site...
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September 17, 2021 Yondr Group
According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm first...
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September 17, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Permission has been granted to Microsoft to resume construction work on its Hollands Kroon data center in the Netherlands. But it would be doing so at its own risk. The Hollands Kroon municipality, through the North Sea Cana Area Environment Agency, has allowed Microsoft to continue work on its...
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September 14, 2021 AirTrunk
AirTrunk has announced it has converted its corporate loan facilities of over AU$2.1 billion (US$1.545bn) into a Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL). The tech company is the latest to join the wave of data center companies pursuing these kinds of loans, alongside Aligned, KPN, and Nabiax. As per the...
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August 25, 2021 Princeton Digital Group
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 be...
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August 25, 2021 Equinix
Equinix filed for permission to build a data center in Profile Park, Clondalkin, Ireland. The Company filed for permission to build a three-story data center in July. It is going to call the facility DB8. The facility will be built within a 2.65 hectare of land. The facility will also have a...
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August 18, 2021 Equinix
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...
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August 17, 2021 Microsoft Azure
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 would...
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August 17, 2021 EdgeConneX
EdgeConneX will be acquiring Israeli-based Global Data Center (GDC). Global Data Center was founded in 2013, and it operates two data centers in Petah Tikva and Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. The Petah Tikva and Herzliya facilities have 64,600 square feet and 48,400 square feet, respectively. GDC...
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August 06, 2021 Microsoft Azure
With more and more data center companies committing to climate change initiatives, the industry is also looking at how it can make backup energy more sustainable too. For decades, diesel has served as the primary fuel for traditional backup generators - however, diesel fuels, whilst getting...
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August 06, 2021 Microsoft Azure
According to the principles of Moore’s law, technology will double in its capacity every two years. Although on the technological advancement front this is great news, with increased computer power comes challenges. The main challenge being increased excess heat and the need to cool it. A number...
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August 04, 2021 Keppel Data Center REIT
Keppel Corporation has offered to acquire the non-media part of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) for S$2.2 billion (USD 1.6 billion). This includes Keppel and SPH's jointly-owned data center and telco assets. The other parts of the business it wants to acquire include shopping malls, nursing homes,...
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August 02, 2021 Edge Centres
DC Matrix, a new Edge data center firm based in Queensland, Australia, wants to build six data centers in Queensland. The first of the six facilities will be in Slippy Downs, on the Sunshine Coast. The chief digital infrastructure officer at DC Matrix, Adam Gibson, said the building design of the...
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July 28, 2021 Keppel Data Center REIT
Keppel DC REIT has completed the acquisition of its first data center in China. The firm completed the agreement with Guangdong Bluesea Data Development Co. Ltd. and its parent Company, Guangdong Bluesea Mobile Development Co., to acquire the Guangdong Data Center in Jiangmen. The deal costs RMB...
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July 28, 2021 Yondr Group
Yondr Group and private investment firm Everstone Group have formed a joint venture to develop data centers in India. The joint venture will operate under the name EverYondr, and it will have its first data center in India. The Companies have already acquired land and power for developing the...
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