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South Dublin County Council (SDCC) to comply with government scrapping ban on new data centers

After much back and forth, South Dublin County Council (SDCC) is now complying with the government's order to scrap plans to ban data centers in the area, despite serious concerns about the environmental impact of additional facilities and the extra pressure the would place on the grid. This c...

October 03, 2022

Dublin

Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London

It has been revealed that Thames Water has launched a probe into the water use of data centers in the UK's capital, following the utility company’s discovery that UK data centers have been using drinking water to cool down their servers. The news of review comes as the UK’s hosepipe ban comes...

August 30, 2022

London

South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban

A dispute has arisen between Irish Minister for Planning Peter Burke and South Dublin County Councillors over its ban on new data centers in the county. Burke had claimed last month that the county’s decision to make data centers “not permitted” use in the new county development plan breached ...

August 17, 2022

Dublin

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

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 t...

August 08, 2022

IndoKeppel Data Centre 1 (IKDC 1)

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its in...

August 08, 2022

Frankfurt

The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

In the wake of a housing crisis, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed developers must halt new housing projects, with talk of a potential ban that could last until 2035, in response to energy constraints caused by data centers. Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, which contributed to 1...

August 02, 2022

London

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to S...

July 22, 2022

Singapore

Keppel Reveals Plans For Beijing Data Center

Keppel has announced that it is developing a data center in Greater Beijing, China. According to the Singaporean company, its Keppel Data Centre Fund II LP (KDCF II) has partnered with Heying to develop a greenfield data center facility in Greater Beijing, China. KDCF II is managed by Keppel’s...

July 19, 2022

Keppel Data Center REIT

Edge Centres' Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Edge Facility To Come online in July

Edge Centres has started working on its Edge data center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Australian Edge data center company announced that it would be expanding into Asia. The first facility called EC31 is being developed in Malaysia. Edge Centres scheduled the site to be completed in July. Th...

June 30, 2022

Kuala Lumpur

Keppel DC REIT Buys Two Data Centers in China For $206m

Keppel DC REIT has announced the acquisition of two data centers in China. The Singaporean data center REIT entered into an agreement with Guangdong Bluesea Data Development Co. Ltd. to acquire two facilities in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province. The deal is worth RMB 1,380.6 million (~US$206m)....

June 24, 2022

Keppel Data Center REIT

Evolution Data Centres (EvoDC) launches new Sustainable Data Centre Charter

Evolution Data Centres has announced the launch of its new Sustainable Data Centre Charter, through which it measures its entire operations, with the aim of minimizing carbon intensity and limiting water usage as the company grows. The charter includes the target of emitting 20 tonnes of carbo...

June 20, 2022

Singapore

RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a crypto exchange regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced it is teaming up with AI firm Red Dot Analytics, for carbon measurement and to offset tropical data centers.Singapore implemented a three-year moratorium on new data center ...

May 23, 2022

Singapore

Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolis...

May 23, 2022

Tokyo

Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

Alibaba has announced that it opened a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new data center is the company’s third facility in the country. According to the company, the new data center will help support the increasing needs for digital transformation from customers across the European conti...

May 17, 2022

Frankfurt

Energia Group granted permission for data centers in Dublin, Ireland

Energia Group has announced that Fingal County Council has granted the company planning permission for two new data centers next to the Huntstown Power Station in Dublin, Ireland. The two facilities, known as Buildings A and B, are expected to have a gross floor area of c. 37,647 sqm (400,000 ...

April 27, 2022

Dublin

TikTok's European data center encounters further delays

Further delays have been announced regarding TikTok’s first data center in Europe. Its Dublin-based facility was initially planned to be up and running by early 2022, but due to what the company said were delays related to Covid, the facility’s opening was pushed back to late 2022. Now the com...

April 14, 2022

Dublin

'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London

Stratus Data Centres has announced its intention to construct two 18MW Tier III data centers on a brownfield site at Belvedere, South East London, part of Riverside Energy Park. The Riverside Energy Park is a development of waste management firm Cory, which, it says, intends to meet "London's ...

April 12, 2022

London

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

April 11, 2022

Singapore

Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

April 08, 2022

Amsterdam

Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan

Gaw Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a building in Tokyo, Japan. The real estate private equity firm also plans to transform the building into a data center. The Fuchu Building it acquired is next to Meito Sangyo Building in Fuchu Intelligent Park. Gaw will demolish the 59,...

April 08, 2022

Tokyo

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