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Read AWS plans to open data center design facility in Zagreb, Croatia
AWS plans to open data center design facility in Zagreb, Croatia

AWS plans to open data center design facility in Zagreb, Croatia

September 28, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it wants to open a data center design facility in Zagreb, Croatia. The facility will support the development and operation of AWS Cloud services while focusing on product development, research, and data center design. AWS said it would be using local talent...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

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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Read AWS to open New Zealand Cloud Region in 2024, to spend NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion)
AWS to open New Zealand Cloud Region in 2024, to spend NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion)

AWS to open New Zealand Cloud Region in 2024, to spend NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion)

September 24, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed its plans for a new Cloud Region in New Zealand in 2024. Consistent with AWS’s Regions, the new Asia Pacific Region in Auckland, New Zealand, will consist of three Availability Zones. In a statement by the Company, the new region will enable more...

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Read AWS to open third Edge location in Fortaleza, Brazil
AWS to open third Edge location in Fortaleza, Brazil

AWS to open third Edge location in Fortaleza, Brazil

September 24, 2021 Amazon AWS

The government of Ceará in North Brazil has announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will launch an Edge facility in Fortaleza, Brazil. The facility will be AWS’s third facility in Fortaleza. Governor of Ceará, Camilo Santana, said it is the state’s wish to make Ceará the first 100% digital...

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Read Edge Centres drives forward plans for solar-power edge data center site Australia
Edge Centres drives forward plans for solar-power edge data center site Australia

Edge Centres drives forward plans for solar-power edge data center site Australia

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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Read Greenpeace's 'The Hero to Zero' report explores the green work being done by the Australian tech industry
Greenpeace's 'The Hero to Zero' report explores the green work being done by the Australian tech industry

Greenpeace's 'The Hero to Zero' report explores the green work being done by the Australian tech industry

September 21, 2021 NEXTDC

Greenwashing is unfortunately prevalent in most industries these days. From McDonald's rolling out non-recyclable paper straws to Eni claiming that its palm oil-based diesel was 'green' - companies claiming they care about sustainability whilst failing to deliver on their promises is rife. As a...

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Read Dublin: Heat created by Amazon data center to heat housing
Dublin: Heat created by Amazon data center to heat housing

Dublin: Heat created by Amazon data center to heat housing

September 21, 2021 Amazon AWS

An Amazon data center based in Tallaght in South Dublin is set to heat homes in the local area as part of Tallaght's pilot District Heating Scheme. As part of Dublin's Climate Action Week, locals were invited to inspect the progress that has been made with the scheme. The project is expected to...

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Read Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals
Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

September 14, 2021 Google

Residents of Bnei Zion, Israel, are protesting against the construction of Google’s data center in the town. The locals have petitioned the Lod District Court to revoke the approval for the data center. The residents are worried over the health and environmental impact of the center project....

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Read AWS launches Local Zones in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City
AWS launches Local Zones in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City

AWS launches Local Zones in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City

September 13, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has launched Local Zones in Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Chicago. AWS’ Local Zones serve as Edge locations that host applications that require single-digit millisecond latency for on-premises installations and end-users. AWS announced its excitement of launching the Local...

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Read Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business
Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business

Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business

September 10, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding into the Asia-Pacific Market by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center portfolio. The primary stakeholder of Vantage Data Centers, DigitalBridge Investment Management, and other existing investors of Vantage DC have contributed...

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Read Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin
Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin

Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin

September 08, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Ireland's data center boom shows no signs of slowing, as Vantage Data Centers signs an application to build its first two data centers in the country, just outside of Dublin. Its initial application outlines plans for two facilities with a gross floor area of 40,589 sqm on an 8.7-hectare plot....

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Read Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin
Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin

Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin

September 02, 2021 Google

Google is looking to expand its data center operations in Germany with €1 billion ($1.18bn) worth of investments. The tech giant announced that it would launch a new region in Berlin-Brandenburg. It would also expand its Cloud Region in Frankfurt in a new facility in Hanau. The Company revealed...

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Read Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center
Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

August 31, 2021 Google

The Columbus City Council has voted 6 to 1 to approve over $54 million in tax breaks for Google’s proposed data center in Ohio. In return, the Company will have to provide 20 full-time jobs. Google first announced the facility in March. It was said to be a 150,000 square foot data center that...

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Read Swindon Borough Council approves Amazon data center on former Hewlett-Packard (HP) data center site
Swindon Borough Council approves Amazon data center on former Hewlett-Packard (HP) data center site

Swindon Borough Council approves Amazon data center on former Hewlett-Packard (HP) data center site

August 27, 2021 Amazon AWS

According to authentic published documents, the Swindon Borough Council has approved Amazon Web Services’ application to build a data center on a site that Hewlett-Packard (HP) used to occupy. The application was lodged in April 2021. It shows that a new 27MW four-hall facility will be built on...

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Read Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland
Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

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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Read Sophos brings Sydney data center online
Sophos brings Sydney data center online

Sophos brings Sydney data center online

August 23, 2021 Amazon AWS

Sophos has announced that its Australian data center, hosted by AWS, has gone online, the first of two openings in the Asia Pacific region in 2021. The second is scheduled for opening in Japan in September. This data center will provide local capacity to meet the growing demand for Sophos...

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Read Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio
Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

August 20, 2021 Google

Google has announced that it will expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio with an injection of $1 billion. It first broke ground on the campus back in 2019, and the project has seen $600 million of investment already. On top of its capacity expansion at the New Albany campus, the tech...

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Read Equinix secures a cheaper, green future
Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

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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Read EdgeConneX agrees to acquire Israel's Global Data Center
EdgeConneX agrees to acquire Israel's Global Data Center

EdgeConneX agrees to acquire Israel's Global Data Center

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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Read NextDC receives approval for its 150MW Melbourne data center
NextDC receives approval for its 150MW Melbourne data center

NextDC receives approval for its 150MW Melbourne data center

August 13, 2021 NEXTDC

The Melbourne City Council has granted NextDC planning approval for its M3 data center. The data center in question has 150MW of capacity, and it is on 100,000 sqm (1,076,400 sq ft) of land. It will also be built to serve hyperscale customers. NextDC sited the M3 facility in West Footscray, which...

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