July 14, 2023 Equinix
As Singapore looks to end a years-long prohibition on new developments, four data center operators have been given 80MW of capacity for new facilities. Since 2019, Singapore has imposed a ban on the construction of new data centers; however, previously authorized facilities were permitted to be...
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July 12, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty's KIX13, its newest data center in Osaka, Japan, has been certified as NVIDIA DGX H100-ready as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program. The facility reportedly received this accreditation, the first Japanese facility to do so, based on its ability to provide a dedicated,...
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July 04, 2023 Equinix
This week, the company revealed the opening of TY13x. Situated in the Inzai region and opposite TY12x, TY13x provides 8MW in the first phase and 36MW when fully constructed. In October 2019, Equinix partnered with Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund to develop hyperscale centers under the...
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June 30, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has bought additional land for data centers in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This week, the company disclosed the acquisition of a 387,500-square-foot (8.9-acre) land parcel on its Amsterdam Schiphol campus. According to reports, the acquired land parcel can sustain a 40MW data center...
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June 22, 2023 Equinix
Invesco has purchased a data center in San Jose, California, run by Equinix. Mercury News reports that the Sobrato Organization recently sold 1735 Lundy Avenue in San Jose to Invesco Real Estate for $86.3 million, citing documents from Santa Clara County. The single-story building encompasses...
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June 14, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty’s new data center, FRA33 facility in Hattersheim, Frankfurt, Germany, has now been completed, it has been announced. The new facility will reportedly offer 40MW of IT capacity spanning 16,000 square meters (172,222 sq ft) of white space. The construction firm that worked on the...
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June 12, 2023 Equinix
Equinix is expanding its data center footprint in Malaysia, with plans for a new data center in Kuala Lumpur called KL1, which, the company said, will provide greater digital infrastructure capacity in the country. The new facility, which follows the company's announcement of JH1 in Johor, will...
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June 09, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty will construct a new data center on the site of an ancient sugar silo at the Port of Marseille-Fos, having won a bid to acquire and develop the land. The new MRS5 facility will reportedly encompass approximately 107,640 square feet and will be operational by the end of 2025....
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June 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty, a US data center company, has had an eventful week raising money and selling data centers. The company announced that it had raised over $1 billion through the sale of shares, with the money going to be used for expansion and debt reduction. Digital is selling the vast majority...
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May 31, 2023 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it is opening its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai, which, at full build-out, will offer 1,800 cabinets of capacity across two phases or a total footprint of 12,000 square meters (135,000 square feet). The facility will support the...
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May 26, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has applied to construct a new data center in Los Angeles, California. The company has applied to construct a thirteen-story data center at 727 S Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The prospective applicant is GIP 7th Street LLC, a well-known subsidiary of Digital Realty. At...
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May 23, 2023 Africa Data Centres
Africa Data Centres has shared that it has formed a strategic partnership with the London Internet Exchange (LINX) to pursue growth opportunities in current and new markets in Africa. ADC plans to launch in 10 of Africa's economic hubs, including South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda,...
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May 21, 2023 Africa Data Centres
Africa Data Centres has announced that it is set to begin work on a new facility based on its recently acquired land in the Central Business District of Accra, Ghana, on a part of the former Trade Fair showgrounds site. The data center will begin with an initial 10 MW, expandable to 30MW,...
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May 19, 2023 Africa Data Centres
Africa Data Centres (ADC) will soon initiate construction on a new data center in Accra, Ghana. This week, the company revealed that it would soon begin construction on newly acquired land in the capital city's Central Business District. The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of...
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May 12, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Direct liquid cooling (DLC) capabilities have been implemented at Digital Realty's La Courneuve data center in Paris, France. According to the company, its new facility is capable of high-performance computing (HPC). Fabrice Coquio, SVP and managing director – France at Digital Realty stated that...
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May 09, 2023 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it has inked a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Sonnedix. The deal will see the colocation provider source energy from three PV plants in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain. The three plants are pegged to be operational by the end of 2024; collectively,...
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April 27, 2023 Equinix
Equinix plans to construct a new 30MW+ data center in Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire, just outside of London. Late last year, as initially reported by the Royal Borough Observer, the corporation submitted a planning application for LD14. The Slough planning commission voted unanimously in favor...
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April 21, 2023 Rack Centre Limited
Rack Centre is planning expansion in Lagos, Nigeria, with a new 12MW data center, in line with its wider West Africa expansion plan, where it is looking to increase its presence tenfold. Rack Centre LGS 2 will be based on a 20,000 sqm (215,280 sq ft) greenfield site, offering 3,240 sqm (34,875 sq...
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April 14, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has announced that it has signed a number of renewable energy deals in line with its net zero and sustainability goals. In Australia the company has signed a renewable electricity supply contract with Origin Energy. The colocation company will procure energy from the Origin...
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April 13, 2023 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has sold GI Partners a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. According to Dgtl Infra, Digital Realty has sold the property at 43915 Devin Shafron Drive in Loudoun County to a private equity company. The single-story, 9 MW, 132,280 square foot building, also known as Building A,...
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