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Read Google to expand in Israel amid calls for the tech giant to 'boycott' Israel
Google to expand in Israel amid calls for the tech giant to 'boycott' Israel

Google to expand in Israel amid calls for the tech giant to 'boycott' Israel

November 15, 2021 Google

Google has announced that it will be expanding its data center footprint in Israel, building its fourth facility in the Sharon region near Moshav Beit Yehoshua. This development has come about following the tech giant winning the government's Nimbus cloud tender. Google already has leases for...

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Read Google's Oregon plans given the green light despite water concerns
Google's Oregon plans given the green light despite water concerns

Google's Oregon plans given the green light despite water concerns

November 12, 2021 Google

On Monday, The Dalles council unanimously approved a $28.5 million deal for Google to build two new data centers in the area. This approval has gone ahead despite water concerns; due to the area currently being drought-stricken and the proposed facilities potentially guzzling millions of gallons...

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Read Fujitsu-occupied data center in Belfast, Northern Ireland up for sale
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Fujitsu-occupied data center in Belfast, Northern Ireland up for sale

November 12, 2021 Fujitsu

A Fujitsu-occupied data center in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been put up for sale. The facility is located at Trident House, 301 Airport Road West, in the Belfast Harbour Estate. The facility sits on a 6-acre site, and it consists of two buildings with up to 36,956 square feet of space. The...

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Read Blackstone acquires Equinix-occupied data center in London for £196.5 million
Blackstone acquires Equinix-occupied data center in London for £196.5 million

Blackstone acquires Equinix-occupied data center in London for £196.5 million

November 12, 2021 Equinix London LD8 Harbour Exchange (Docklands)

Land Securities Group has announced the sale of an office and data center property located in the Canary Wharf side of London. The sale price of the property is £196.5 million ($262.82 million). Equinix is currently occupying the property as its LD8 IBX data center. Land Securities Group sold the...

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Read Google buys 53 hectares of land in Wallonia, Belgium For Data Center Development
Google buys 53 hectares of land in Wallonia, Belgium For Data Center Development

Google buys 53 hectares of land in Wallonia, Belgium For Data Center Development

November 11, 2021 Google

According to L’Echo and La Nouvelle Gazette, Google has acquired over 50 hectares of land in Belgium. The search giant acquired the land in the Wallonia region of Belgium for developing data centers and office buildings. The Saint Ghislain data center in Belgium was Google’s first expansion into...

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Read Custodian Data Centres to develop a data center in Dartford, UK
Custodian Data Centres to develop a data center in Dartford, UK

Custodian Data Centres to develop a data center in Dartford, UK

November 11, 2021 Custodian Data Centres

Custodian Data Centres has revealed that it would be building a new data center in Dartford, Kent. The proposed data center called DA2 will have 10MW of capacity, and it would be located outside southeast London. Custodian DC says the facility is scheduled to be in operation by Q2 2022. The data...

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Read Databank moves into Ashburn, Virginia
Databank moves into Ashburn, Virginia

Databank moves into Ashburn, Virginia

November 10, 2021 DataBank

Databank has announced that it is breaking ground on a new facility in Ashburn, Northern Virginia. This data center, IAD3, will initially have a capacity of 4MW of capacity expandable to 40MW and will span 200,000 sq ft (18,600 sqm). According to the company, the facility will be ready for...

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Read Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing
Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing

Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing

November 05, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has raised $530 million in securitized notes. The funds it raised would be used to refinance Vantage DC’s Variable Funding Note (VFN) facility. VFN was used to facilitate the purchase of CA22. Vantage Stabilized Data Centers, a joint venture Vantage DC...

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Read Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK
Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK

Yondr Group announces plans for a 100MW data center campus in Slough, UK

November 04, 2021 Yondr: Slough Campus

Yondr Group has revealed its plans to develop a hyperscale data center campus in Slough, just outside London. The initial phase of the development of the data center campus will see Yondr develop a 30MW facility. This phase is scheduled to be in operation by the first quarter of 2023. In...

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Read Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy
Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

November 04, 2021 Google

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue globally, and data centers, which typically guzzle around 3-5 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of the water usage by 30,000-50,000 people, are adding to the problem. As the climate issue worsens and big tech companies continue to...

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Read Microsoft: Renewable energy deal signed with AES to power Virginia data centers
Microsoft: Renewable energy deal signed with AES to power Virginia data centers

Microsoft: Renewable energy deal signed with AES to power Virginia data centers

November 04, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced a new agreement with energy firm AES, whereby AES will provide the tech giant with renewable energy for all of its data centers in Virginia. This energy will be sourced 576MW of contracted renewable assets. These assets include wind and solar. This agreement aligns with...

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Read CloudHQ planning 240MW data center campus in France
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CloudHQ planning 240MW data center campus in France

November 02, 2021 CloudHQ

According to multiple reports, CloudHQ plans to build a 240MW data center campus in Lisses, France. The US data center firm wants to develop two data center buildings with 710,000 square feet (66,000 square meters) which will consist of 24 data halls each. The facility will be located in the...

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Read Colt completes sale of 12 colocation sites in Europe
Colt completes sale of 12 colocation sites in Europe

Colt completes sale of 12 colocation sites in Europe

November 02, 2021 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has announced that it has completed the sale of a total of 12 of its colocation sites spanning across Europe with AtlasEdge Data Centres. This sale is part of a wider vision of Colt Data Centre Services to focus on “building and developing larger hyperscale data centre sites” in Europe and...

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Read Green innovations: Microsoft research proposes algae, hemp and mushrooms to build data centers
Green innovations: Microsoft research proposes algae, hemp and mushrooms to build data centers

Green innovations: Microsoft research proposes algae, hemp and mushrooms to build data centers

November 01, 2021 Microsoft Azure

From underwater data centers to facilities that store carbon, Microsoft is leading the way when it comes to data center innovations. In its latest research project, the tech giant is looking into materials that can be used to build facilities that aren’t carbon-emitting but rather carbon-storing....

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Read CyrusOne to outsource the management of its US data centers to JLL
CyrusOne to outsource the management of its US data centers to JLL

CyrusOne to outsource the management of its US data centers to JLL

October 29, 2021 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it will be outsourcing the management of its US data centers to JLL. The agreement is expected to start on January 1st, 2022. CyrusOne announced the deal in an email it sent to its customers. In the email, CyrusOne says transitioning the management of its US data...

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Read NTT is expanding its Vienna data center
NTT is expanding its Vienna data center

NTT is expanding its Vienna data center

October 29, 2021 NTT

NTT has announced that it has broken ground on expanding its data center in Vienna, Austria. The company will add 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters) to the Vienna 1 facility. By so doing, Vienna will have 92,500 square feet (8,600 square meters) upon expansion. NTT says the expansion is...

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Read Equinix announces plans for its new data center in Manchester, UK
Equinix announces plans for its new data center in Manchester, UK

Equinix announces plans for its new data center in Manchester, UK

October 28, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has revealed its plans for a new data center in Manchester, UK. The MA5 facility is the company’s fifth IBX facility in Manchester. It is situated in the Agecroft Commerce Park in Salford. The first phase of the facility will provide up to 3,600 square meters of colocation space. It will...

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Read The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities
The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities

The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities

October 28, 2021 Google

The city council of The Dalles has voted to grant Google new property tax breaks. The tax breaks are for Google’s two new data centers. However, before Google commences work on its new data centers, it also hopes to increase its water usage significantly with a new agreement. The city council is...

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Read Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres
Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

October 27, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has formed a joint venture with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire Medallion Data Centres. Medallion is Nigeria’s top interconnection and colocation provider. The company operates two data centers in the country. One of the facilities is in Abuja,...

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Read An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million
An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million

An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million

October 22, 2021 Kyndryl

Five 9s Digital has revealed that it advised the owner of an IBM-leased data center in Dallas, Texas, to sell it off. The unnamed owner sold the facility for $41 million. However, the exact data center the firm sold can’t be identified at this moment as IBM has many data centers in Dallas. IBM is...

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