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CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company

According to Reuters, CyrusOne is considering the sale of its business. It is said to be exploring some strategic changes that might include a sale. CyrusOne is a real estate investment trust that has a market cap of up to $9 billion. The Company is exploring its options with investment ban...

September 29, 2021

CyrusOne

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

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 fin...

September 27, 2021

AirTrunk

Microsoft's Ginger East data center project gets approval

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 ...

September 24, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Uptime Institute finds data center operators are still failing to track environmental impact

The Uptime Institute recently released its 11th annual global data center survey, and unfortunately, the results were disappointing. The survey found that while there is a growing awareness of the need to pursue sustainability goals and create greener operations regarding data centers, most op...

September 24, 2021

Meta

Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

Menlo Equities has completed the acquisition of four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley. The firm acquired the facilities for a combined $108.8 million. First, it acquired a facility at 4650 Old Ironside Drive in Santa Clara for $35.8 million. The facility has 124,400 square feet...

September 24, 2021

Digital Realty Trust

AtlasEdge Data Centres officially launches

It has been announced that Liberty Global and DigitalBridge’s joint venture, AtlasEdge Data Centres, has officially launched. After being announced back in May, the deal closed this week and will be headed by executive chairman Josh Joshi, former CFO of Interxion and Telecity. Zahl Limbuwala, ...

September 20, 2021

AtlasEdge

Prime Data Centers to invest $1 billion in 150MW campus in Elk Grove, Chicago

Prime Data Centers has revealed that it wants to build a new data center campus in Elk Grove, Illinois. The data center company says it has plans to invest up to $1 billion in developing a 150MW, 750,000 square feet campus that features three three-story facilities. The facility will be sit...

September 17, 2021

Prime Data Centers

Microsoft granted 'Tolerance decision' for construction of its Holland Kroon data center

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 it...

September 17, 2021

Microsoft Azure

CyrusOne awarded for net water positive efforts

CyrusOne's commitment was recently recognized by The Environment + Energy Leader Awards program, which awarded the company with the Top Project of the Year Award. The program highlights products and services that provide companies with environmental and energy benefits. CyrusOne secured the a...

September 08, 2021

CyrusOne

NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months

NTT ltd has announced it plans to increase its data center footprint in the next 18 months by 20%. The Company would be expanding some of its existing data centers and adding 300MW of capacity and 600,000 sqm (6.5 million square feet) of space within 18months. This expansion will be in 20 c...

September 02, 2021

NTT

Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Digital Realty has filed for permission to build data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland. According to Digital Realty’s application, the Company wants 10-year permission to build two data center buildings called DUB15 and DUB16 close to its existing facilities in Clondalkin. These buildings wil...

August 25, 2021

Digital Realty Trust

Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

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 ...

August 25, 2021

Equinix

NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

NTT has announced that following the opening of data centers in Chicago, Ill., Hillsboro, Ore., and Santa Clara, Calif.; it is building its seventh data center campus in Mesa. Estimated to open in early 2022, the 102-acre campus will contain seven data centers, with a total of 240 megawatts (...

August 23, 2021

NTT

Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

As the climate crisis reaches breaking point and the number of water-stressed regions across the US increase, Facebook, whose data centers consume huge amounts of water in areas plagued by water scarcity, has promised to reverse its environmental impact.According to Sylvia Lee, Facebook’s sust...

August 20, 2021

Meta

Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

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...

August 18, 2021

Equinix

Microsoft plans to build 980,000 square feet data center in Douglasville, GA

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 wou...

August 17, 2021

Microsoft Azure

The future of data center back-up energy

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 cl...

August 06, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Tackling data centers' cooling issues

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 numb...

August 06, 2021

Microsoft Azure

CyrusOne buys land for 21MW data center in Madrid, Spain

CyrusOne, a data center REIT, acquired five acres of land in Madrid, Spain, to build a new data center. The Company’s recent earnings report showed that it acquired this land in Alcobendas, Madrid. CyrusOne also revealed earlier in the week that it acquired the land to build a new data cent...

August 05, 2021

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Nabiax ties €320 million financing to environmental and social targets

Nabiax has announced that it has tied its project financing to sustainability goals. The data center firm announced that its €320 million ($379.5m) financing had been converted into a sustainable format. Valora will serve as the project’s sustainability consultant, while BBVA will be the susta...

August 04, 2021

Nabiax

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