Global Data Center News

May 10, 2022

INAP Sells Its Network Business To Unitas Global

HorizonIQ

Unitas Global has bought INAP’s network business. By so doing, INAP will now become Unitas Global’s customer. Per the agreement, Unitas will take over INAP’s routing software called Managed Internet Route Optimizer (MIRO). MIRO will be integrated into Unitas’ global network Unitas Reach. Th...

May 10, 2022

What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?

CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a founder and signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, recently released its latest sustainability report, where it outlined its efforts to cut both Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, and revealed it has hit its 2030 carbon reduction commitments eight years early and become ...

May 10, 2022

Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning

Amazon AWS

According to reports, residents in Culpeper County, Virginia, are suing the county board after it approved the rezoning of a 230-acre property for an AWS data center. The giant is seeking to build two six-story data centers, a 12-acre power station and new power lines, however, six landowners ...

May 09, 2022

Standard Power To Develop 900MW Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station

Pennsylvania

Standard Power has announced that it is developing a massive data center in Pennsylvania. The blockchain company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy Harbor Corp to develop a massive carbon-free facility at Energy Harbor’s Beaver Valley nuclear power plant. Per the agreement, th...

May 09, 2022

Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility

Miami

Stonerock Capital Partners and Triple Double have completed the acquisition of two properties in downtown Miami. The properties are located at 200 SE 1st Street and 44 W. Flagler Street. They paid $56.7 million for both properties. The 200 SE 1st property is a 12-story, 13,200 square meter ...

May 09, 2022

OADC Launches First Data Center in South Africa, Plans 100 Edge Facilities Across The Country

South Africa

Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has announced the opening of its first data center in South Africa. The company’s first data center is located in Durban, and it offers up to 23,700 square feet (2,200 square meters) of white space. It also offers 5MW of capacity. In addition, the Durban data ce...

May 09, 2022

Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center

Equinix Carteret NY11

Nasdaq Inc. has started expanding its data center presence at Equinix’s NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. Nasdaq first announced last December that it was expanding its presence at the site to support its cloud infrastructure build-out. Equinix announced in a LinkedIn post that it w...

May 06, 2022

Atos to exit Russia

Russia / Россия

Atos has announced it has begun a managed exit from Russia but outlined that the process would require "significant planning" due to its business operations and staff in the country.In a statement on its site, the company said: "Atos condemns the war in Ukraine, and we stand shoulder to should...

May 06, 2022

Figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal huge energy consumption by data centers in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have outlined that the energy consumption situation in Ireland is just as bad as groups such as An Taisce have warned. According to the Office's statistics, last year, data centers consumed more energy than rural homes. According to the Nati...

May 06, 2022

VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site

India / Bhārata

Indian data center firm VueNow recently held a blessing ceremony to welcome in the development of its data center in Nadaun in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister Bikram Singh performed 'Bhoomi Pujan' in honor of Goddess Bhoomi and Vastu Purush.VueNo...

May 06, 2022

Microsoft signs 110MW PPA with AES

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it has signed a new PPA with AES for renewable energy to fuel its facilities in California. The PPA is a 20-year “highly customized agreement” which will see Microsoft partially match its load at its California-based data centers. The energy from AES will be sourc...

May 06, 2022

Vision Net Completes The Acquisition of iConnect Montana

United States

Vision Net has announced the acquisition of iConnect Montana. The telecommunications solution provider revealed earlier in the week that it closed the transaction for an undisclosed fee. Both companies will now operate under the Vision Net brand and name. iConnect was founded in 1999 by Nor...

May 06, 2022

H5 To Expand Its Cleveland Data Center

H5 Cleveland Technology Center (CTC)

H5 is looking to expand its Cleveland facility in Ohio. The data center company filed with the Cleveland planning commission to expand its data center located at 1625 Rockwell Avenue. It also filed for a Façade change at the facility. Although the application didn’t reveal specifics of the ...

May 05, 2022

atNorth joins Swedish Data Center Industry Association (SDIA)

atNorth

atNorth has announced that it has joined the Swedish Data Center Industry Association (SDIA), alongside members Schneider Electric, Huawei and CBRE. The SDIA, represents the data center industry within Sweden and, according to the body, centers on sustainability as an organizational priority ...

May 05, 2022

Cisco launches Mumbai data center

Mumbai

Cisco's Duo has announced that it has launched its first data center in Mumbai , with the intention of providing its customers with enhanced cyber defense and data localization. This move is also part of a wider global expansion strategy. Information about the facility's specifications are yet...

May 05, 2022

Data center on the way to Didcot, Oxfordshire

United Kingdom

According to reports, Reef Group is planning to build a technology park and data center near Didcot, Oxfordshire. The proposed plans, which have the company seeking a Local Development Order (LDO), detail a 23-hectare site located in Appleford, on the northern edge of Didcot. Public consultati...

May 05, 2022

Luxembourg Asks Google To Make Decision About Its Delayed $1bn Facility

Google

Luxemburg has instructed Google to decide on its planned data center in the country. The search engine giant bought land in 2017 to develop the facility, but development has been delayed due to local court cases and protests. Earlier in 2017, Google wanted to start the €1 billion ($1.1bn) p...

May 05, 2022

MTS Announces Data Center Subsidiary, Plans 15 New Facilities

MTS Group

MTS has announced that it is setting up a new data center unit (subsidiary). The Russian telco also revealed that it would develop four new facilities over the next 24 months. It also looks to develop up to 15 data centers across Russia under the new subsidiary. The new subsidiary will be c...

May 05, 2022

DEAC Developing a 10MW Facility in Riga, Latvia

Delska (DEAC, DLC Data Logistics Center)

DEAC has announced that it will be developing a 10MW data center in Riga, Latvia. According to the company, the data center will have a capacity to hold 1,000 racks. It will also be built to Tier III standards. Furthermore, sustainability is a goal for DEAC at the data center as it will use...

May 05, 2022

Meta Expanding Its $800m Mesa Campus in Arizona

Data Center News

Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m

INAP Sells Its Network Business To Unitas Global

What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?

Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning

Standard Power To Develop 900MW Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station

Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility

OADC Launches First Data Center in South Africa, Plans 100 Edge Facilities Across The Country