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Read Telstra signs power purchase agreement in Queensland, Australia
Telstra signs power purchase agreement in Queensland, Australia

Telstra signs power purchase agreement in Queensland, Australia

October 05, 2023 Telstra

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra has signed a power purchase agreement with Munna Creek Solar Farm investment to support the development of the 120 MW Munna Solar Farm undergoing construction near Gympie in southeast Queensland. Following this agreement, Telstra will buy half of the...

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Read Amazon plans four dc campuses in Mesa, Arizona
Amazon plans four dc campuses in Mesa, Arizona

Amazon plans four dc campuses in Mesa, Arizona

October 03, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has begun plotting for four new data centers in Mesa, Arizona, on land already owned by the company, as it looks to increase its footprints in the East Valley. The company has filed pre-submittal documents with Mesa's planning office for two data centers about four miles apart...

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Read Amazon Pours Billions to AI startup Anthropic, Becomes Primary cloud provider
Amazon Pours Billions to AI startup Anthropic, Becomes Primary cloud provider

Amazon Pours Billions to AI startup Anthropic, Becomes Primary cloud provider

October 02, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon will invest $4 billion in AI startup Antropic, becoming its primary cloud provider. This announcement comes after the giant tech companies worldwide raced to benefit from the breakthroughs Antropic could have on their businesses. Antropic, considered one of the world’s most promising AI...

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Read Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft
Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft

Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft

October 02, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Carbon Streaming Corporation announced it had signed an agreement to provide Microsoft with biochar carbon removal credits from the Waverly Biochar project in Waverly, Virginia. The company noted that the Biochar project would deliver Microsoft up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal...

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Read Amazon files to develop 7-building DC campus in Louisa County, Virginia
Amazon files to develop 7-building DC campus in Louisa County, Virginia

Amazon files to develop 7-building DC campus in Louisa County, Virginia

September 30, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has filed with the US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District to develop a seven-building data center campus in Virginia’s Louisa County. In this filing, REB Investment Company LLC and Amazon Data Services seek permission to establish a new data center campus on 153 acres on...

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Read Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland
Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

September 25, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently commenced plans to develop plans for a new Irish data center campus near Jigginstwon in Naas. Following reports by Kildare Nationalist, Microsoft has begun consultations with authorities for the proposed development of one of the two sites marked for DC usage in the Council’s...

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Read Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto
Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto

Stack inaugurates a data center in Toronto

September 22, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has established a data center in Toronto, Canada. This week, the company revealed the dispatch of the first 8MW phase of the 56MW Ontario campus. First Gulf, a Toronto-based developer, collaborated with Stack to execute the initial 8MW data center by refurbishing an existing...

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Read STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase
STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase

STACK Infrastructure Completes 56MW Enterprise Toronto Facility Initial Phase

September 20, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK, a leading global developer and operator of data centers and the digital infrastructure partner to the most cutting-edge businesses in the world, announced the completion of the first phase at its flagship campus in Toronto. The first phase of the campus, with a total capacity of 56MW, is...

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Read Amazon plans a campus with two buildings in Stafford County, Virginia
Amazon plans a campus with two buildings in Stafford County, Virginia

Amazon plans a campus with two buildings in Stafford County, Virginia

September 14, 2023 Amazon AWS

More proposals for data centers are on the way to Stafford, Virginia's Stafford County. Amazon has applied to a two-building facility in the county, while an unnamed developer plans a three-building site nearby. Amazon Data Services has applied for approval to construct the Potomac Church Tech...

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Read Fujitsu closes US data centers operations, might follow suit in South America
Fujitsu closes US data centers operations, might follow suit in South America

Fujitsu closes US data centers operations, might follow suit in South America

September 13, 2023 Fujitsu

Fujitsu is revising its data center approach to the Americas and has shut down its data center operation in North America. Fujitsu's newly hired CEO for the Americas, Asif Poonja, stated in an interview with BNAmericas this week that the company is contemplating partnering with service providers...

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Read Vantage Data Centers EMEA receives $1.6 bn from AustralianSuper
Vantage Data Centers EMEA receives $1.6 bn from AustralianSuper

Vantage Data Centers EMEA receives $1.6 bn from AustralianSuper

September 11, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

AustralianSuper has made an investment in Vantage Data Centers' EMEA operations. Last week, the company announced it would invest $1.6 billion to acquire a "significant minority stake" in Vantage Data Centers Europe, Middle East, and Africa (Vantage EMEA), backed by DigitalBridge. The pension...

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Read King George County, Virginia, authorizes land rezoning for AWS data facility
King George County, Virginia, authorizes land rezoning for AWS data facility

King George County, Virginia, authorizes land rezoning for AWS data facility

September 11, 2023 Amazon AWS

The King George County Board of Supervisors authorized Amazon Web Service's (AWS) 19-building data center campus's 869-acre rezone from agriculture to industrial use. Birchwood Power Partners applied for rezoning for AWS. AWS has received this first approval, but Birchwood's attorney, Charlie...

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Read Digital Realty to expand in Italy
Digital Realty to expand in Italy

Digital Realty to expand in Italy

September 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it's expanding into the Italian market with a new Tier IV-quality data center, named ROM1. This announcement comes following the acquisition and pre-development planning of land in Rome. The facility will sit on a 22-hectare site, with construction set to...

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Read Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome
Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

September 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty plans to extend its operations into Italy and has already purchased land in Rome, the country's capital. Following the purchase of land in Rome and the subsequent pre-development planning for it, the company announced its entry into the Italian market last week. The ROM1 data...

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Read Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas
Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas

Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas

September 04, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has made its first land purchases in Texas, both in San Antonio. The San Antonio Report reads, based on public records from Bexar County, that Vantage has acquired 89 acres of land in San Antonio spread across two separate parcels. On August 9, the firm purchased 31 acres at...

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Read AWS to build two facilities northwest of Richmond in Louisa County, Virginia
AWS to build two facilities northwest of Richmond in Louisa County, Virginia

AWS to build two facilities northwest of Richmond in Louisa County, Virginia

August 31, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to expand to the Virginia county of Louisa. Last week, the Louisa County Board of Supervisors announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest $11 billion by 2040 to build two data center campuses in Louisa's Technology Overlay District (TOD). The county...

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Read Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure
Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

August 22, 2023 Microsoft Azure

The digital arm of the Malaysian energy company Petronas, Petronas Digital, has inked a contract with Microsoft to develop a high-performance computing (HPC) artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform. The organization will use the platform to perform AI and machine learning to look...

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Read Vantage outlines a data center facility in Atlanta, Georgia
Vantage outlines a data center facility in Atlanta, Georgia

Vantage outlines a data center facility in Atlanta, Georgia

August 22, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers intends to construct a new campus in the Atlanta, Georgia, district of Douglas County. Vantage plans to construct nearly 1.7 million square feet of data center floor space through three buildings in Douglasville, according to a filing with the state under the Developments of...

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Read STACK Infrastructure Constructs Its First Data Center in Australia
STACK Infrastructure Constructs Its First Data Center in Australia

STACK Infrastructure Constructs Its First Data Center in Australia

August 22, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

A new data center campus has been opened by Stack in Melbourne, Australia. This week, the company announced the conclusion of its MEL01 Asia-Pacific (APAC) data center. The 36MW MEL01A facility, situated on a 3.6-hectare site in Melbourne's Truganina region, is part of a 72MW campus that will...

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Read Amazon signs PPA with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) for solar in Japan
Amazon signs PPA with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) for solar in Japan

Amazon signs PPA with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) for solar in Japan

August 15, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clean Energy Connect (CEC), a solar power company in the Itochu group for solar energy. Through the 20-year corporate PPA, CEC will invest more than 10 billion yen ($75 million) by 2024 for the development of small...

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