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Microsoft announces San Jose data center plans

Microsoft has launched preliminary plans for a large data center complex near the corner of Component Drive and Orchard Parkway in San Jose, after it bought the plot back in 2021. According to Santa Clara County property records, the giant paid $78.7 million for the 21.3-acre site. Jonathan F...

March 30, 2022

Microsoft Azure

NextDC Reveals Specifications For Its Planned D1 Facility in Darwin, Australia

NextDC has revealed more details of its Darwin data center in Australia. The Australian data center firm revealed its plans for an 8MW data center a while back. The facility will span across 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters) of technical space. In addition, it will also have 15 data ...

March 29, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

Microsoft Looking To Develop a Data Center Campus in Melbourne, Australia

According to Urban Developer, Microsoft has plans to build a new data center campus in Melbourne, Australia. The report shows that the company has drawn up proposals for the facility. Per the documents, Microsoft wants to develop a 243,000 square feet (22,500 square meters) facility at 20-2...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Equinix Is Expanding In Chennai, India After $9m Land Acquisition

Equinix is expanding in India as it acquired a plot of land in Chennai. This is part of the company’s expansion and growth strategy. The company revealed that it took possession of the 5.5-acre land in the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT) IT Park. According to ...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix

Microsoft Planning To Develop a Data Center in Toronto

Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Toronto, Canada. Confirmed reports show that WZMH Architects submitted an application on behalf of a Microsoft-owned company, 3288212 Nova Scotia Limited, to develop a ‘communications technology facility.’ This facility will be developed o...

March 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Is Microsoft set to move into Newport, Wales?

Microsoft may be moving into Newport, Wales it has been announced. Reports are circulating that the giant has bought a one million square foot (92,900 sqm) factory in the area. Located next to Vantage's Newport campus, the factory was previously occupied by Quinn Radiators. Despite these circ...

March 18, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft announces new Finland cloud region that will help to decarbonize local heating systems

Microsoft has announced that it is building a new data center region in Finland, joining Fortum's project to heat local homes and businesses in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and help decarbonize heating systems. This is reportedly the world's largest data center heat recovery project.For ye...

March 18, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Vantage Investing CAD$900 in Canada Expansion Spree

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding its operations in Canada with significant developments. The company is looking to expand its existing facilities in Quebec and Montreal while developing a new campus in Montreal. It will be investing CAD$900 million (US$713m) in the ex...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

AWS To Invest £1.8 billion in The UK

AWS has announced its plans to invest up to £1.8 billion ($2.37bn) in the UK over the next two years. The funds will go into developing and operating data centers. Worthy of note is that the company did not reveal how it would specifically spend the funds. A blog post by the company said it...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Amazon's Closes MGM $8.5bn Acquisition

Amazon has closed the acquisition of the US media company Metro Goldwyn Meyer (MGM). The transaction was worth $8.5 billion. The primary goal of the deal is to strengthen its Prime Video division. However, it also secures another cloud contract for AWS. AWS and MGM started working together ...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Equinix Is Acquiring Four Data Centers In Chile and Peru From Entel For $705 million

Equinix has acquired four data centers belonging to Entel in Peru and Chile for $705 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of the year. Per the deal, Equinix will take over one data center in Lima, Peru, and three facilities in Santiago, Chile. Under the terms of ...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix

Microsoft and its Scope 3 emissions

According to the tech giant's most recent sustainability report, Microsoft's scope 3 emissions are jeopardizing its ability to meet its carbon neutrality targets, which in 2021 rose by 23% year over year. Some argue that this indicates Microsoft has set lofty aspirations that it cannot achieve...

March 15, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Launches Fifth Chinese Azure Region

Microsoft has announced its fifth Azure region in China. According to the company, the new Chinese Azure region launched on the first day of the month. This region will be operated by Vnet (formerly 21Vianet). The CEO of Microsoft’s Greater China Region, Dr. Hou Yang, said the company had seen...

March 14, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Proposal For Land Rezoning in Culpeper County Denied

The Culpeper County Planning Commission has denied Amazon's proposal to rezone over 200 acres of land in Stevensburg, Virginia, for data center use. The commission voted 5-4 against the company's proposal. It wasn't an easy decision for the council as the discussions and decision took over 5 h...

March 14, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Microsoft Announce Plans For Hyderabad Cloud Region

Microsoft has revealed its plans for an Azure data center region in India. Microsoft’s potential cloud region in India will be in Hyderabad. However, it didn’t disclose any other details about the region. According to the Economic Times of India, Microsoft bought 22 acres of land in Mekaguda f...

March 09, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

AWS says it will share its emissions data

In a bid to catch up with competitors Microsoft Azure and Google, AWS has announced the launch of a new free carbon tracker tool for customers. This tool, the 'Customer Carbon Footprint Tool' comes as part of its commitment to The Climate Pledge and will enable its cloud customers to track, ...

March 04, 2022

Amazon AWS

Hines To Lease a Data Center in Hayward To Amazon

According to CoStar, Amazon has leased a new purpose-built data center under construction in California's East Bay area. The data center is at the upcoming Hayward Exchange @92 industrial complex in Hayward. Hines owns the property, and it started work on the site's redevelopment in May 2021. ...

March 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Stack Infrastructure announces global expansion

STACK Infrastructure has announced that it is expanding its global reach into the EMEA region. According to the company, this expansion makes it one of the largest private data center operators globally, with operations in 16 markets across three continents. Currently, STACK has over 400 MW u...

March 01, 2022

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus

Vantage is commencing the second phase of development at its 55MW EU campus (FRA1) in Frankfurt, Germany. Located in Offenbach, this second phase will see the construction of a 16MW capacity, 13,000 square meters (140,000 square feet) facility, which will be operational in the first half of 2...

February 24, 2022

Vantage Data Centers

Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India

According to India’s Economic Times. Digital Realty and Brookfield Asset Management’s joint venture in India has secured the purchase of 10 acres of land in Chennai. The companies acquired the land for over Rs 230 crore (~$30.8m). It is to be used for the development of a data center. One of t...

February 21, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Digital Realty Trust

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