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Read Amazon postpones Virginia campus
Amazon postpones Virginia campus

Amazon postpones Virginia campus

December 19, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon has pressed pause on its 1 million sq ft (92,900 sqm) data center campus in Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia. This announcement comes after the giant was scheduled to present three linked applications on 30 November. However, its special-use permit application has now been...

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Read Equinix To Develop Data Center in Johannesburg
Equinix To Develop Data Center in Johannesburg

Equinix To Develop Data Center in Johannesburg

December 14, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced its plan to venture into the South African data center market with a data center development. The company plans to invest $160m to develop a data center campus in Johannesburg. The 4MW data center called JN1 will have over 20,000 gross square feet of colocation space and a...

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Read Vantage To Develop Second Data Center Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa
Vantage To Develop Second Data Center Campus in  Johannesburg, South Africa

Vantage To Develop Second Data Center Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa

December 14, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced plans for a second data center campus in Johannesburg, Japan. The facility called JNB2 will be located in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg. JNB2’s first building will feature a two-story, 33,000 square meter (355,000 square foot), 20MW data center. It is scheduled to...

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Read CDC expands presence in Australia
CDC expands presence in Australia

CDC expands presence in Australia

December 13, 2022 Canberra Data Centres (CDC)

CDC Data Centres has announced expansion plans in Australia. The company has said it will expand its Sydney campus with two new buildings, adding more than 100MW, with the new additions seeing $1 billion in investment. This follows the official opening of its new $1.5 billion data center campus...

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Read Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing
Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing

Equinix announces plan to make its Ashburn data center more aesthetically pleasing

December 13, 2022 Equinix

Following approval from the Loudoun Board of Supervisors last week, data center company Equinix has announced that it will be adding multi-colored LED lights to the exterior of one of its data centers in Ashburn, Virginia. This addition to DC21, located at 22175 Beaumeade Circle in Ashburn,...

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Read Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers
Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers

Equinix to adjust thermostats to optimize data centers

December 12, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced, in line with a broader commitment to reduce its overall power, it will adjust its data center thermostats, shifting temperatures closer to 27°C (80°F) across its global data center fleet. This change, the company said, will lead to less energy used in 'unnecessary data...

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Read Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns
Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

December 12, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to build an 'unprecedentedly large-scale gas power plant' at its Grange Castle site, an upcoming data center development, due to its concerns about Ireland's energy grid constraints. According to the giant, plans are to build a 170 MW on-site power plant alongside 21...

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Read Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece
Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece

Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece

December 09, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty's Greek data center unit Lamda Helix has announced plans to develop its fourth data center in Athens, Greece. The company's data center campus currently has two carrier-neutral data centers with a total capacity of 22 MW. It is also developing two more on the site. Lamda Helix...

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Read AWS Plans To Develop a 2.2 Million Square Feet Campus in Gainesville
AWS Plans To Develop a 2.2 Million Square Feet Campus in Gainesville

AWS Plans To Develop a 2.2 Million Square Feet Campus in Gainesville

December 09, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon is looking to develop a large data center campus in Gainesville, Virginia. The company submitted two special-use permit requests for a 2.2 million square feet data center campus that will sit on 117 acres of land at 5845 and 5945 Wellington Road. Per the company’s requests, it is looking...

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Read Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy
Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy

Amazon signs a new PPA in India with Vibrant Energy

December 06, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it has signed 300MW worth of wind and solar power purchase agreements (PPA) in India with Vibrant Energy, a Macquarie Group's Green Investment Group (GIG) subsidiary. The projects, based in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, are projected to generate 1,163,000...

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Read AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield
AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield

AWS signs new renewable energy deal with Brookfield

December 06, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Canadian alternative investment management company Brookfield have partnered to sign a 601 MW power purchase agreement (PPA). Brookfield Renewable, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, will provide wind and solar energy capacity to AWS’s operations. As per...

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Read Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia
Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

December 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure

According to BizJournal, Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. The publication cited the Loudoun County records for its information. Microsoft’s plan is to develop a $400 million facility on a 67-acre land it owns in the Arcola Business Park. The IAD11 data...

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Read STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka
STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka

STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka

December 05, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has partnered with ESR Group Limited to develop a 72MW data center campus in Osaka, Japan. The JV will see the companies develop the facility in Keihanna, Osaka. Stack and ESR schedule that the development of the first of three buildings will start in Q4 2023. The building...

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Read Canberra Data Centres Announces $1.8bn Refinancing and $209m Capital Markets Issuance
Canberra Data Centres  Announces $1.8bn Refinancing and $209m Capital Markets Issuance

Canberra Data Centres Announces $1.8bn Refinancing and $209m Capital Markets Issuance

December 02, 2022 Canberra Data Centres (CDC)

Canberra Data Centers has announced the close of a US$1.8 billion refinancing. Law firm Gilbert+Tobin (G+T) revealed that it advised the Australian data center firm on the AU$ 2.7 billion (US$1.8B) refinancing. G+T also said it advised CDC on upsizing its debt facilities and its US$209.4 million...

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Read Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering
Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering

Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering

December 02, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it is offering a $350 million note to the public. In addition, its Digital Core Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed in Singapore, will buy a stake in a Digital Realty-owned data center in Germany. The company noted that it is priced an underwritten PO of...

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Read Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign
Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign

Extinction Rebellion protests against data centers as part of wider 'Make Amazon Pay’ campaign

December 01, 2022 Amazon AWS

As part of the 'Make Amazon Pay' campaign, climate groups Extinction Rebellion and Not Here Not Anywhere took to the giant's Irish Headquarters in protest. The groups called for Amazon's AWS to pay its workers, its taxes and pay for its damage to the climate, due to its 'unsustainable'...

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Read Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia
Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

Equinix To Develop New IBX Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

December 01, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has announced its plan to develop a new International Business Exchange IBX data center in Johor, Malaysia. The data center company said it would invest up to $40m in the first stages of the data center. The JH1 data center is scheduled to be in operation in Q1 2024. The facility will...

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Read AWS Announces Local Zones in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East
AWS Announces Local Zones in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East

AWS Announces Local Zones in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East

December 01, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of new Local Zones in Denmark, Oman, Argentina, and Denmark. The launch sees AWS’ total international Local Zones outside the US reach eight. Local Zones serve the purpose of Edge locations for hosting applications that need low latency to on-premises...

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Read Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia
Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia

Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia

December 01, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it has started work on a new facility in Virginia. The groundbreaking ceremony of the NVAL3 hyperscale data center campus took place this week. The data center’s first phase will deliver 36MW of capacity in a single building by Q1 2024. In addition, the...

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Read Vantage Secures $350m Loan From French Bank For Data Center in Santa Clara, California
Vantage Secures $350m Loan From French Bank For  Data Center in Santa Clara, California

Vantage Secures $350m Loan From French Bank For Data Center in Santa Clara, California

December 01, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

According to Real Deal and Globe Street, Vantage Data Centers has received $350m in funding to develop a data center in Santa Clara, California. Vantage DC acquired a building in the city, and the fund will be used to convert it into a data center campus. The planned facility will span 44,500...

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