Data Center News

Crusoe partners with Vast Data

Crusoe

 Crusoe Energy Systems is collaborating with Vast Data  to develop "Shared Disks," a petabyte-scale file system capable of reads up to 200Mbps per TiB per node with hundreds of GPps in aggregate read and write bandwidth per cluster.The Shared Disks also offer a 99.5 percent SLA that is offered...

Oracle to invest in AI and cloud computing in Malaysia

Oracle

Oracle revealed this week that it plans to open a cloud region in Malaysia, where it will be offering more than 150 infrastructure and cloud services, including Oracle's AI offerings. Customers in the country will have access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) generative AI agents, as well a...

IBM unveils quantum data center in Germany

Kyndryl

IBM  this week announced the launch of the facility, at IBM's campus in Ehningen near Stuttgart, in a ceremony attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. It is IBM's second quantum data center, featuring three systems - one based on IBM's Heron processor, alongside two other new systems that w...

Alva to use Google Cloud as primary cloud provider

Google

Indonesian electric motorcycle company Alva has selected Google Cloud as its primary cloud service provider and plans to use  Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) optimized infrastructure for innovation across R&D, customer service, productivity, and marketing. Alva will also look i...

DNeX and Google Cloud to develop sovereign cloud in Malaysia

Google

Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) and Google Cloud have signed a deal to deliver sovereign cloud services to Malaysia and  will operate the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) offering as a managed GDC provider, bringing a sovereign cloud offering to the country. Karan Bajwa, vice president for Asia P...

Google launches first data center in Malaysia.

Google

Google this week held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its first data center and cloud region in Malaysia located at the Elmina Business Park outside Kuala Lumpur.Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, said: "Today, Google reaffirms its support for advancing ...

PDG to develop data center campus at Mindspace park

Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has signed a deal with business park developer Mindspace REIT to develop three more data centers outside Mumbai, India. Under this partnership, Mindspace REIT will develop three additional built-to-suit data centers for PDG, adding a further 1 million sq ft to its...

Former Compaq Computer campus gets investment for AI data center upgrade

Texas

A Houston, Texas, facility has received $40 million in investment to be upgraded as an artificial intelligence (AI) data center. This site is located at 11445 Compaq Center W. Drive and is part of the 66-acre Viva Center campus at State Highway 249 and Louetta Road. The $40 million will be use...

Brazil’s Scala secures financing to fund data center rollout

Scala Data Centers

 Brazilian firm Scala Data Centers this week announced the successful completion of $500 million in structured financing. The investment includes $250 million from Coatue Tactical Solutions and $250m from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) which will be used to accelerate ...

Pirbright Institute installs new containerized data center

United Kingdom

The UK's Pirbright Institute, a global leader in the study and surveillance of viruses, has installed a new containerized data center.  The containerized data center will offer “scalable, resilient, flexible, and energy-efficient infrastructure” for the Pirbright Institute, Schneider and APT s...

GoTo Group signs new cloud deals with Tencent and Alibaba Cloud

Indonesia

Indonesian technology company GoTo Group,  a provider of ride-hailing and delivery services, has signed five-year deals with Tencent and Alibaba to use their cloud infrastructure services. GoTo will use Tencent's Platform as a Service (PaaS) technology to support its end-to-end ecosystem, whil...

EU approves e&'s PPF Telecom acquisition

Portugal

Internet exchange operator DE-CIX is now offering its interconnection and cloud services in Sines, Portugal which will be hosted at Start Campus’ Sines DC facility outside Lisbon. The first building, with an initial capacity of 14MW, is expected to be operational in Q4 2024. The remaining five...

Comcast deploys Qwilt's Open Edge platform

Telecommunications conglomerate Comcast said it will deploy Qwilt’s Open Edge platform to create “the most distributed content delivery network (CDN) in the US."  Comcast added that as entertainment moves to live streaming and demand for delivery quality continues to increase, a CDN is foundat...

Deutsche Telekom slams Meta following direct peering agreement

Deutsche Telekom (DT) has slammed Meta after the Facebook parent company ended its direct peering relationship with the German carrier. This follows a recent court decision in Germany that ruled in favor of DT. According to DT, all data traffic from Meta to the DT network used to run via direc...

Ooredoo secures financing for data center expansion

Qatari telco Ooredoo has secured newQAR 2 billion ($552m) financing deal to fund the expansion of its data center portfolio across the MENA region. The 10-year hybrid facility, which comprises commercial and Islamic tranches, has been signed with Qatari National Bank (QNB), Doha Bank, and Masr...

DE-CIX unveils Internet exchange in Sines, Portgual

Portugal

Internet exchange operator DE-CIX is now offering its interconnection and cloud services in Sines, Portugal which will be hosted at Start Campus’ Sines DC facility outside Lisbon. The first building, with an initial capacity of 14MW, is expected to be operational in Q4 2024. The remaining five...

Ethiopia's Ethio Telecom has announced a plan to phase out copper services.

Ethiopian telco Ethio Telecom has announced the final plan for its copper switch-off initiative. The carrier revealed plans to transfer the remaining 100,000 customers on its copper network over to fiber. Ethio, Ethiopia's biggest network operator with more than 78 million customers, said 60,0...

DE-CIX unveils Internet exchange in Sines, Portgual

Internet exchange operator DE-CIX is now offering its interconnection and cloud services in Sines, Portugal which will be hosted at Start Campus’ Sines DC facility outside Lisbon. The first building, with an initial capacity of 14MW, is expected to be operational in Q4 2024. The remaining five...

Brazil's Scala has obtained $500 million in funding.

Brazilian firm Scala Data Centers has secured new financing to fund its data center roll-out. The DigitalBridge-owned company this week announced the successful completion of $500 million in structured financing. The investment includes $250 million from Coatue Tactical Solutions and $250m fro...

Mari Petroleum to develop data centers accross Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistani oil company Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) has revealed plans to develop data centers across the country as part of an expansion into digital infrastructure. This week the company said it has formed the new digital infrastructure subsidiary with an equity investment of Rs. 10 ...