Data Center News

Brazil’s Zeittec To Develop Data Center for Federal University of Espírito Santo

Brazil / Brasil

Zeittec plans to develop a new data center for the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Vitoria, Espirito Santo. The Brazilian firm plans to develop the facility in seven months. The first phase will see Zeittec renovate UFES to allow it to receive servers and all needed data cent...

Amazon signs new PPA in Indonesia

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced that it has signed a PPA with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to procure solar power for its operations in Indonesia. The state-owned electric utility will buy electricity from 210 MW of solar projects (four solar projects located in Bali and Java Island.)PLN stated that the ...

Ennis Data Centre appeal reaches next stage

Republic of Ireland

The appeal against the Ennis Data Centre is reportedly moving to the next stage, according to a report by local newspaper, the Clare Herald. A response from the developer has been passed on from An Bord Pleanála, Ireland's national independent planning body, to the appellants, which include th...

LCL to deploy more solar panels at its data center in Gembloux

Belgium

LCL has announced that it is deploying more solar panels at one of its data centers, at the LCL Wallonia One site in Gembloux. Currently, the park has 2,000, but this expansion will see an addition of 1,300, taking the site’s generating capacity to 1.6MW. According to the Belgian data center f...

Irish government confirms terms and conditions for ORESS 1

Dublin

Following the Irish government's approval of the terms and conditions of ORESS 1, a huge auction for offshore wind, 2.5GW of renewable energy could be added to the grid, enough to power 2.5 million Irish homes with green electricity. According to reports, at least three offshore energy auction...

Floating data centers on the agenda

France

As the data center industry increasingly searches for low-carbon and less water-intensive ways to cool facilities, a number of different methods have been proposed, with everything from underwater to orbital data centers suggested. Denv-R, a French startup, proposes to float data centers on ur...

Invesis Announces the Acquisition of UK’s Asanti

United Kingdom

UK data center company Asanti has been acquired by Investment firm Invesis. Asanti has also acquired five data center facilities from Daisy Group. The five data centers are located in Reading, Hamilton, Manchester, Farnborough, and Birstall. The five facilities have a capacity of over 1,500...

Struggling Compute North Sells Two Data Centers to Foundry Digital

Compute North has sold two of its data centers to crypto mining firm Foundry Digital amidst bankruptcy. Compute North provides data center hosting services for blockchain and crypto mining firms. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September due to owing over 200 creditors up to ...

Regional Group Acquires Data Center From Manulife Investment Management in Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa

Canadian real estate company Regional Group has acquired a data center and office complex in Ottawa, Canada. The property it acquired is Qualicum Centre, a three-building office campus located at 2932, 2934, and 2936 Baseline Road. The selling firm is Manulife Investment Management. The ter...

European Investment Bank Loans OVHcloud €200m

OVH Group

OVHcloud has secured a €200 million ($208m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan will be used to fund future developments. OVHcloud's goal is to provide a sustainable cloud service alternative in Europe to replace US cloud providers. It aims to support European privacy standa...

Allied Properties REIT Planning to Sell its Toronto Data Center Portfolio

Allied Properties REIT

Allied Properties REIT is looking to sell its data center portfolio in Toronto. The company announced that it is exploring options for a sale of the portfolio. Allied REIT currently owns three data center facilities in downtown Toronto. The properties also include the 151 Front Street West ...

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have ...

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

AWS proposal "indefinitely postponed" in Fauquier County

Amazon AWS

AWS’s Warrenton data center proposals have been ‘indefinitely postponed’ by Virginia’s Fauquier County officials following a unanimous vote. The original proposal outlined plans for a 220,000-square-foot (20,400 sqm), single-story data center in Warrenton at the intersection of Blackwell Road...

Equinix Announces TY15 in Tokyo

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is developing a new data center in Tokyo called TY15. The company first announced the facility earlier in the month. Equinix revealed that the data center is scheduled to be in operation in H1 2024. The facility will also have a capacity of around 1,200 cabinet...

Amazon Buys Two Data Centers in Massachusetts For $26.7m

Amazon AWS

According to the Worcester Business Journal, Amazon has acquired two data centers in Massachusetts. The company bought the two properties in Westborough and Grafton in Worcester County for $26.7m from State Street Corp. Amazon bought 600 and 800 Friberg Parkway in Westborough for $11.6 mill...

Equinix Announces Expansion in The UK

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in the UK in London and Manchester. The data center firm revealed that it had launched a new data center in Manchester called MA5. It is also expanding its LD7 and LD8 facilities in London. The Managing Director of Equi...

KKR, PAG, and EQT Remain in The Race To Acquire Global Switch as Stonepeak and Gaw Dropout

Global Switch

According to Bloomberg, PAG, KKR, and EQT have been selected as the final bidders for Global Switch. Per Bloomberg, the companies are mulling over the best financing structures to seek the acquisition of the London-based firm. However, the publication noted that the initial bids didn’t meet Gl...

Patria Investments Looking To Sell Odata For $1.8 Billion

ODATA SA

According to Estado, Brazilian private equity firm Patria Investments is looking to sell its data center unit Odata. The Brazilian data center firm was established in 2015 and it offers colocation services from three data centers in Brazil and one each in Mexico and Colombia. Odata is value...

Amazon Web Services Opens New Cloud Region in Hyderabad, India

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Hyderabad, India. The company’s statement reads: “Today we are announcing the general availability of the 30th AWS Region, Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, with three Availability Zones and the ap-south-2 API name. The new Hyderabad Regi...