Global Data Center News

May 24, 2022

Increased risk of grid blackouts ahead warns North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC)

United States

The North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) has sounded the alarm that this summer, a number of states in the central and upper midwest, Texas, and Southern California, might be hit with blackouts due to the increased risk of power outages. This risk was outlined in the nonprofit's ann...

May 24, 2022

New report reveals tech companies' investments have a huge climate impact

Google

Over the last few years, tech giants have made big claims regarding carbon emissions and their sustainability efforts, yet, despite many of them claiming to be carbon neutral, a new report has found that their investments' carbon footprint is, in fact, greater than all the emissions created by...

May 24, 2022

Update on Lonestar's Moon-based backup data center plans

United States

Lonestar, the startup that emerged from stealth with big space plans, has announced that its intentions to use lava tubes to shield from the extreme conditions of the lunar surface, which will assist it in its plans to back up the world's data on the Moon. The company cited the Earth's instabi...

May 24, 2022

Lancom to Develop a Data Center in Crete

Greece

Lancom has announced that it is developing a data center on Crete Island. The Greek telecommunication company said it would be developing the facility to Tier III standards. Lancom did not reveal its exact location, specifications, cost, or timeline details. However, it seems the data center c...

May 24, 2022

Thailand's Raimon Land and Nautilus Partnering to Develop Data Centers

Thailand / Prathet Thai

Nautilus Data Technologies has announced a partnership with Raimon Land, a Thai luxury property developer. According to the agreement, Raimon Land will use Nautilus’ water-cooled data center architecture to develop data centers in Thailand. Raimon will also expand the developments to neighb...

May 23, 2022

Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

Tokyo

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolis...

May 23, 2022

Interxion Pauses Its $300m Expansion Plan in Dublin

InterXion

Interxion has paused its plans to expand its presence in Ireland due to a moratorium placed on new data centers by EirGrid, the country’s national grid operator. EirGrid’s de facto moratorium says that it will only consider new applications from data centers to connect to the grid on a case...

May 23, 2022

RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

Singapore

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a crypto exchange regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced it is teaming up with AI firm Red Dot Analytics, for carbon measurement and to offset tropical data centers.Singapore implemented a three-year moratorium on new data center ...

May 23, 2022

3S Launches a 1.2 MW Facility in Gdańsk, Poland

Grupa 3S SA

Grupa 3S has announced the opening of a new facility in Gdansk, Poland. The Polish telecommunication company opened the new 1.2MW data center at ul. Nowy Świat 40. The data center has an area of over 500 square meters and has a capacity for up to 180 racks. A member of 3S Group companies’...

May 22, 2022

Vision Net Completes The Acquisition of iConnect Montana

United States

Vision Net has announced the acquisition of iConnect Montana. The telecommunications solution provider revealed earlier in the week that it closed the transaction for an undisclosed fee. Both companies will now operate under the Vision Net brand and name. iConnect was founded in 1999 by Nor...

May 22, 2022

EirGrid halts up to 30 potential data centers

Republic of Ireland

The pressure on the Irish power supply is starting to bite, as state-owned grid manager EirGrid announces that it has stopped talks with dozens of data center companies and halted plans for up to 30 data centers. Currently, there are some 70 data centers in the State, which have become a huge ...

May 20, 2022

Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

Texas

Atmos Energy has announced that it has installed a 460-kilowatt natural gas powered-fuel cell at its corporate data center, located in Dallas, Texas. According to the company, the fuel cell will be powered by methane-derived natural gas, which will be captured at landfills and livestock farms,...

May 20, 2022

Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned

Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced that it has increased its existing sustainability-linked (SLL) from $375 million to $1.75 billion in an effort to “accelerate its next phase of strategic growth and expansion.” This loan is linked to ESG goals, and if the company manages to reach the pre-agr...

May 20, 2022

Digital Realty signs 158MW solar PPAs

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for solar energy in California and another Georgia, with Terra-Gen and Georgia Power, respectively. The former is for a 12-year agreement with Terra-Gen, which will support the development of the 130MW Edwards Sa...

May 20, 2022

Selectel To Develop a 20MW Facility in Moscow, Russia

Moscow / Москва́

Selectel will be developing a data center in Moscow, Russia. The data center firm will span 48,400 square feet (4,500 square meters) while also offering 20MW in capacity. The data center will be called Yurlovsky, and it will have the capacity to house up to 2,000 racks. The data center is s...

May 19, 2022

Digital Edge announces it has opted for Nortek’s StatePoint for new data center

Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced it will be using Nortek's StatePoint liquid cooling technology in its new data center, the NARRA1, which is set to be the largest carrier-neutral facility in an operational capacity in the Philippines. The company said it has chosen this technology as part of its go...

May 19, 2022

Green innovations: Algae and sunlight power computing

United Kingdom

As the race towards more green tech solutions continues, researchers from the University of Cambridge have announced that they have been working on an interesting energy innovation that could, in the future, replace batteries in small off-grid Internet of Things devices. The device was found t...

May 19, 2022

The bitcoin crackdown and the need for the industry to go green

United States

According to reports, the State of New York is seeking to implement a ban on new bitcoin mining operations in order to decrease its carbon footprint. The proposed bill would, if passed, place a two-year moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication method...

May 19, 2022

Lincoln Property Company & Harrison Street Form JV To Develop 144MW Campus

Ohio

Investment and real estate firms Harrison Street and Lincoln Property Company plan to develop an industrial campus and data center in New Albany, Ohio. Both companies have formed a joint venture for this purpose. The JV has purchased a 190-acre site to develop a multipurpose technology and dis...

May 19, 2022

Russia's MTS Holds Off Selling its Tower Asset Due To War

MTS Group

Russia’s MTS announced in November 2021 that it is mulling over the sale of its tower assets. Besides, there was a belief that it was close to reaching an agreement at the beginning of the year. However, it has postponed the sale plans indefinitely. The postponement was caused by potential ...

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