November 22, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Sydney, Australia. The campus in Kemps Creek, according to AFR, will be worth $1.3 billion with a capacity of 190MW, spanning over 14.4 hectares. It is being built in a new industrial estate which is being developed by Frasers and Atlis Property...
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November 22, 2021 Microsoft Azure
In Quincy, Washington, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is teaming up with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems to test its hydrogen fuel cell backup generators in a move towards a more sustainable future. This project accompanies Microsoft’s other backup energy efforts, like the...
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November 22, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Both AT&T and Microsoft have launched an Azure Edge zone in Atlanta, Georgia. Azure Edge zone is a type of infrastructure that provides 5-G connected cloud services from Edge facilities. The companies announced that they are launching the “Private Preview” of the Azure Edge zone. With this,...
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November 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has expanded its presence in Hong Kong by launching new availability zones in its East Asia Azure cloud region in Hong Kong. Most Microsoft Azure regions tend to launch with three availability zones. These zones or locations are unique and physically separated to provide higher...
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November 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has officially opened a new Azure cloud region in Sweden. The firm revealed that it has data centers in Sandviken, Gävle, and Staffanstorp. Microsoft first announced the region in November 2020 and it would be calling the combined Azure region Sweden Central. President of Microsoft,...
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November 05, 2021 1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven)
CIM Group has completed the sale of four US data centers. The Real estate firm owned the portfolio of data centers with fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547). Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and 1547 bought the facilities from CIM Group. The facilities are located in Cheyenne,...
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November 05, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has raised $530 million in securitized notes. The funds it raised would be used to refinance Vantage DC’s Variable Funding Note (VFN) facility. VFN was used to facilitate the purchase of CA22. Vantage Stabilized Data Centers, a joint venture Vantage DC...
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November 04, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced a new agreement with energy firm AES, whereby AES will provide the tech giant with renewable energy for all of its data centers in Virginia. This energy will be sourced 576MW of contracted renewable assets. These assets include wind and solar. This agreement aligns with...
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November 03, 2021 Expedient Data Centers
Expedient has acquired a data center in Phoenix, which Blue Cross Shield formerly owned. The facility it acquired is located at 2475 West Townley Avenue. It is a 2.4MW capacity data center with 45,000 square feet of space. Expedient says the facility was built to Tier III standards. Expedient’s...
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November 01, 2021 Microsoft Azure
From underwater data centers to facilities that store carbon, Microsoft is leading the way when it comes to data center innovations. In its latest research project, the tech giant is looking into materials that can be used to build facilities that aren’t carbon-emitting but rather carbon-storing....
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October 21, 2021 Expedient Data Centers
Expedient has acquired a new data center in Franklin City, Wisconsin. The facility has 28,500 square feet of space, and it offers 1.2MW of critical power. It also has the capacity for over 8,000 physical servers. The facility will help Expedient serve its growing customer demand for cloud-based,...
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October 14, 2021 Microsoft Azure
In its latest sustainability effort, Microsoft has announced that its Emissions Impact Dashboard, first announced in January 2020, is now widely available. According to the tech giant, this tool enables greater transparency and allows users to gain insight into greenhouse gas emissions associated...
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October 13, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers is expanding into Africa by breaking ground on a new 80MW campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The campus will be developed in phases, with the first 16MW phase scheduled to be completed in 2022. The new facility is located in Waterfall City in Johannesburg. Also, the campus...
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October 12, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced that it has added Availability Zones to its Cloud regions in South Korea and South Africa. It has also de-listed another region in South Africa. Each of the newly expanded Cloud regions in South Korea and South Africa now has three Availability Zones. Microsoft Cloud...
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October 06, 2021 TierPoint Milwaukee-Burnham
According to Biz Times, investors group KCMJ Investments LLC has sold TierPoint’s Milwaukee data center to Milwaukee-based WSP Burnham LLC for $4.66 million. The deal includes the sale of a 3.3-acre plot with the facility. TierPoint’s Milwaukee data center has 70,000 square feet of space with...
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September 29, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced the launch of its Availability Zones in its Norway East Azure Cloud region in Oslo. However, it has also canceled its plan for the region in Stavanger, which is to the west. The Company first revealed its plans to open two Azure Cloud regions in the country in 2018. One...
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September 24, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has reportedly been given the go-ahead to move onwards with the construction of its first building (DSM 14) as part of its Ginger East data center project, based in West Des Moines, Iowa. The West Des Moines City Council voted through the planning approval this week, and it is expected...
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September 17, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Permission has been granted to Microsoft to resume construction work on its Hollands Kroon data center in the Netherlands. But it would be doing so at its own risk. The Hollands Kroon municipality, through the North Sea Cana Area Environment Agency, has allowed Microsoft to continue work on its...
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September 10, 2021 TierPoint
TierPoint has announced that it is expanding in Missouri by investing $20 million into building a 23,000 square feet Tier III data center in the St. Louis region. The data center firm already has three facilities in Missouri; two in St. Louis and one in Kansas City. TierPoint has also secured an...
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September 10, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding into the Asia-Pacific Market by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center portfolio. The primary stakeholder of Vantage Data Centers, DigitalBridge Investment Management, and other existing investors of Vantage DC have contributed...
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