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Cologix recapitalizes with Stonepeak

Investment firm Stonepeak has revealed that it has recapitalized Cologix. Stonepeak is an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, and it has decided to pull out its investment in Cologix. The agreement sees Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund II LP and its co-investors sell Cologix to vehicles managed by S...

January 07, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cologix

AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

Further to AWS announcing that it is establishing its AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, reports are now circulating that the giant will be investing an estimated $5 billion (IDR$71 trillion) in Indonesia across the 15 years through the region.According to reports, this investment will cover e...

January 05, 2022

Amazon AWS

EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora

EdgeConneX has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Chinese data center company Chayora. The investment will see both EdgeConneX and Chayora offer data center services out of Chayora’s data centers in China. The firm will also expand on the existing data centers across Mainland...

December 28, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

EdgeConneX

Microsoft signs wind PPA with NTR

Microsoft is teaming up with NTR to gain access to wind energy for Sweden. The corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) will see the energy firm provide Microsoft's Sweden Central Azure cloud region with power from its 86MW Norra Vedbo wind project, which consists of 20 Vestas V150 4.3MW turb...

December 17, 2021

Microsoft Azure

H5 Data Centers expands in Ohio through a data center acquisition

H5 Data Centers has completed the acquisition of a data center at 925 Dalton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. The 107,000 square feet (9,940 square meters) purpose-built data center was built to Tier III standards. It currently has a 2MW capacity, but it can be expanded to 6MW upon full buildout. ...

December 15, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

H5 Data Centers

CloudHQ to buy United Airlines' Mount Prospect campus for mega data center development

According to Journal & Topics, CloudHQ has acquired United Airlines’ office campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Report has it that CloudHQ bought the property to make way for the development of a new 1.5 million square feet, $2.5 billion data center. Bill Cooney, the Development Directo...

December 15, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CloudHQ

AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been created to support the 'fast-growing startup ecosystem, large Indonesian enterprises, and government agencies.'The region is now the tenth active in the Asia Pacific and mainland China after Beijing, Hong K...

December 15, 2021

Amazon AWS

Cologix plans to raise $1.1 billion through ABS notes

According to Asset Securitization Report, Cologix is planning to raise funds through a $1.1 billion securitization. Cologix will be issuing Asset-Backed Security notes by using proceeds from seventeen properties as backing. According to filings with the Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Deutsche Bank ...

December 14, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cologix

Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions

Aligned, Ascent, Corscale, and T5 have all announced that they will be using Ledger8760's 24x7 tracking platform to record their carbon emissions' hour-by-hour. This tracking system will reportedly enable companies to be more transparent about their energy and utility data, and crucially, emi...

December 13, 2021

Aligned

AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

According to Bloomberg, Amazon Web Services plans to open a new data center region in Mexico. The report claims AWS is close to signing a deal with the Mexican federal government over opening a new region in Queretaro. Although no date has been set, an official report is expected soon.Represen...

December 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

Amazon Web Services has announced another Top Secret cloud region to host classified government data. The new region will operate workloads at the Top-Secret United States security classification level, which is the highest security classification in the US. The new Top-Secret West region will...

December 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Microsoft adds new availability zones to India Central Azure cloud region

Microsoft has unveiled new availability zones in its Indian Central Azure cloud region. Usually, Azure regions launch with three availability zones. These zones are physically separated to provide higher redundancy, availability, and disaster recovery protection. However, there are cases where...

December 09, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

AWS to launch more than 30 Local Zones globally

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rolling out its Local Zones across the globe next year. The company will be opening 30 new locations across over 20 countries. Local Zones are used for Edge locations that host applications requiring low latency to end-users or on-premises installations. Each Local...

December 05, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Flexential's sustainability-linked financing: $2.1 billion raised via inaugural securitization financing

Flexential has announced the completion of a $2.1 billion securitization financing offer, which, according to the company, is the largest single asset-backed securities (ABS) issuance. On top of that, it is also the largest-ever green data center ABS financing. With this money, it will work to...

December 03, 2021

Flexential

AWS announces 18 new renewable energy projects

This week, AWS has announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects spread across the US, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. This totals 2GW of clean energy capacity. This investment also makes Amazon the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy.Commenting on this sign...

December 03, 2021

Amazon AWS

Nasdaq is migrating to AWS

US stock exchange Nasdaq has revealed plans to migrate to AWS infrastructure. It will also be bringing AWS infrastructure into its on-premise network. The plan is for Nasdaq to migrate its North American markets to AWS at the beginning of 2022. Nasdaq will be approaching the migration in stage...

December 02, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Richemont to close data centers in Europe, US, and Hong Kong, migrate to AWS

Luxury watch company Compagnie Financière Richemont has revealed that it is migrating its closing its European data centers and moving its IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services. The group owns some luxury brands, including Montblanc, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC, and Schaffhausen. R...

December 02, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Amazon to launch its first Georgia solar project in Burke County

Amazon is launching a 70-megawatt solar farm in Burke County - the first of its kind in Georgia. This move is part of a wider initiative, which will see the giant bring 18 new wind and solar projects online for an entirely renewable-powered company by 2025.The other projects include one in Oh...

December 02, 2021

Amazon AWS

Edgeconnex expands in Benelux region

EdgeConnex has announced that it is to enter the Belgian market with the construction of a data center campus near Brussels in Ternat. The first facility will comprise 4 data halls supporting over 20MW of capacity. According to the company, the site is expected to be ready in the first quarte...

December 02, 2021

EdgeConneX

Microsoft to develop Azure data center region in Belgium

Microsoft has announced plans for an Azure data center region in Belgium. However, it didn’t share details of where the region will be or when it plans to develop it. Yet, just like Microsoft’s other regions, the Belgium Azure region will include three availability zones to enable better redun...

November 25, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

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