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Equinix Intends to Build an Additional Data Center in Barcelona

Currently, Equinix is planning to construct a second data center in Barcelona, Spain. Last week, the colocation giant revealed its intentions to build BA2, an International Business Exchange (IBX) facility right next to its current BA1 location. We were not given any information on the proj...

February 16, 2023

Equinix

Amazon Approved For Warrenton Data Facility in Fauquier County, Virginia

Amazon has been approved to build a data center in Fauquier, Virginia. Amazon Data Services' proposal for a special-use permit to build a 220,000-square-foot data center near the junction of Blackwell Road and Lee Highway in Warrenton was approved this week by the Warrenton Town Council 4-3. A...

February 16, 2023

Amazon AWS

Google's Arm Data Center CPUs Reach Milestone Before Predicted 2025 Cloud Deployment

Following the successful introduction of Arm server processors by Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud is preparing two Arm CPUs for its cloud service. Before launching the cloud service in 2025, the firm made a significant stride and will put them into trial operation this year. The cloud servers...

February 15, 2023

Google

Uber Chooses Oracle and Google for 7-year Cloud Agreements, Shutting its Data Centers

Uber Technologies wants to close its data center facilities after signing two significant cloud contracts. In two seven-year contracts, it will migrate over 95% of its IT to Google Cloud and Oracle from its own data centers. After 11 months of analysis, the taxi and delivery startup opted to u...

February 14, 2023

Google

Iron Mountain inks deal for 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement

Iron Mountain has announced that, through a partnership with RPD Energy, it has made a "landmark series of transactions" meaning that the company will obtain 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement. The US renewable provider RPD Energy will be the lead architect of renewable ene...

February 13, 2023

Iron Mountain

Yotta Has Plans To Build a Data Center Park in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Yotta Infrastructure, an Indian data center company, intends to operate in Bangladesh. According to reports, the Hiranandani-owned business plans to spend $190.5 million over the next four to six years building a hyperscale data center park in Dhaka. The new campus will include two data cen...

February 13, 2023

Yotta Infrastructure Solutions LLP

Residents raise concern about proposed data center facility in New Albany

According to reports, residents in Albany are concerned about an Amazon-proposed data center project, which outlines plans for sizable data centers on both sides of Beech Road. Back in January, the giant acquired nearly 400 acres of land at three connected plots on Beech Road; the development ...

February 12, 2023

Amazon AWS

Elon Musk Halts Data Center Consolidation, Google Cloud Makes Cutbacks

Late on Wednesday, there was a Twitter outage that prevented users from Tweeting, following accounts, or sending direct messages. A notification stating that the "daily limit of tweets has been reached" was displayed to certain users. Elon Musk, the CEO and new owner, advised workers in an ema...

February 09, 2023

Google

STT GDC signs deal to procure renewable energy in India

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has signed a deal with O2 Power to procure renewable energy in India. As per the agreement, the company will obtain renewable energy under a captive structure to power STT GDC India’s Bengaluru facility, which is located in the state of Karnataka. O2...

February 08, 2023

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Sify recognized as India's first NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center

Sify Technologies Limited has announced that it has been recognised as an NVIDIA DGX-Ready data center colocation provider, making it of its kind to be recognized in India. According to Sify, with DGX systems, it will be able to provide its customers with high-compute density, measurable perf...

February 03, 2023

Sify Technologies

AWS to use low-carbon EcoPact concrete in new facilities in North Virginia

In Northern Virginia, home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world, AWS has announced that it has signed an agreement with Holcim US, and Baker Concrete Construction to utilize EcoPact concrete for the construction of a number of data centers. The cement and concrete industry...

February 03, 2023

Amazon AWS

Amazon procures record amount of renewable energy

Amazon has announced that it is increasing its renewable energy capacity, consolidating its position as the world's largest buyer of renewable energy. According to the giant, its capacity increased by 8.3GW through 133 new projects in 11 countries during 2022. This means that its portfolio st...

February 03, 2023

Amazon AWS

AWS launches Local Zone Edge locations in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico

AWS is expanding its Local Zones offerings in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico. The company has announced that new Local Zones will be located in Lagos, Lima, and Querétaro, respectively. These zones will offer a range of services for latency-sensitive applications in locations where the company doe...

February 01, 2023

Amazon AWS

AWS files for expansion in Dublin, environmental group opposes citing emissions

Amazon is seeking expansion in Dublin, Ireland, having filed for permission from Fingal County Council for an additional three more data centers at one of its campuses, located at Cruiserath Road. A decision on the application is expected in February. Filed by Universal Developers LLC for Amaz...

February 01, 2023

Amazon AWS

Melbourne Becomes AWS's Second Australian Cloud Region

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a cloud region in Melbourne, Australia. This marks the second cloud region AWS has in Australia, following the launch of Sydney in 2012. The facility was first announced in December 2020. Littlepay's CEO, Amin Shayan, is ecstatic about establishing a se...

January 27, 2023

Amazon AWS

Web Werks launches in Navi Mumbai, India

Web Werks has announced that it is launching a new data center in Mumbai, India. Named the Mumbai-2 data center, the facility will provide 10 MW of capacity and span 120,000 sq ft (11,150 sqm). According to the company, the facility, first announced back in March 2021, will launch on January 3...

January 26, 2023

Mumbai

Google lays off 6% of its workforce

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has announced that it is making further cuts to its staff, and is set to lose around 6% of its global workforce. The giant's reasoning for the significant downsizing is similar to the reasons cited by other tech firms that have cut back on staff in recent mon...

January 25, 2023

Google

Microsoft and AWS to expand data center footprint in Telangana

Despite both tech giants making significant layoffs in recent months, both Microsoft and AWS have announced plans to boost investment and data center portfolios in the Telangana region of India. The former is set to double the number of facilities it is building in the region, while AWS has an...

January 25, 2023

Amazon AWS

NTT to expand in Texas

NTT has announced that it is expanding in Texas with the addition of a new data center, dubbed ‘TX3 Data Center’. According to the company, the development will span 230,000 sq ft (21,350 sqm) and include a two-story office alongside the data center.The development has been filed with the Tex...

January 18, 2023

NTT

CtrlS announces big expansion plans

CtrlS has made some big expansion announcements this week. The company, founded back in 2007, with a portfolio of eight operational data centers, spanning from Mumbai to Noida, has said it will triple its data center portfolio by 2025, taking its figure to 25. This will see the company expand...

January 17, 2023

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

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