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External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete

Digital Realty’s new data center, FRA33 facility in Hattersheim, Frankfurt, Germany, has now been completed, it has been announced. The new facility will reportedly offer 40MW of IT capacity spanning 16,000 square meters (172,222 sq ft) of white space. The construction firm that worked on the...

June 14, 2023

Digital Realty Trust

Microsoft announces its first cloud region in Italy

Microsoft has announced the availability of its first cloud region in Italy. Consisting of three data centers located in the Lombardy region, the company said it guarantees the highest levels of security, privacy and performance. The region is pegged to accelerate the digital transition of or...

June 09, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site

Digital Realty will construct a new data center on the site of an ancient sugar silo at the Port of Marseille-Fos, having won a bid to acquire and develop the land. The new MRS5 facility will reportedly encompass approximately 107,640 square feet and will be operational by the end of 2025. Acc...

June 09, 2023

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities

Digital Realty, a US data center company, has had an eventful week raising money and selling data centers. The company announced that it had raised over $1 billion through the sale of shares, with the money going to be used for expansion and debt reduction. Digital is selling the vast majority...

June 07, 2023

Digital Realty Trust

HRW reissues call to halt Microsoft's Saudi Arabia plans, along with 17 other human rights organisations

Following Human Rights Watch’s call for Microsoft to suspend plans in Saudi Arabia, 17 more groups have now joined the campaign, citing human rights concerns. The human rights groups have highlighted the government’s track record of infiltrating technology programs for spying purposes and its ...

May 30, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Geothermal PPA for Microsoft in New Zealand

Microsoft has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Contact Energy for geothermal energy in New Zealand. The 10-year PPA was reportedly signed in September 2022 and will see Contact provide Microsoft with all the renewable energy attributes generated by Contact's new 51.4MW Te Huka Uni...

May 27, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles

Digital Realty has applied to construct a new data center in Los Angeles, California. The company has applied to construct a thirteen-story data center at 727 S Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The prospective applicant is GIP 7th Street LLC, a well-known subsidiary of Digital Realty. At ...

May 26, 2023

Digital Realty Trust

Africa Data Centres and Linx form partnership

Africa Data Centres has shared that it has formed a strategic partnership with the London Internet Exchange (LINX) to pursue growth opportunities in current and new markets in Africa.ADC plans to launch in 10 of Africa's economic hubs, including South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, E...

May 23, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres announces plans to start work on new facility in Accra

Africa Data Centres has announced that it is set to begin work on a new facility based on its recently acquired land in the Central Business District of Accra, Ghana, on a part of the former Trade Fair showgrounds site. The data center will begin with an initial 10 MW, expandable to 30MW, dep...

May 21, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres Buys Land in Accra, Ghana, to Build on Soon

Africa Data Centres (ADC) will soon initiate construction on a new data center in Accra, Ghana. This week, the company revealed that it would soon begin construction on newly acquired land in the capital city's Central Business District. The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) ...

May 19, 2023

Africa Data Centres

New Bill To Give Data Centers Certain Tax Breaks Has Competitive Benefits

A bill submitted Monday would exclude data center equipment, software, and other costs from state sales and use taxes. Microsoft's projected Mount Pleasant data center would presumably benefit first. The bill's creators, Rep. Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls, and Sen. Romaine Robert Quinn, R-C...

May 14, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft signs PPA with Helion Energy for fusion power by 2028 in world first

Microsoft has made a world first by inking a PPA deal with Helion for electricity from the company's first commercial fusion power plant. Scheduled to come online in 2028, the giant has been promised to receive 50MW or greater from the plant after a one-year ramp-up. This technology has been ...

May 12, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty Sets Up Direct Liquid Cooling at Paris "HPC-capable" Data Center

Direct liquid cooling (DLC) capabilities have been implemented at Digital Realty's La Courneuve data center in Paris, France. According to the company, its new facility is capable of high-performance computing (HPC). Fabrice Coquio, SVP and managing director – France at Digital Realty stated t...

May 12, 2023

Digital Realty Trust

Microsoft launches its first data center region in Poland

Microsoft has announced that it has opened its first data center region in Poland, which consists of three independent physical locations around Warsaw. The giant shared that this expansion is in response to the growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and fast and reliable access ...

April 27, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft gains approval for construction in Hollands Kroon area

After what has been a long road, potted with controversy and setbacks, Microsoft has obtained construction permission for its data center in the Hollands Kroon area in the north of the Netherlands, after a protracted permitting process. While permission has now been granted, back in 2021, the ...

April 25, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Final approval: Microsoft's $1 billion data center receives green light in Racine County

In Racine County, Microsoft's $1 billion data center campus in Wisconsin has been given the go-ahead by The Racine County Board of Supervisors after initially receiving Village Board approval. As per the deal, the tech giant will begin the first phase of construction by July 2026, with the sec...

April 19, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft eyes expansion in Chicago, Illinois

Following news that Microsoft has acquired over 30 more acres of land in Chicago, Illinois, it is believed that the giant will be expanding its data center presence in the region. The land, purchased for $41.5 million, is reportedly set to house two 207,000-square-foot (19,230 sqm) data center...

April 18, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Human Rights Watch releases statement on Microsoft's Saudi Arabia plans

Microsoft's new cloud data center region in Saudi Arabia has faced criticism since the tech giant announced its plans in early February. Now, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for Microsoft to suspend its investment in the country until it can "clearly demonstrate" how it plans to mitigate ...

April 14, 2023

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty makes a series of renewable energy announcements

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed a number of renewable energy deals in line with its net zero and sustainability goals. In Australia the company has signed a renewable electricity supply contract with Origin Energy. The colocation company will procure energy from the Origin Sto...

April 14, 2023

Digital Realty Trust

Authomize Expands Cloud Security Services to Australian Businesses with Microsoft Data Centers Availability

Authomize, a leading cloud security and authorization platform, has announced that its services are now available in Microsoft data centers in Australia. This expansion brings Authomize's innovative platform closer to Australian businesses seeking advanced security solutions. According to the ...

April 14, 2023

Microsoft Azure

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