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JTowers, NTT Docomo finalize tower transfer ownership

NTT Docomo announced on September 26, 2023, that it has agreed with JTowers on a deal to share its current telecommunication tower infrastructure. This agreement enables an ownership transfer of an additional 1,552 Docomo towers to JTower for 17 billion yen ($114 million). This comes after Doc...

October 04, 2023

NTT

Google data center pioneer Luiz André Barroso passes away

59-year-old data center luminary Luiz André Barroso unexpectedly passed away on September 16, 2023.The DC legend joined Google in 2001 and was fundamental in remodeling the company's DC design, impacting the industry. Before his journey with Google, Barroso worked at Digital Equipment Corporat...

September 28, 2023

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Google-affiliated company buys 143 acres in South Carolina

A Google-affiliated company has acquired 143 acres in Moncks Corner industrial site, Berkeley Country, where the Silicon Valley tech giant has operated a data center since 2007. Arum Composites LLC purchased this parcel, comprising five parcels across Mount Holly Commerce Park Cypress Gardens ...

September 26, 2023

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Google proposes to build a data center in Kansas City

Google has submitted two planning applications to Kansas City to develop its Northland at the Hunt Midwest Business Center site. The cloud computing company acquired 78.9 acres in Northland, Kansas City, in 2019, followed by an additional 236.4 acres in December 2021, stating that the parcel ...

September 11, 2023

Google

Bharti Airtel acquires stakes in two renewable energy projects to power data centers

Bharti Airtel has announced that it will purchase 23,000 Mwh (Megawatt hour) of renewable energy by the fourth quarter of FY24 to power its data center company, Nxtra. It is facilitating this by acquiring stakes in two renewable energy companies, Continuum Green India and Vibrant Energy Holdin...

September 05, 2023

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Google announces intentions for Texas's Red Oak data center facility

Google will construct a second campus in Texas in the Red Oak neighborhood of Dallas. This week, the company announced intentions to invest $600 million in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas to build its second data center. The search, advertising, and cloud company stated that it would inv...

September 01, 2023

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Google to procure wind energy in North Carolina

Google has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy for wind energy in North Carolina. Through the deal, the giant will offtake the full capacity from the Timbermill Wind project, which is in the process of being built. Located in Chowan County, the project will offer 18...

August 31, 2023

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Clark provides NTT with a data center in Ashburn, Virginia

NTT's Ashburn, Virginia, data center has been delivered by the construction company Clark. This week, Clark Construction Group revealed the notable finalization of the first phase of the VA6 Data Center in Loudoun County, Virginia.The project, which began in May 2022, was completed on time for...

August 31, 2023

NTT

Google launches Nvidia H100 GPUs and TPUs, adding generative AI cloud services

Google unveiled several cloud-based tools and services centered on artificial intelligence. Cloud TPU v5e, the company's newest Tensor Processing Unit, is now available for preview, according to the company. Google claims that, compared to TPU v4, which was released in 2021, the chip has up to...

August 29, 2023

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NTT data centers in India becomes 100% booked

The entire capacity of NTT's data center campuses currently under construction in Kolkata, Noida, Chennai, and other areas of Maharashtra has been pre-booked. NTT Data's Senior Vice President of Global Delivery, Ravi Kumar, stated.The Japanese conglomerate revealed plans to invest $2 billion i...

August 28, 2023

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CtrlS partners with NT for 150MW campus in Chonburi

CtrlS Datacenters is teaming up with NT, Thailand's state-owned telco, for its new 150MW campus in Chonburi, it has announced. Through the MOU, the partnership will provide data center co-location services, cable landing stations, network connectivity hubs, and cloud-based services.This devel...

August 25, 2023

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

Thai's NT and India's CtrlS build 150MW facility in Chonburi

Indian firm CtrlS Datacenters has partnered with Thailand's government-owned telecommunications company to construct a new data center campus in Chonburi. Last week, the company and National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Ct...

August 25, 2023

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

Google confirms participation in Lincoln, Nebraska 2 million sq ft data center facility

Google has verified its involvement in the Lincoln, Nebraska, data center proposal. This week, the company announced it was constructing a third data center in Papillion and a data center in Lincoln. The search and cloud firm will invest $1.2 billion in the project.Long suspected to be Google,...

August 24, 2023

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STT GDC plans to construct a third facility in Bangkok, Thailand

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Thailand is constructing its third data center in Bangkok, Thailand. STT Bangkok 3 will be located in the One Bangkok district and will have 2MW of IT capacity when it opens at the end of 2023, as is currently scheduled. This facility will join the ot...

August 14, 2023

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

The Council Bluffs data center, located on the Nebraska/Iowa border, will be expanded by Google for $350 million. Plans for a data center in Council Bluffs were first made public in 2007. Google announced expansion plans in 2012 and 2015 and has since spent approximately $5 billion on the faci...

August 09, 2023

Google

Vodafone Idea partners with Yotta to expand Indian data centers

Vi Business, the enterprise division of Vodafone Idea (Vi), has partnered with Yotta Data Services to expand its data center colocation and cloud services offering in India. The collaboration will enable Vi Business to provide its enterprise customers with integrated connectivity, cloud, and s...

August 09, 2023

Yotta Infrastructure Solutions LLP

Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

Alphabet reported quarterly sales of $74.6 billion, an increase of 7% from the same period last year. Profits increased by 15% to $18.4 billion. While advertising sales drove the majority of the company's development, cloud sales increased by 28 % to $8 billion. Google Cloud reported its seco...

July 28, 2023

Google

Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

The 2023 Google environmental report shows a considerable increase in data center water consumption. The company consumed an astounding 5.6 billion gallons of water in 2022, of which 5.2 billion were used solely for data centers. Compared to the previous year, this is 20% higher. Large data ce...

July 27, 2023

Google

Kotak Data Center Fund grants Sify $73 million

Sify has raised over $70 million to develop new data centers. This funding was made public this week during the company's quarterly earnings report. Sify and Sify Infinit Spaces Limited ("SIS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sify that operates its data centers, recently entered into a contract ...

July 26, 2023

Sify Technologies

STT GDC to team up with leading universities in the Philippines

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines, a joint venture of Globe, Ayala Corporation, and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, has announced that it is partnering up with some of the country's top universities. Collaborating with De La Salle University, the Univers...

July 25, 2023

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

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