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Equinix announces expansion into the Philippines with three data centers

Equinix this week announced that it will be entering into the Philippines market after purchasing three facilities from Total Information Management, a local technology solutions provider. This deal comprises three carrier-neutral and interconnection-rich data centers with more than 1,000 cabi...

July 23, 2024

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Google launches air-gapped GDC hardware

Google has launched an air-gapped version of its Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) hardware for AI which will enable enterprises to use cloud infrastructure for AI workloads in challenging environments outside of Google's data centers. Sachin Gupta, Google Cloud's general manager for infrastructu...

July 20, 2024

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Google signs new digital infrastructure and cloud computing MoU

Google has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Romania and the company for ‘projects in digital infrastructure, innovation, and research.’ Local press has also reported that Google is in negotiations to invest $2 billion in developing data centers in the country....

July 18, 2024

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Ericsson to book impairment charge for Vonage acquisition

Ericsson has confirmed that it will record a noncash impairment charge of 11.4 billion Swedish crowns, which reflects lower anticipated market growth in some of Vonage’s current portfolio."We continue to advance our strategy to build a Global Network Platform for network APIs, which was the st...

July 05, 2024

Equinix

Google signs new wind PPAs in Belgium

Google has signed five new Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) totaling more than 118MW to procure wind energy in Belgium from Engie. Google will procure another 92MW from a Belgian wind farm in operation for eight years.Vincent Verbeke, CEO of Engie Belgium, said: “We are pleased to partner with...

July 03, 2024

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Metrobloks raises $5.2 million in funding round

Metrobloks, a new data center startup focused on metro projects this week announced an oversubscribed $5.2 million seed round led by Current Equity Partners with the backing of Serena Capital. The company noted that it designs, deploys, and operates modular and scalable data centers in underse...

June 27, 2024

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Google signs new power supply deal with Nevada Energy

Google has signed a new type of power supply deal with Nevada utility company NV Energy. Dubbed a “clean transition tariff," it will see NV Energy procure 115MW of renewable energy from a geothermal power plant run by Fervo Energy.In a joint blog post on the deal, Amanda Peterson Corio, Google...

June 14, 2024

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Telehouse launches from three data centers in Toronto, Canada

KDDI-owned Telehouse Canada this week officially launched its first three data centers in downtown Toronto and is now offering services from three carrier-neutral data centers, located at 151 Front Street West, 250 Front Street West, and 905 King Street West."We are the first global leader wit...

June 13, 2024

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Equinix announces second data center in Lisbon, Portugal

Equinix this week announced plans for LS2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) facility to be located adjacent to Equinix's existing LS1 site. This €50 million project due to open in the first quarter of 2025 will offer 2,050 square meters of colocation space.Carlos Paulino, managing...

June 05, 2024

Equinix

Google partners with Purdue University for low-carbon data center construction

Google has partnered with Purdue University, Indiana, on a project exploring the use of AI in designing low-carbon data centers and other industrial buildings. The project will deploy AI to explore new materials, technologies, and design strategies that can potentially reduce the carbon footpr...

June 01, 2024

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Google to invest in Malaysian cloud region

Google has revealed its plans to invest $2 billion in developing its first data center and cloud region in Malaysia and has already selected a site for the development, which will be in Sime Darby Property's Elmina Business Park in Greater Kuala Lumpur.Ruth Porat, president, chief investment o...

May 30, 2024

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New startup launched by ex-Google staff targets European data centers

A new startup by former Google staff, offering land and power for industrial campuses is now targeting European data centers. “I am very pleased to announce the launch of Sepia Infrastructure,” Sepia CEO Fabien Vieau announced on LinkedIn this week. “Sepia Infrastructure delivers next-generati...

May 30, 2024

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Equinix breaks ground in Malaysia with two new data centers

Equinix has now broken ground in Malaysia with two International Business Exchange data centers in Johor (JH1) and Kuala Lumpur (KL1) now serving the company’s customers in Malaysia and across. Jeremy Deutsch, president for Asia-Pacific at Equinix, said: “Malaysia is a cornerstone market and t...

May 28, 2024

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Digital Realty signs new PPAs in France and Spain

Digital Realty this week announced the signing of several power purchase agreements (PPA) to power its European operations in France and Spain. The company signed a package solar deal comprising three separate 12-year agreements in Spain and two 15-year deals for wind energy in France. Togeth...

May 24, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

Google signs first ever PPAs in Japan

Google has signed its first power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Japan with Clean Energy Connect (CEC), a partner of Itochu Corporation, in a deal which involves constructing a network of around 800 small-scale solar plants totaling 40MW across multiple grid regions in Japan. “This novel, distr...

May 22, 2024

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Digital Realty launches new cooling colocation offering

Digital Realty this week announced the launch of a direct liquid cooling (DLC) offering, available in 170 Digital Realty data centers globally. The company noted that the offering includes a range of mechanical solutions, such as rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) and DLC, offering power densiti...

May 17, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

Alice & Bob makes quantum processor available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Quantum computing firm Alice & Bob this week announced the immediate availability of its Boson 4 single cat-qubit chip series through the cloud via Google Marketplace. “When my co-founder and I started Alice & Bob, many thought cat qubits would never be more than a lab concept. We are ...

May 16, 2024

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Digital Realty launches new data center in Japan

Digital Realty has broken ground on a new data center outside Tokyo, Japan, marking its third data center at the NRT campus in Inzai, Chiba prefecture. This new 31MW facility, known as NRT14, will be configurable to support private AI deployments at densities up to 70kW per rack via air-assist...

May 10, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore

Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfoli...

April 29, 2024

Equinix

Google announces new data center campus in Indiana

Google this week revealed plans to expand its footprint in Indiana with a $2 billion data center in Fort Wayne. It also announced a collaboration with Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) to add clean energy to the local grid.“We are thrilled to announce our investment in Fort Wayne as the...

April 26, 2024

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