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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 Sweden

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockholm....

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Read Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki
Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki

Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki

November 29, 2018 Equinix Helsinki HE7 Sinimäki

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and HELSINKI, Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it will build a new International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Helsinki, Finland. The data center – called HE7 – will...

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Read Google Breaks ground in Fredericia, Denmark
Google Breaks ground in Fredericia, Denmark

Google Breaks ground in Fredericia, Denmark

November 20, 2018 Hyperscale Data Center

Alphabet’s Google is to invest 600 million euros ($685.98 million) to build its first data center in Denmark.In a blog post, Google’s Vice President for Global Data Centers, Joe Kava, said the facility would be located just outside Fredericia, in the west of the country. Kava added that Google...

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Read Germany’s Hetzner opens major colocation campus in Helsinki
The site in Tuusula offers cloud and colocation services, with 2,000 square meters of space available immediately. It benefits from fast connectivity to central Europe, thanks to Hetzner’s investme...

Germany’s Hetzner opens major colocation campus in Helsinki

October 02, 2018 Hetzner Finland

The site in Tuusula offers cloud and colocation services, with 2,000 square meters of space available immediately. It benefits from fast connectivity to central Europe, thanks to Hetzner’s investment into C-Lion 1 cable system (also known as the Northern Digital Highway) between Helsinki and...

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Read Ficolo acquires Cybercom data center in Tampere
Ficolo acquires Cybercom data center in Tampere

Ficolo acquires Cybercom data center in Tampere

August 29, 2018 Verne: Tampere (The Deck)

Ficolo has acquired Cybercom’s data center business in Tampere. Cybercom’s data centers will be transferred to Ficolo and additionally Cybercom outsources data center operations services to Ficolo. The transfer takes place on August 31st, 2018 and does not impact Cybercom’s data center customers....

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Read DigiPlex data center will help keep Oslo warm
Nordic data center operator DigiPlex has announced plans to recover waste thermal energy from its campus in Ulven, Oslo, and use it to heat residential properties.

The company has agreed on a pa...

DigiPlex data center will help keep Oslo warm

August 22, 2018 STACK OSL01 Ulven

Nordic data center operator DigiPlex has announced plans to recover waste thermal energy from its campus in Ulven, Oslo, and use it to heat residential properties. The company has agreed on a partnership with a subsidiary of utility provider Fortum, which has similar arrangements with data center...

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Read Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden
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Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden

July 18, 2018 Stockholm

After a few months of planning and preparatory works the European consortium broke ground and started the construction works of building the prototype of one of the worlds most efficient data center. The project funded by EU’s innovation and research programme Horizon 2020 kicked-off in October...

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Read Facebook and Luxcara sign 294MW Norwegian wind deal
Facebook and Luxcara sign 294MW Norwegian wind deal

Facebook and Luxcara sign 294MW Norwegian wind deal

May 23, 2018 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook and European asset manager Luxcara have entered into long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 100 percent of the output and environmental (green) attributes of three contiguous wind projects (Gravdal, Skinansfjellet and Eikeland-Steinsland) in southwest Norway. In addition,...

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Read Google buys plot near Apple's planned Danish data center
Google buys plot near Apple's planned Danish data center

Google buys plot near Apple's planned Danish data center

November 30, 2017 Hyperscale Data Center

Google has acquired a 131 hectares of land in the Aabenraa Municipality of Denmark. “I am pleased and proud that Google has chosen Aabenraa Municipality. It confirms that we have the potential to become a data centre cluster for the world’s largest IT companies,” said Mayor Thomas Andresen. “We...

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