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Read RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development
RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

RDA and MVGX partner for sustainable data center development

May 23, 2022 Singapore

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a crypto exchange regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced it is teaming up with AI firm Red Dot Analytics, for carbon measurement and to offset tropical data centers. Singapore implemented a three-year moratorium on new data center...

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Read NTT Launches New Facility in Navi Mumbai
NTT Launches New Facility in Navi Mumbai

NTT Launches New Facility in Navi Mumbai

May 05, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced the opening of a new data center in Navi Mumbai, India. It also opened another data center in Mumbai recently without fanfare. The Navi Mumbai facility is called NAV1A, located in the Mahape area. The eight-story data center spans 400,000 square feet, and it has 45MW in power...

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Read SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota
SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

April 11, 2022 Singapore

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

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Read Macquarie Partnering With NTT To Further NTT's European & North American Expansion
Macquarie Partnering With NTT To Further NTT's European & North American Expansion

Macquarie Partnering With NTT To Further NTT's European & North American Expansion

April 05, 2022 NTT

NTT and Macquarie Asset Management are partnering up to invest in data centers. These firms announced that they had entered a strategic real estate partnership that covers NTT’s wholesale facilities across North America and Europe. The agreement will see Macquarie invest real estate capital with...

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Read NTT & QD.TEK Form JV To develop Data Center in Vietnam
NTT & QD.TEK Form JV To develop Data Center in Vietnam

NTT & QD.TEK Form JV To develop Data Center in Vietnam

March 31, 2022 NTT

NTT and QD.Tek are partnering up to build a data center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Both companies will form a joint venture called NTT Global Data Centers HCMC1 Limited Liability. The partnership will see the companies develop the new facility called Ho Chi Minh City 1 Data Center. The...

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Read NTT's bee project
NTT's bee project

NTT's bee project

February 25, 2022 NTT

On top of its Vienna 1 facility near Wienerberg, NTT is keeping bees. The company says that it decided to embark on this project based on the location of its facility, which is near a natural recreation area. Those on the team said that the project also allows the on-site team to “enjoy the...

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Read NTT strengthens its digital backbone in London with new data center
NTT strengthens its digital backbone in London with new data center

NTT strengthens its digital backbone in London with new data center

February 24, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced that in addition to opening its new data center, Hemel Hempstead 4, in London, it also intends to expand another of its facilities in the city. The company's newest facility opened in December 2021, with half of its capacity available. When fully built out beyond phase one, it...

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Read Data centers: AI, automation and robotics
Data centers: AI, automation and robotics

Data centers: AI, automation and robotics

February 24, 2022 NTT

Automation is slowly but surely gaining more of a presence in the data center industry. According to reports, 86% of companies in the industry are expecting to dedicate more of their budgets for data-center network automation over the next two years. As data demand skyrockets, AI and automation...

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Read Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings
Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

February 03, 2022 Singapore

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th...

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Read Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?
Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

January 17, 2022 Singapore

This week, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister made an announcement that the country's moratorium on new data center builds, which was introduced back in 2019. Minister Gan Kim Yong said that going forward, a "more selective" approach to new builds will be taken. In a written reply to a...

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Read Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022
Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022

Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022

December 14, 2021 NTT

NTT has announced that it is “on track” to complete the turnkey data center development of its Johannesburg 1 Data Centre, located at Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand, by early next year. The facility, developed by Growthpoint, includes 6,000sqm of IT space and features “high-end...

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Read NTT is expanding its Vienna data center
NTT is expanding its Vienna data center

NTT is expanding its Vienna data center

October 29, 2021 NTT

NTT has announced that it has broken ground on expanding its data center in Vienna, Austria. The company will add 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters) to the Vienna 1 facility. By so doing, Vienna will have 92,500 square feet (8,600 square meters) upon expansion. NTT says the expansion is...

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Read NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months
NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months

NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months

September 02, 2021 NTT

NTT ltd has announced it plans to increase its data center footprint in the next 18 months by 20%. The Company would be expanding some of its existing data centers and adding 300MW of capacity and 600,000 sqm (6.5 million square feet) of space within 18months. This expansion will be in 20...

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Read NTT to build data center campus in Mesa
NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

August 23, 2021 NTT

NTT has announced that following the opening of data centers in Chicago, Ill., Hillsboro, Ore., and Santa Clara, Calif.; it is building its seventh data center campus in Mesa. Estimated to open in early 2022, the 102-acre campus will contain seven data centers, with a total of 240 megawatts (MW)...

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Read NTT explains its German data center expansion plans
NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

June 22, 2021 NTT

NTT has said that it would be expanding its German data centers by more than 40 percent. It would be doing this by adding over 323,000 square feet of IT space across existing locations in Germany. The Company currently has existing campuses in Frankfurt, Bonn, and Berlin. NTT has broken ground on...

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Read Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India
Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

June 17, 2021 NTT

NTT and Tokyo Century are coming together to form a data center partnership in India. Tokyo Century is a finance company that specializes in equipment leasing, mobility and fleet management, and specialty financing centered on aviation and real estate. NTT, on the other hand, specializes in data...

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Read Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

June 16, 2021 Singapore

It has been announced that social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a $17 million (S$23m) project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. The programme is also being funded by Singapore's National...

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Read NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space
NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space

NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space

May 20, 2021 NTT

Is space the new edge? NTT is planning to develop a data center in space. NTT will be working with SKY Perfect Holdings, a Japanese satellite company, to develop the project. Plans are in place for trials to start in 2022, launch in 2025, and for operations to begin in 2026. The orbiting data...

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Read NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic
NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic

NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic

September 18, 2019 NTT

Data Center Frontier reports that NTT plans to rebrand all its data center subsidiaries into one brand. The combined company will be launched at PTC in January 2020 and be headquartered in LondonThe rebrand includes all of NTT subsidiaries. RagingWire e-shelter NetMagic Gyron and NTT branded data...

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