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Read Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google
Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google

Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google

October 19, 2021 Google

Google’s new Bay View campus, located east of the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, will reportedly be opened to a select number of employees by January and is reportedly a representative of the company’s wider goals and vision. According to Google, the campus itself is a...

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Read Facebook acquires land in Denmark for potential data center development
Facebook acquires land in Denmark for potential data center development

Facebook acquires land in Denmark for potential data center development

October 13, 2021 Meta

Facebook has acquired 212 hectares of land in Andrup in Esbjerg, Denmark, for DKK 277 million ($43 million). The Esbjerg municipal announced that Facebook could start planning and surveying the land for building a data center in the future. Mayor Jesper Frost Rasmussen of Esbjerg municipal was...

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Read Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service
Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

October 08, 2021 Google

Google and Thales have announced a new Joint Venture that will offer a sovereign cloud service in France. The companies announced that they would develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France. The new company aims to provide cloud services to local private and public companies that...

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Read What can the data center industry learn from the Facebook blackout?
What can the data center industry learn from the Facebook blackout?

What can the data center industry learn from the Facebook blackout?

October 07, 2021 Meta

Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram recently experienced a six-hour blackout, where users were unable to login, message, and peruse the platforms. But, users weren't the only ones whose access to the platform was interrupted. According to reports, tech giant Facebook also lost...

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Read Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?
Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

October 05, 2021 Google

Google has reportedly purchased 300 acres in Eagle Mountain, Utah, which could potentially be home to a new data center. Google already has offices in the region, in Salt Lake City and Provo. The plot of land is located in the south on Pony Express Parkway, near Facebook’s 1.5 million-square-foot...

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Read Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon
Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

September 29, 2021 Google

According to Oregon Live, Google plans to build more data centers in The Dalles, in Oregon’s Wasco County. The report shows that the search engine giant wants to build two more data centers in The Dalles. It is also looking to get access to more water and tax breaks. Google will be building one...

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Read Uptime Institute finds data center operators are still failing to track environmental impact
Uptime Institute finds data center operators are still failing to track environmental impact

Uptime Institute finds data center operators are still failing to track environmental impact

September 24, 2021 Meta

The Uptime Institute recently released its 11th annual global data center survey, and unfortunately, the results were disappointing. The survey found that while there is a growing awareness of the need to pursue sustainability goals and create greener operations regarding data centers, most...

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Read LightEdge acquires Cavern Technologies
LightEdge acquires Cavern Technologies

LightEdge acquires Cavern Technologies

September 24, 2021 LightEdge Solutions

LightEdge has announced the acquisition of underground data center firm Cavern Technologies. Cavern Technologies was founded in 2007, and it has a 3 million square foot underground facility outside of Kansas City in its portfolio. The facility is in the Meritex Caves in Lenexa, outside Kansas...

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Read 1623 Farnam expands its Omaha data center expansion, announces grand opening
1623 Farnam expands its Omaha data center expansion, announces grand opening

1623 Farnam expands its Omaha data center expansion, announces grand opening

September 23, 2021 1623 Farnam: Omaha Carrier Hotel

1623 Farnam has completed the expansion of its edge data center in Omaha, Nebraska. The development cost the firm $40 million, which covers an increase in the colocation capacity by converting the fiber-rich carrier hotel into a high-quality, usable data center space. The expansion also includes...

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Read Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals
Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

September 14, 2021 Google

Residents of Bnei Zion, Israel, are protesting against the construction of Google’s data center in the town. The locals have petitioned the Lod District Court to revoke the approval for the data center. The residents are worried over the health and environmental impact of the center project....

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Read TierPoint to build new data center in Missouri
TierPoint to build new data center in Missouri

TierPoint to build new data center in Missouri

September 10, 2021 TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that it is expanding in Missouri by investing $20 million into building a 23,000 square feet Tier III data center in the St. Louis region. The data center firm already has three facilities in Missouri; two in St. Louis and one in Kansas City. TierPoint has also secured an...

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Read Lumen pays $275,000 to DoJ for contacting former customers it divested
Lumen pays $275,000 to DoJ for contacting former customers it divested

Lumen pays $275,000 to DoJ for contacting former customers it divested

September 07, 2021 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink, has agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve a Civil Contempt Claim by the Department of Justice for its acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc in 2016. The Justice Department accused Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) of violating the terms designed to...

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Read Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin
Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin

Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin

September 02, 2021 Google

Google is looking to expand its data center operations in Germany with €1 billion ($1.18bn) worth of investments. The tech giant announced that it would launch a new region in Berlin-Brandenburg. It would also expand its Cloud Region in Frankfurt in a new facility in Hanau. The Company revealed...

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Read Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center
Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

August 31, 2021 Google

The Columbus City Council has voted 6 to 1 to approve over $54 million in tax breaks for Google’s proposed data center in Ohio. In return, the Company will have to provide 20 full-time jobs. Google first announced the facility in March. It was said to be a 150,000 square foot data center that...

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Read Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030
Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

August 20, 2021 Meta

As the climate crisis reaches breaking point and the number of water-stressed regions across the US increase, Facebook, whose data centers consume huge amounts of water in areas plagued by water scarcity, has promised to reverse its environmental impact. According to Sylvia Lee, Facebook’s...

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Read Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio
Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

August 20, 2021 Google

Google has announced that it will expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio with an injection of $1 billion. It first broke ground on the campus back in 2019, and the project has seen $600 million of investment already. On top of its capacity expansion at the New Albany campus, the tech...

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Read The future of data center back-up energy
The future of data center back-up energy

The future of data center back-up energy

August 06, 2021 Google

With more and more data center companies committing to climate change initiatives, the industry is also looking at how it can make backup energy more sustainable too. For decades, diesel has served as the primary fuel for traditional backup generators - however, diesel fuels, whilst getting...

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Read Lumen divests CenturyLink ILEC assets
Lumen divests CenturyLink ILEC assets

Lumen divests CenturyLink ILEC assets

August 06, 2021 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has announced that it is selling its current local exchange carrier (ILEC) business in 20 states for $7.5 billion. The firm will be selling the business to Apollo Funds. Lumen Technologies currently operates the ILEC business under the CenturyLink name, and the business...

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Read Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers
Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers

Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers

July 28, 2021 Google

Last month, the People Before Profit party in Ireland proposed an amendment to the Planning and Development act, to place a moratorium on new data centers being built. This proposal follows Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), launching a consultation on data center grid...

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Read Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion
Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion

Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion

July 28, 2021 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has announced the sale of its entire Latin American business to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. The sale is said to be worth $2.7 billion. Australia’s largest pension fund, AustralianSuper, is also investing funds in the deal with Stonepeak. The current leadership team of...

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