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Read Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years
Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years

Amazon Leases 5.5 Acres in Mumbai for 21 Years

August 04, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Data Services is leasing 5.5 acres of land from Larsen & Toubro Ltd outside Mumbai. The lease is to run for 21 years and 6 months. According to Propstack, the property documents show that Amazon is looking to develop a data center on the leased land. Amazon will be paying $451,532 per...

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Read Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio
Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

Hilliard's Planning Commission Approves AWS' Proposal For Data Center Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

August 01, 2022 Amazon AWS

The Hilliard planning and zoning commission has approved Amazon Web Services’ proposal to develop a third data center campus in the city. The commission voted 4-3 to approve the proposal. The Board of Zoning Appeals also approved AWS’ request to increase the maximum building height to 63 feet...

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Read AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile
AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile

AWS announces cloud region in Santiago, Chile

July 28, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to expand its footprint in Latin America with the development of a new cloud region in Santiago, Chile. Alongside this announcement, the company also explained that it had begun the process required to obtain an environmental permit for a $205 million data center in...

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Read Sabey Developing a 72MW in Round Rock, Texas
Sabey Developing a 72MW in Round Rock, Texas

Sabey Developing a 72MW in Round Rock, Texas

July 25, 2022 Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers has announced that work has started on a new data center campus in Round Rock, Texas. The company broke ground on the new 40-acre site. The facility will also span 40,000 square meters (430,000 square feet) across two buildings. It will also have up to 72MW in capacity upon...

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Read Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion
Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

July 22, 2022 STACK Portland POR03

Stack Infrastructure is expanding in the Hillsboro area of Portland, Oregon, after acquiring more land in the area. The company announced that it is expanding its Portland data center campus to 200MW with the land acquisition. Upon full build-out, the company’s total capacity in Portland will...

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Read AWS Acquires Three Properties in Sterling, Virginia
AWS Acquires Three Properties in Sterling, Virginia

AWS Acquires Three Properties in Sterling, Virginia

July 19, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. According to BizJournal, the company paid up to $30.8 million to real estate firm Clarke-Hook Corp. This will be AWS’ third low-rise office property acquisition in Sterling, Virginia, in 2022. The buildings are...

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Read Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen
Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen

Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen

July 08, 2022 Amazon AWS

As green hydrogen turns the heads of big investors, Amazon, Equinor, and others have announced they are backing energy startup Electric Hydrogen (EH2) with a $198 million round, led by Fifth Wall Climate Tech. EH2 is reportedly working on a ‘100MW-minimum’ electrolyzer technology for...

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Read Sabey Data Centers accelerates sustainability goals
Sabey Data Centers accelerates sustainability goals

Sabey Data Centers accelerates sustainability goals

June 30, 2022 Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by or before 2029 across its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Following the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi) validating the company's target and methods to achieve a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the Sabey...

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Read Sabey Has Plans For $250m Revenue Notes
Sabey Has Plans For $250m Revenue Notes

Sabey Has Plans For $250m Revenue Notes

June 30, 2022 Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers is about to issue revenue notes to the tune of $250m. According to Asset Securitization, the company will issue the notes to securitize real estate and tenant lease payments on six of its hyperscale data center campuses across Washington, Virginia, and New York. S&P will...

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Read AWS Acquires 58-Acre Land in Virginia For Data Center Development
AWS Acquires 58-Acre Land in Virginia For Data Center Development

AWS Acquires 58-Acre Land in Virginia For Data Center Development

June 21, 2022 Amazon AWS

According to BizJournal, Amazon Web Services has acquired a 58.5-acre land in Prince William County, Virginia, for $87.8m. Local County records also show that the land is located at 5845 Wellington Road, Gainesville. Interestingly, the company also acquired a 58.5-acre plot in April last year. It...

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Read NTT announces plans to adopt immersion cooling technology
NTT announces plans to adopt immersion cooling technology

NTT announces plans to adopt immersion cooling technology

June 17, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced its plan to adopt immersion cooling, after it ran a successful test of LiquidStack's two-phase immersion systems at its Mitaka Data Center East in Japan. According to the company, the IT kit ran stably, and used 97% less cooling energy than a traditional cooling system. The test...

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Read NTT Acquires Land For 336MW Campus in Northern Virginia
NTT Acquires Land For 336MW Campus in Northern Virginia

NTT Acquires Land For 336MW Campus in Northern Virginia

June 16, 2022 NTT

NTT Ltd. Has revealed that it had completed the acquisition of 103 acres of land in Gainesville, Northern Virginia. According to reports, the company paid around $257.4 million to Lerner Enterprises for the land. NTT will be using the land acquired to develop a data center campus. The company is...

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Read Amazon's Local Zones To Be Launched in Hundreds In Future
Amazon's Local Zones To Be Launched in Hundreds In Future

Amazon's Local Zones To Be Launched in Hundreds In Future

June 15, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to launch hundreds of Local Zones to expand its Edge cloud network extensively. Local Zones serve as Edge locations hosting applications that need low latency to final users or on-premises installations. Some of the services the zone offers include database, storage,...

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Read NTT signs 70MW solar PPA in Japan
NTT signs 70MW solar PPA in Japan

NTT signs 70MW solar PPA in Japan

June 09, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced that it has signed a PPA through which it will procure solar energy in Japan. Clean Energy Connect Co Ltd is the partner who will deploy solar power generating capacity for the company, and assist the group in achieving its aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2040. The project is...

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Read AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia
AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia

AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia

June 09, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services plans to develop a new data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia. The company has already filed with officials to develop a single-story, 220,000 square feet (20,400 square meters) data center at the intersection of Lee Highway and Blackwell Road in Warrenton town. AWS...

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Read AWS, biometrics and human rights
AWS, biometrics and human rights

AWS, biometrics and human rights

May 27, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS is under pressure to drop a contract it holds with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which will see it host the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) biometric database, which, according to a recent report by Mijente, Just Futures Law and the Immigrant Defense Project, holds...

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Read AWS To Develop Third Campus in Hilliard, Ohio
AWS To Develop Third Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

AWS To Develop Third Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

May 19, 2022 Amazon AWS

BizJournal reports that Amazon Web Services is looking to develop a third data center campus in Hilliard, Ohio. Hilliard’s economic development director, David Meadows, told BizJournal, that AWS will start developing a 151-acre site located at 4120 Scioto Darby Road, near I-270. The planned data...

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Read Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning
Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning

Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning

May 10, 2022 Amazon AWS

According to reports, residents in Culpeper County, Virginia, are suing the county board after it approved the rezoning of a 230-acre property for an AWS data center. The giant is seeking to build two six-story data centers, a 12-acre power station and new power lines, however, six landowners in...

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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 AWS Expanding Presence in Oregon with Four More Data Centers in Morrow County
AWS Expanding Presence in Oregon with Four More Data Centers in Morrow County

AWS Expanding Presence in Oregon with Four More Data Centers in Morrow County

May 05, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Service (AWS) has plans to develop up to four data centers in Boardman, Oregon. The company filed with Oregon’s Marrow County to develop a data center campus on a 127-acre site. The site is located on the west side of Bombing Range Road, a mile away from Interstate 84 Interchange and...

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