June 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure
According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to add four new data centers in China by Q1 of 2022. The report states that Microsoft wants to expand its service across Asia and opening data centers in China is a step towards achieving that. Asides from that, the Company also intends to...
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June 17, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...
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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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June 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has announced in its third ESG report that half of its global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy. It did this by increasing the portfolio of its data centers being powered by renewable energy by 20% in 2020. Impressively, it also increased its energy consumption...
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June 15, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program. The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...
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June 10, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
According to a report from Bloomberg, Digital Realty is considering an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of a Singaporean trust that could raise between $300 million to $400 million. The report says Digital Realty is working with its advisers on the listing, and they are looking to conclude the IPO...
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June 02, 2021 CyrusOne
CyrusOne just announced that all of its data centers in Europe are now running on 100% renewable energy. The Company has facilities in Dublin, London, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, currently operating on renewable tariffs. Besides, the Company recently promised to be carbon neutral by 2040, and this...
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June 01, 2021 Telia Company
STOCKHOLM, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Telia Company has today completed the divestment of Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra as all conditions, including regulatory approvals, have been met. On October 6, 2020, Telia Company announced the divestment of its subsidiary Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra,...
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May 24, 2021 Paris
While a data center on the moon may seem outlandish now, soon it could very much be a reality, that’s according to NASA and ASI, the Italian space agency. As part of the NASA Artemis Moon program, ASI has teamed up with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to study design concepts to support a facility...
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May 21, 2021 AtlasEdge
Liberty Global, a leading Telecoms Company and Digital Colony, a top investment firm focusing on digital infrastructure, has announced that they have joined forces to create AtlasEdge Data Centers, a European Edge data center business. The joint venture will see them operating over 100 Edge data...
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May 20, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
SAN FRANCISCO, May. 20, 2021 -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today its Brazilian subsidiary, Stellar Participações Ltda., has completed the previously announced acquisition of Ascenty, the leading data...
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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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May 10, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the...
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May 04, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it priced $2.6 billion principal amount of notes, including $1.0 billion of green bonds in its third green bond offering. The green bonds will be used to help advance the company's longstanding commitment to sustainability leadership and reducing its environmental...
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April 07, 2021 DATA4 Group
Data4 has announced that it has raised €620 million ($737.5 million) in debt financing, which will allow it to overcome new digital challenges and execute its 2024 growth plan. The financing, secured from three banks - Deutsche Bank, Société Générale and SMBC, means the company now has access to...
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March 23, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty recently said that it has expanded secure, private access to Google Cloud’s global network in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Vienna in Austria, and Dusseldorf in Germany. Digital Realty also announced that it had added its second direct interconnect to Google Cloud in Frankfurt. The direct...
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February 09, 2021 Colt Data Centre Services
Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced that its operations in Europe and the UK are now powered by 100% renewable power. This represents 17 facilities in Europe and the UK. Colt Press Release on Feb 8th 2021:Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) today announced that its operations across the UK...
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January 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty (DLR) has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas from San Francisco, California. DLR will maintain a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the world's leading technology hubs.Digital Realty already operates a significant data center...
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October 01, 2020 Equinix
Equinix has completed it's acquisition of 13 Bell Canada's data centers. The acquisition was first announced in June 2020. Bell had operated the facilities under the Q9 brand. It partially acquired Q9 in 2012 for $1.1 billion and in 2016 it acquired the remainder for $675 million. This deal...
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July 28, 2020 Global Switch
July 28, 2020 – PCCW Global today announced that its Console Connect Software-Defined Interconnection® (SDI®) platform is now available in many more data centres via an extended collaboration with Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale carrier and cloud neutral data...
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