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Read GI Partners acquires the majority stake in 2 Chicago data centers from Digital Realty
GI Partners acquires the majority stake in 2 Chicago data centers from Digital Realty

GI Partners acquires the majority stake in 2 Chicago data centers from Digital Realty

July 18, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

GI Partners has acquired a majority stake in two data centers in Chicago, Illinois, from Digital Realty. This week, the business announced that it had formed a joint venture with GI Partners to sell a 65 percent stake in two stabilized hyper-scale data center facilities and their associated...

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Read Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus
Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

July 14, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in the Mesa area of Phoenix, Arizona. A $1 billion project, the facility will span 750,000 square feet (70,000 sqm) once fully built out. Previously known as "Redhawk," the project's first 288,530 sq ft (26,805 sqm) phase is due to...

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Read Digital Realty announces first NVIDIA DGX H100-Ready data center
Digital Realty announces first NVIDIA DGX H100-Ready data center

Digital Realty announces first NVIDIA DGX H100-Ready data center

July 12, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty's KIX13, its newest data center in Osaka, Japan, has been certified as NVIDIA DGX H100-ready as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program. The facility reportedly received this accreditation, the first Japanese facility to do so, based on its ability to provide a dedicated,...

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Read Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses
Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses

Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses

July 11, 2023 Flexential

A second building is anticipated at its new campus in Atlanta, and a fifth building will be constructed in Hillsboro, according to Flexential's announcement of new data center developments in Georgia and Oregon. This week, the company revealed the construction of a 36MW phased development on its...

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Read Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium
Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

July 10, 2023 Google

Initially announced by the mayor of Farciennes, Hugues Bayet, the search and cloud company intends to construct three facilities in the Ecopôle business park in Wallonia. The campus will encompass 570,500 square feet. The project will begin construction by the end of the year and be completed in...

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Read H5 Data Centers to expand its Phoenix data center
H5 Data Centers to expand its Phoenix data center

H5 Data Centers to expand its Phoenix data center

July 04, 2023 H5 Data Centers

H5 Data Centers has announced a 30,000 sqft expansion of its Phoenix colocation facility. Located at 2600 W. Germann Road in Chandler, AZ, this expansion is part of the company's third phase of development at the 180,000-square-foot data center. Further to this square-footage expansion, phase...

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Read NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.
NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.

NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.

July 04, 2023 NTT

NTT will spend $50 million to construct two of its data centers for a new tenant in the Garland area of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The company submitted applications to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for two fit-out projects at its existing campus under construction structures....

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Read Ampere to facilitate the development of more climate-friendly data centers?
Ampere to facilitate the development of more climate-friendly data centers?

Ampere to facilitate the development of more climate-friendly data centers?

June 30, 2023 Oracle

Ampere, a chip startup, has launched new family of data center chips, which are pegged to make data centers more energy efficient and climate-friendly. Headquartered in the Bay Area, the company's solution is based on designs from Arm Holdings, the same technology used in mobile phones. This...

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Read Digital Realty buys 9 acres in Amsterdam for a 20MW data center
Digital Realty buys 9 acres in Amsterdam for a 20MW data center

Digital Realty buys 9 acres in Amsterdam for a 20MW data center

June 30, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has bought additional land for data centers in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This week, the company disclosed the acquisition of a 387,500-square-foot (8.9-acre) land parcel on its Amsterdam Schiphol campus. According to reports, the acquired land parcel can sustain a 40MW data center...

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Read NTT unveils a new data center in Chennai
NTT unveils a new data center in Chennai

NTT unveils a new data center in Chennai

June 30, 2023 NTT

NTT launched a $350 million hyperscale data center (DC) campus in Chennai. MIST, its undersea cable system, will connect to the new DC site. The firm and TN inked a facilitation MoU in 2021. Chennai 2, a six-acre DC campus in Ambattur, will have two towers with a 35 MW IT load. The first...

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Read NTT files for planning permission in Gainesville, Virginia for 336MW campus
NTT files for planning permission in Gainesville, Virginia for 336MW campus

NTT files for planning permission in Gainesville, Virginia for 336MW campus

June 26, 2023 NTT

In Prince William County, NTT has filed for permission for a joint Federal and State permit from the Norfolk District of the US Army Corps of Engineers for a 336MW data center campus. The permit application, NTT VA10, outlines the project is named Grove at Gainesville and includes plans to build...

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Read External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete
External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete

External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete

June 14, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty’s new data center, FRA33 facility in Hattersheim, Frankfurt, Germany, has now been completed, it has been announced. The new facility will reportedly offer 40MW of IT capacity spanning 16,000 square meters (172,222 sq ft) of white space. The construction firm that worked on the...

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Read NTT and Prestige to develop 100MW data center in Bangalore
NTT and Prestige to develop 100MW data center in Bangalore

NTT and Prestige to develop 100MW data center in Bangalore

June 13, 2023 NTT

NTT has announced that it has partnered with Prestige Group for a new 100 MW data center in Bangalore, India. The deal will see the company develop a one million square feet area spread across multiple buildings and constructed in three phases. According to the companies, the first building is...

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Read Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site
Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site

Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site

June 09, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty will construct a new data center on the site of an ancient sugar silo at the Port of Marseille-Fos, having won a bid to acquire and develop the land. The new MRS5 facility will reportedly encompass approximately 107,640 square feet and will be operational by the end of 2025....

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Read Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities
Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities

Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities

June 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty, a US data center company, has had an eventful week raising money and selling data centers. The company announced that it had raised over $1 billion through the sale of shares, with the money going to be used for expansion and debt reduction. Digital is selling the vast majority...

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Read Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles
Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles

Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles

May 26, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has applied to construct a new data center in Los Angeles, California. The company has applied to construct a thirteen-story data center at 727 S Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The prospective applicant is GIP 7th Street LLC, a well-known subsidiary of Digital Realty. At...

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Read QTS Realty Secures a $800m Data Center Refinancing Contract
QTS Realty Secures a $800m Data Center Refinancing Contract

QTS Realty Secures a $800m Data Center Refinancing Contract

May 25, 2023 QTS Data Centers

QTS Realty, owned by Blackstone, has refinanced four data center properties. Citigroup leads a consortium of four institutions that provided the loan. It will be used to refinance QTS' existing $667 million debt and provide the funds necessary to finance tenant build-outs. The refinancing is...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata
Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

May 25, 2023 Aligned

Odata, a LATAM provider of data centers, has been fully acquired by Aligned Data Centers. According to Aligned, the transaction places the company among the biggest private data center owners in the Americas, with more than 2.5GW of critical capacity throughout over 40 data centers at full...

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Read NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers
NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers

NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers

May 19, 2023 NTT

Over the next five years, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) intends to invest $59 billion in data centers, AI, and other "growth areas." At least $11 billion will be allocated to expanding or modernizing its data centers. The digital industry, which includes AI and robotics, receives at least...

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Read QTS begins work on Phoenix data center
QTS begins work on Phoenix data center

QTS begins work on Phoenix data center

May 18, 2023 QTS Data Centers

QTS has begun construction work on its Phoenix, Arizona data center PHX2 DC5. The company reportedly broke ground on the facility in March; it is set to span 337,330 sq ft (31,339 sqm) on 85 acres, offering 42 MW of capacity. The company shared that on March 21, it hosted a groundbreaking event...

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