Data Center News

T-Mobile to Extend Data Center in Prague, Czechia

T-Mobile

T-Mobile is expanding its data center in Prague, Czech Republic. In "response to high demand" for data center services, the telecommunications company disclosed that it had begun construction on a new wing of its DC7 facility in the Prague 15 neighborhood. The four new data halls will have a t...

The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction

Massachusetts

Newburyport, Massachusetts's mayor, Sean Reardon, seeks to reconstruct the city data center for $925,000. The proposal is part of Reardon's $134 million five-year capital improvement plan beginning in 2024, which includes the construction of a reservoir pipeline, the enhancement of downtown li...

Financial Concerns Caused Surfline Ghana to Close Data Center

Ghana

Surfline Communications, a Ghanaian 4G LTE company, has been compelled to close its data center and radio access network (RAN) due to financial difficulties. The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana revealed to the Daily Graphic that the company was experiencing significant financi...

Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island

France

The island of Reunion will receive a new carrier-neutral data center. Local conglomerate Océinde is scheduled to construct a data center in the French department in the Indian Ocean, as first reported by DC Mag. Last week, construction began on the new facility in the Le Port Commune in the is...

Area31 Invests $67.5m in Depok Data Facility

Indonesia

D-Insights reports that data center operator Area31 plans to spend $67.5 million on its Depok, Indonesia, data facility over the next 5 years.  The data center is located in the Cimanggis neighborhood of Depok, West Java. The first development phase has been concluded, and 600 racks have been ...

Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks

Northern Virginia

A poll of Northern Virginia residents by the National Parks Conservation Association has found that the majority oppose the development of data centers near public land, including national parks. The survey polled 300 voters from several Northern Virginia jurisdictions.Of those polled, 77% sup...

Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston

Houston

Netrality Data Centers has announced that it is expanding capacity at its Houston data center at 1301 Fannin Street. The company has shared that it will add two new data center halls spanning 17,000 square feet and offering over 2.5 megawatts of critical capacity.Due to come online at the end ...

Proteus's underwater lab and data center get the green light

Caribbean

Proteus’s underwater lab and accompanying data center have been given the green light. This follows the signing of a deal with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which saw the two agree a 2026 deployment and to conduct research together.The lab would span 2,000 sq ft (...

Grain Management is Attempting to Raise $4b For its Fourth Opportunity Vehicle

Grain Management, a telecoms investment firm, intends to raise billions of dollars for its forthcoming investment fund. According to the WSJ, Grain is seeking $4 billion for its fourth primary fund to support expenditures on infrastructure in the telecommunications industry. In line with docum...

Old Virginia Government Data CenterUp For Sale

Virginia

Prospective purchasers and lessees can access a data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia. JLL is offering for lease or sale at 11751 Meadowville Lane in Chester, south of Richmond. The Virginia IT agency had been based there until it left last year. The 192,600 sq ft facility, which was co...

New Bill To Give Data Centers Certain Tax Breaks Has Competitive Benefits

Microsoft Azure

A bill submitted Monday would exclude data center equipment, software, and other costs from state sales and use taxes. Microsoft's projected Mount Pleasant data center would presumably benefit first. The bill's creators, Rep. Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls, and Sen. Romaine Robert Quinn, R-C...

Sentech Plans Data Center Business in South Africa

South Africa

State-owned South African broadcast infrastructure corporation intends to enter the colocation data center market. Sentech's chief executive officer, Mlamli Booi, told ITWeb this past week that the company will upgrade its current footprint and expand nationwide.  According to ITWeb's intervie...

Acronis Opens Kuala Lumpur Cyber Cloud Data Center

Malaysia

Acronis, a provider of cyber security for data, applications, and infrastructure, recently announced the opening of a new cyber cloud data center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This new rollout provides its partners access to a complete suite of cutting-edge cyber protection solutions, allowing fo...

DatacenterHawk Releases Q1 2023 Data Center Absorption Report

DatacenterHawk's Q1 2023 review found North American data center absorption at its lowest since Q3 2021. Despite this, worldwide industry demand remains high. DatacenterHawk president David Liggitt expects an interesting year of data center development. Market analysis will help stakeholders m...

Data Center Expansion in Spotsylvania

Northern Virginia

Spotsylvania County officials are planning to capitalize on data center building expansion. They are modifying the county's Comprehensive Plan as part of their efforts. The county Planning Commission scheduled data center-specific Comprehensive Plan amendment public hearings Wednesday night af...

Mubadala and Apollo Funds to Invest $500 Million in Brightspeed

Brightspeed, a provider of broadband and telecommunications services, and Mubadala Investment Company ("Mubadala"), the sovereign investor of Abu Dhabi, announced this week that Mubadala would invest $500 million in Brightspeed. With this investment, Mubadala will join investment funds managed...

Microsoft signs PPA with Helion Energy for fusion power by 2028 in world first

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has made a world first by inking a PPA deal with Helion for electricity from the company's first commercial fusion power plant. Scheduled to come online in 2028, the giant has been promised to receive 50MW or greater from the plant after a one-year ramp-up. This technology has been ...

Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers

Northern Virginia

According to a report by FFXNow, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is set to look into the environmental impact of data centers in the midst of its ongoing data center boom. This week, following a unanimously approved motion introduced by Board Chairman Jeff McKay, county staff were inst...

Kao Data announces expansion Manchester data center

KAO Data

Kao Data has announced plans to develop a new data center in Manchester, UK. The facility, located in Kenwood Point, will offer a capacity of 40 MW and will be the first Kao data center to be built in the North of England.  Based on a 39,000 sqm (419,800 sq ft) ex-industrial site, the facilit...

Scala Data Centers signs iMasons' open letter for greater use of greener concrete

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has signed an open letter published by iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), a non-profit striving for responsible digital transformation and sustainable digital infrastructure. The initiative strives to promote sustainable raw materials in the data center ind...